citizen can file an I-130 petition for and assist to immigrate to the United States: Only when their " priority date" is current can they move forward and complete the process of getting an immigrant visa and lawful permanent residence.īut once you're a citizen, the situation typically improves, as described next. Because the demand for these visas nearly always exceeds the supply, preference relatives end up on waiting lists that can last many years before they can immigrate to the United States. Spouses and unmarried children of permanent residents, as well as various other family members, are called "preference relatives." That means that Congress set annual limits on the number of visas (green cards) available to them. In fact, you might have filed petitions for these family members long ago, and still be waiting for them to receive a green light to immigrate to the United States. A green card holder can sponsor ( file an I-130 petition for) only a spouse and unmarried children but for no one else. citizen), you probably noticed earlier that your rights as a green card holder to help family members immigrate were quite limited. If you did, in fact, start out with a green card (and then became a naturalized U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents Can Petition for Fewer Family Members Than U.S. lawful permanent residence (a green card).
citizen, and you have relatives who were born in another country, you might, in certain cases, be able to help them obtain U.S. If you are either a native-born or a naturalized U.S.
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