Entitlement For Family Based Immigrant Visa

Many of my Indian friends may not be perhaps aware of which close blood relatives they are able to sponsor for family based immigrant visa. That means that such relatives can be allowed to stay and work permanently in the USA on getting their family based immigration visa. There are better opportunities available here in this country for settling, as compared to India. You must look into this aspect very carefully and you may be able to file a family immigration petition for some of your relatives. Such relatives shall never forget this in their life and would be always grateful to you for this invaluable opportunity in their life given by you. I, myself is in the USA today due to one of my close blood relatives, who filed the family immigration visa petition for me and my family long back in the year 1992.

There are mainly four categories of the relatives for whom American citizens/ American residents can file the family visa application. The first category is called "immediate relatives". The spouse, parents, and the unmarried sons and daughters of US citizens are covered under this priority. This is the best priority and the applicants under this category are able to get US immigration visa almost immediately within a period of around 2 to 3 months maximum.

This category is known as F-1. The second category/priority covers the spouse, unmarried sons and daughters of the US residents, holding a valid green card and fulfilling the condition of prescribed stay in the USA. The family visa applicants covered under this category have to wait for about 4 to 5 years or even more, depending upon the visa number availability. As soon as the sons and daughters get married, they are not considered eligible for family immigration visa issuance under this category. The third category/priority covers married sons and daughters of US citizens.