Relatives migration

Relatives' migration can be divided into two types: unscheduled and scheduled.

Immigrants with non-scheduled relatives include spouses of citizens, children under the age of 2/kloc-0 and parents of citizens. Spouse refers to the husband or wife who is legally registered for marriage. 2 1 Children under the age of one include not only the biological children of citizens, but also the stepchildren born to their spouses and ex-wives.

Unmarried means never getting married, divorced or having a spouse die. Because this relative migration does not need to be scheduled, the Immigration Bureau and the National Visa Center will handle it immediately.

Scheduled relative migration includes:

First priority: married children of citizens aged 2/kloc-0.

Second priority: Class A: spouses of permanent residents, or unmarried children under 2 1 year; Class B: 2 1 unmarried children of permanent residents over one year old.

Third priority: married children of citizens

Fourth priority: citizens, brothers and sisters

Obviously, only citizens can apply for parents, married children or siblings, but permanent residents can't.

The procedures for relatives to immigrate will vary according to whether they are in the United States or overseas, but in any case, American citizens or permanent residents must submit immigration applications for them in the United States.

1. Procedures for relatives in the United States

1) Submit an application for immigration (I- 130) and an application for change of status (I-485). If your relatives are already in the United States, you should submit these two applications to the immigration office.

About 65,438+0 months after the application is submitted, you will receive the ASCAppointmentNotice, and your relatives should take their fingerprints at the place and time specified in the notice.

About 4 months after the application is submitted, you will receive an interview notice. The interview focuses on the authenticity of cases and materials.

Take the marriage green card as an example, the immigration officer will first review whether the information is complete. If there is any doubt about their marriage, he will further ask about their living habits and details, including how to celebrate the holidays, the birthplace of their parents, their eating preferences, and even what brand of toothpaste to use, what color underwear they like, what to eat for breakfast, etc., so as to judge whether they live together and the authenticity of their marriage. If you pass the interview, you will be granted a green card immediately. It is a temporary green card and is valid for two years. If the immigration officer still has questions about the case, he will ask for supplements. After the supplement is passed, give him a green card. If he still has doubts about the supplement, he will continue to hear the case and finally get a green card.

2) Financial Guarantee for Living (I-864) When submitting an application for change of spouse status (I-485), citizens should provide financial guarantee (I-864) and fill in the I-864 form, which is valid for 6 months. If it is more than 6 months, citizens must fill it out again. In addition, if the income of the applicant exceeds the poverty line of 65,438+0.25%, the requirements will vary with the number of families, and the amount of protection will increase by about $500 per person per year. If the applicant's conditions are not enough, the immigration bureau also requires a guarantor to guarantee the relatives. Therefore, applicants should provide sufficient documents to prove their financial ability, such as passport or citizen paper or green card, employer's letter and tax return for the third year (the tax return for the last year is particularly important). * * * The materials provided by the same guarantor are the same as those provided by the main guarantor.

2. Relatives go through the formalities of going abroad

First of all, a citizen submits an immigration application for his relatives (I- 130), and the Immigration Bureau will issue an approval notice after hearing and approving it. Then the case will be transferred to the National Visa Center, and the National Visa Center will inform applicants who do not need to schedule to provide living security, pay fees, fill out DS230 forms and so on. After all the formalities in the United States are ready, the case will be handed over to overseas consulates for interviews.

Before receiving the interview notice from overseas consulates, relatives must prepare relevant notarization and translation materials as required, such as birth notarization, marriage notarization and innocent photo notarization. Overseas consulates will further hear the case and then send the interview notice to relatives. After receiving the interview notice, relatives can go to the designated medical institution for visa medical examination and receive the medical report.

During the interview, relatives should not only bring all the necessary documents and medical reports as required, but also make full preparations for the interview in advance. The immigration officer will ask relatives questions about each case, such as: the relationship with the applicant, how to keep in touch, who will vouch for the relatives, the relationship with the guarantor, what to do after arriving in the United States, and so on. If it is a green card for marriage, the problems will involve the place where the two parties first met, whether they have the same property, whether they know each other's family members, how to maintain their feelings and so on. Relatives should seriously answer the questions of immigration officials and issue corresponding documents.

In case the immigration officer thinks that the relatives' answers are in doubt, he will ask for supplementary documents, and both applicants should prepare materials according to the supplementary documents and wait for the next interview. After the interview is passed, overseas consulates will issue visas.

Relatives must pay attention to the age of their children. For example, if a citizen applies for a spouse and their children to come to the United States, their children should be under the age of 265,438+0 when they are interviewed at overseas consulates. If the child is over 265,438+0 years old, he/she can't go to America with his/her parents, so he/she has to reapply for scheduling.

For example, an American citizen submitted I- 130 to the Immigration Bureau to apply for his China brother and daughter to come to the United States. At that time, my daughter 12 years old, but when the case arrived at the Shanghai consulate and was informed of the interview, my daughter was over 2/kloc-0 years old on the day of the interview and could not come to the United States with her parents. In addition, when citizens apply for spouses and stepchildren to come to the United States, the stepchildren must be under the age of 18 on the date of marriage registration between their father or mother and American citizens. If he is over 18 years old, the stepson is not eligible to apply for coming to the United States.

3. Application for green card transfer (I-75 1)

As far as the marriage green card is concerned, citizens must also apply for a formal green card (I-75 1) within 24 months from the date when they obtain a temporary green card according to the above procedures. If a citizen applies for more than 24 months, the Immigration Bureau has the right to reject his application.

When filling in the I-75 1 form, important documents such as the approval letter and permanent green card of I-75 1 application are sent directly to the applicant's address, so the applicant's address can't be wrong at all. The applicant should provide evidence to prove that the two parties have always maintained a true marriage relationship, whether they live together after marriage, and whether they have the need to live together. If one of the husband and wife cannot live together due to work reasons, additional evidence must be provided to prove that the two keep close contact. Only after the application is approved can the spouse of a citizen truly obtain permanent resident status.

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