Brothers and sisters who immigrate to the United States with different relatives have to wait 10 years to apply.

Netease Education News According to the Shanghai Overseas Chinese News, reader Mr. Zhang recently obtained permanent residency in the United States. Unable to adapt to the lonely life abroad, he wanted to send all his relatives at home to the United States, so he consulted our newspaper about relatives' immigration (Weibo). It is reported that American relative immigration is a special immigration policy for American citizens' relatives, and the immigration application of other non-immediate family members except immediate family members is restricted by the annual quota stipulated by American immigration law. Immigration of immediate family members of American citizens is not subject to quota restrictions. Let's take a closer look at this issue.

There is no quota for immediate family members to immigrate.

According to the old and new immigration laws of the United States, the immediate family members of American citizens are not subject to quota restrictions. In other words, the immediate family members of American citizens can obtain immigrant visas and immigrate to the United States without restrictions as long as they are not prohibited from entering the country by American laws.

Immediate family members defined in American immigration law refer to:

1. Spouses of American citizens.

For this kind of immigration application, American citizens can directly sponsor overseas spouses to apply for permanent residency in the United States. However, according to the law, this foreign spouse only obtained a conditional two-year effective permanent residency. Generally speaking, 90 days before the expiration of the two-year green card, American citizens must sign to prove that their marriage is still valid, and guarantee to apply for canceling the above two-year conditions, so that their foreign spouses can successfully obtain permanent permanent residency (green card). However, if a foreign spouse can prove that the marriage cannot last for two years due to domestic violence and other reasons, he can also apply for lifting the two-year restriction on his green card in order to obtain a permanent green card.

2. Unmarried children under the age of 2/kloc-0 whose parents are American citizens;

3.2/kloc-parents of American citizens over 0/year old; Adopted sons, adopted daughters and adoptive parents are regarded as immediate family members, but the adoption relationship must be established before 16 years old; Stepsons, daughters, stepfathers and mothers are also regarded as immediate family members, but stepfathers and mothers must get married before their children reach the age of 18.

The above two kinds of relatives immigrants have no immigration quota. Children of American citizens over 265,438+0 can directly sponsor overseas parents or single children under 265,438+0 to apply for permanent residency in the United States.