Bring your spouse, parents, children, or siblings to live with you in the United States as permanent residents .
Family Petition
U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents can sponsor their family members for a Green Card through the Alien Relative Petition, with the support of an immigration attorney experienced in immigration law. The process depends on your status, the family relationship, and the beneficiary’s country of origin.
WHAT IS A FAMILY PETITION?
It is the first step in the process for a foreign family member to obtain lawful permanent residency (Green Card) through a family relationship. It begins with a petition filed with USCIS, and depending on the case, it continues with either adjustment of status within the United States or consular processing in the family member’s home country.
🔹 It applies to:
Spouses of U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Parents of U.S. citizens over 21 years old
Unmarried children under 21 (of citizens or residents)
Unmarried children over 21 (of citizens or residents)
Married children (only of U.S. citizens)
Siblings of U.S. citizens over 21 years old
Fiancés who will marry in the U.S. (through the K-1 visa)
BENEFITS
✅ Permanent Green Card for the family member and, in preference categories, for derivative beneficiaries (spouse and unmarried children under 21)
✅ The family member can live, work, and study freely in any U.S. state
✅ Direct path to U.S. citizenship after five years of residency (three years if residency was obtained through marriage to a U.S. citizen)
✅ No job offer or employer sponsorship required
✅ Immediate relatives (spouses, parents, and unmarried children under 21 of U.S. citizens): no annual quotas or Visa Bulletin waiting times
✅ Possibility of concurrent filing (I-130 + I-485) if the beneficiary is in the U.S. and a visa is available
REQUIREMENTS
If you are a U.S. CITIZEN, you can sponsor:
✔ Your spouse (immediate relative — no Visa Bulletin wait)
✔ Your unmarried children under 21 (immediate relative — no wait)
✔ Your parents, if you are 21 or older (immediate relative — no wait)
✔ Your unmarried children over 21 (F1 preference category)
✔ Your married children (F3 category)
✔ Your siblings, if you are 21 or older (F4 category — several years of waiting)
✔ Your fiancé(e) (K-1 visa — not an I-130, but an I-129F petition)
If you are a LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT (Green Card holder), you can sponsor:
✔ Your spouse (F2A category)
✔ Your unmarried children under 21 (F2A category)
✔ Your unmarried children over 21 (F2B category)
❌ As a permanent resident, you cannot sponsor parents, siblings, married children, or fiancés. For these cases, you must first become a U.S. citizen.
OUR METHODOLOGY
At US Visa LATAM, we begin with two key questions that define the case: who is the sponsor and who is the beneficiary? and is the beneficiary admissible? From there:
We verify eligibility and the correct category
We conduct an admissibility analysis
We assess waiver strategy, if applicable
We prepare the petition before USCIS
We determine: adjustment of status or consular processing
We prepare the Affidavit of Support
We prepare for the interview
We provide support until the Green Card is issued and conditions are removed
We do not take cases we do not believe in. In family petitions, this is especially important: a poorly structured I-130 or one filed before resolving a ground of inadmissibility can separate a family for years.
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