US Announces Parents, Children Visa Sponsorship Rules

01 Jan 2015

Here’s good news for US citizen children who wish to sponsor their parents for permanent residency. Now, the citizens of United States who are 21 years or older will be able to sponsor their parents for permanent residencies as an immediate family member.

This is a vital feature since there is no quota for green cards for immediate family members and hence the processing time is shorter when compared to the various family-based immigration categories.

Additionally, the immediate relatives can adjust their status while staying in the US. This is the main benefit to the people who entered the country legally. The process of adjustment will permit visa processing here as against to having to return to a US consular post abroad, which would cause 10-year bar to re-enter the country.

Sources stated that the US citizen child who files a petition must furnish an affidavit of support for parents, which demonstrates that the sponsor holds adequate funds to support them financially. Also, the visa applications of immediate relatives will be processed within months.

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