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You will need to submit an I-130 petition for him, and he will need to return to the Philippines and wait for his priority date to become current before he can apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status. It's currently taking about 11 years for unmarried sons of permanent residents from the Philippines.

Unfortunately, becoming a U. S. citizen will not benefit your son’s case as the current availability date for the F-2B category for unmarried sons or daughters over the age of 21 of a permanent resident is shorter than that for the F-1 category of unmarried sons or daughters over the age of 21 of a U. S. citizen. In the month of August 2016, the current availability date of the F-2B category for most countries of the world is 1/8/10 while the F-1 category is behind that 5/22/09. If you wish, your son can communicate with U.S.C.I.S. to preserve the F-2B category listing. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (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.    

Your permanent resident father should have filed the first step (I-130) for your green card as soon as he got his. At that time, you were a minor child of a permanent resident, and you would have a place in line, called a "priority date" for your green card of 2006. When he becomes a US citizen, you are a first preference, but it is still a 7 year wait. If he hasn't filed anything for you yet, it will be 7+ years. If he has filed for you it will be 2 years.