Petition for Parents of US Citizens
Parents of US Citizens can apply for permanent
resident status in the US as immediate relatives. Unlike most other immigrant
candidates, no numerical limitation is placed on the number of US Citizens’
parents. And parents who applied belong to the IR-5 category among the
candidates classification.
1. IR-5
Parents of US Citizens
2. General Case Procedure
First, file I-130 form along with other supporting documents to the USCIS. After
that, the petitioner will receive I-797 approval notice and the USCIS will
transfer the case to NVC (National Visa Center). For categories which do not
need to wait for quotas like IR-5, NVC sends out fee payment bill once finished
processing materials. After the payment, NVC will send out package 3.
Then, finish package 3 and send it back to NVC. NVC will transfer the case to US
consulate appointed after background-check (If pass it, package 4 will be send
to you). Around this time, the beneficiary needs to get medical examination and
be prepared for the consulate interview.
Finally, if the interview goes well, the beneficiary will be approved to have
his or her immigrant visa.
3. Qualifications
(1). Petitioner
① US citizen
② Age 21 or older
③ Have sufficient financial ability to support the intending immigrant parent(s)
See detail about how immigration law defines the word "child" in the
qualification part of our service:
Petition for Parents
of US Citizens
(2). Beneficiary
Be qualified as a parent of the US Citizen.
Documents that needed to prove parent-child relationship please refer to
supporting document link in the filing material part of our service:
Petition for Parents
of US Citizens
4. Warnings
(1). A separate form must be filed for each eligible relative i.e. you can only
apply for your father or your mother per person per time.
(2). Adopted children cannot petition for their biological parents since their
relationship was terminated after the adoption.
(3). A stepparent qualifies for immigration on the basis of his/her relationship
with his/her stepchild as long as the relationship was formed before the child’s
18th birthday.
(4). Adoptive parents qualify for immigration if the US Citizen child was
adopted before the age of 16 and has lived with the adoptive parents in their
legal custody for at least two years.
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