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This information is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. It is provided for general informational purposes only. If you need legal advice you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.

I am a US citizen, can I submit a petition here for my brother who is currently living inside U.S. and going to college as an international student? Does he need to leave U.S. later and go back and wait in the origin country where he came from? Thanks!

David Troy Cox
Answered by attorney David Troy Cox
Immigration lawyer at CoxEsq, PC
You can petition for a relative who is currently in the US.  Since a visa number will not be readily available for your brother, it will be many years before he can immigrate based on an approved petition.  If, at the time a visa number becomes available, your brother is in the US, he can apply to adjust his status rather than process at a consulate abroad.  Chances that he will still be an international student many years from now when a visa number is available; however, are not great, so your brother will likely process through a consulate anyway.
You can petition for a relative who is currently in the US.  Since a visa number will not be readily available for your brother, it will be many years before he can immigrate based on an approved petition.  If, at the time a visa number becomes available, your brother is in the US, he can apply to adjust his status rather than process at a consulate abroad.  Chances that he will still be an international student many years from now when a visa number is available; however, are not great, so your brother will likely process through a consulate anyway.
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Im starting to fill the i130 for my parents they are in usa as a tourist visa will i have to fill the i485 for both, or should i fill one for each?

Alan Lee
Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
Whether you file the I-485 petitions depends upon your intent and that of your parents. If they wish to return overseas soon, you would file separate I-130 petitions for them, and they would consular process their immigration later on forms DS-260 Application for Immigrant Visa with the National Visa Center after the I-130 petitions are approved, and interview for the immigrant visas at the designated embassy or consulate in their home country. If you and your parents decide that they should remain in the US, you can file concurrent I-130 petitions (one for each parent) along with I-485 applications (again, one for each parent). Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
Whether you file the I-485 petitions depends upon your intent and that of your parents. If they wish to return overseas soon, you would file separate I-130 petitions for them, and they would consular process their immigration later on forms DS-260 Application for Immigrant Visa with the National Visa Center after the I-130 petitions are approved, and interview for the immigrant visas at the designated embassy or consulate in their home country. If you and your parents decide that they should remain in the US, you can file concurrent I-130 petitions (one for each parent) along with I-485 applications (again, one for each parent). Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
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Is the embassy granting a visit visa for a parent to accompany a citizen daughter?

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Answered by attorney Bruce A. Coane (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Coane & Associates, PLLC
They may grant the visa. There is no law prohibiting it and certainly no law assuring they'll grant it. In your scenario, sometimes they give the visa and sometimes they don't.
They may grant the visa. There is no law prohibiting it and certainly no law assuring they'll grant it. In your scenario, sometimes they give the visa and sometimes they don't.
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