Saturday, March 21, 2009

I want my sister who is 13 years old and living in Thailand to come live in the United States

I want my sister who is 13 years old and living in Thailand to come live in the United States.?
I am a Green Card holder and married to an America Citizen. What is the procees i need to take to get her hear to live on a permanent basis?
Immigration - 4 Answers
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1 :
You have to adopt her
2 :
You must be a US citizen before you can file an immigration petition for your sister.
3 :
Your husband can't file for her and neither can you until you become a citizen. However, even then, it will take another 11 years from the point you file a petition for her before it can be used to come to the US as an immigrant. Adoption isn't really an option, even assuming your parents would agree. Your husband could, in theory file a petition for an adopted child, but the child would have to be generally available for adoption, as in an orphange. So, your sister wouldn't qualify.
4 :
You must bring with her, her mother. Government would not let her come her without her parents, especially mom for girl.