Posted by: madhesi July 9, 2008
Family Based Immigration
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Please see this link:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4252.html

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens:  23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second:  Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent
Residents:  114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:

A.  Spouses and Children:  77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B.  Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older):  23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third:  Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens:  23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth:  Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens:  65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

 

Your parents (any one of them) can sponsor you for residency.  you will fall under Preference 2B :  Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older)

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st  15MAR02 15MAR02 15MAR02  22JUL92  15MAR93
2A 01AUG03 01AUG03 01AUG03 U 01AUG03
2B 15SEP99 15SEP99 15SEP99 08APR92 01MAR97
3rd 08JUN00 08JUN00 08JUN00 08AUG92 01APR91
4th 01SEP97 15FEB97 15FEB97 22DEC94 08MAR86

At present, people who got sponsored before 15Sep1999 are getting GC.  So there is a wait for 9 years which will be even longer as the petitions keep on piling up.  This is the fastest time you can get residency by your family sponsor. 

If you marry a green card holder, your preference moves to 2A, whch has a wait of 5 years, still not very exciting!

Marry a citizen, GC will fall in your lap right away!

 

Disclaimer:  I am not an attorney .. this is not legal advice!

 

 

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