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Helping You Bring Your Parents to the U.S.: Family Immigration Assistance

We can help you bring your parents to the United States.  To petition for your parents (mother or father) to live in the United States as green card holders, you must be a U.S. citizen and at least 21 years old. People who are themselves only green card holders (permanent residents) may not petition to bring parents to live permanently in the United States.  We will have to make you a citizen first.  The benefit of becoming a US citizen means there will be not wait time for the visa other than the normal processing times.  


The first step in petitioning for a parent is to file a "Petition for Alien Relative." This petition is necessary to prove to USCIS that you are a U.S. citizen, and you really are the son or daughter of your parent, and that therefore your parent is potentially eligible for a green card. This can be complicated if your parent’s name is not on your birth certificate, or your parents weren’t married when you were born.
 

A foreign-born parent living abroad will have to wait until the I-130 is approved before starting the green card application process through a U.S. consulate. This is referred to as consular processing.
If your parent is in the U.S. after having gained legal entry (through a visa or other means), and then later decides to apply for a green card, they may be eligible to file an I-485, Petition to Adjust Status, at the same time as the I-130 application. This will lead to immediate processing of the green card, without the need to wait for approval of the I-130, BUT there's an important caution here: Be sure your parent does not or did not use a tourist visa, visa waiver, or some other visa as a way of gaining U.S. entry with the actual goal of adjusting status. That would be a misuse of the visa and could lead to the green card being denied based on visa fraud.  Before starting the process to immigrate your parent, it is very important to talk to a qualified Dallas immigration attorney.
 

Give us a call today at (972) 497-1017 and set up a consultation.  We want to make sure there won’t be any problems in filing your petition for your parent. 

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