Question:
1. is she allowed to work WHILE WAITING for the answer?
2. OR - employment authorization is ONLY SENT AFTER Green card is
approved?
3. How long does it take to get approval?
4. Green card itself?
Answer:
does anyone know, would be most grateful for the answer:
- Mother a US permanent resident
- daughter unmarried, over 21
- If daughter applies for a green card based on family ties:
1. is she allowed to work WHILE WAITING for the answer?
2. OR - employment authorization is ONLY SENT AFTER Green card is
approved?
3. How long does it take to get approval?
4. Green card itself?
State dept' gives some scary years...... is it really that long???
(something in 8-9 years vicinity)????? country of origin Russia.
5. Can daughter travel while waiting? guess difficulty will be in
getting back to the US....?
Anyone knows of a good immigration service in DC area?
The daughter does not apply for anything to start with. The petitioner, the
mother, files an I-130 petition for the beneficiary, the daughter, asking
that she be classified in a category which allows immigration to the U.S.
Employment authorization may be obtained by filing Form I-765 simultaneously
with, or after, the beneficiary files Form I-485. The beneficiary can file
I-485 only if she is in valid nonimmigrant status, and only after the quota
has been reached and a visa number is available. For the Family 2B
category, the wait for the quota is now over nine years. With the I-485
process, this employment authorization can occur before the "green card is
approved." However, it is probably not feasible for the daughter to remain
in the U.S. all that time.
If the beneficiary must use consular immigrant visa processing, then in
effect the green card must be approved before she has employment
authorization.
There are different steps involved, and there are two different processes
for finishing up the process. The answer depends on what you are referring
to.
With consular immigrant visa processing, it will probably take nine and
one-half to ten years or more from the I-130 filing to the daughter's
entering the U.S. and becoming a permanent resident.
Unless the daughter can get her own temporary status while waiting (hard to
do with proven immigrant intent), she will soon fall out of status and be in
the U.S. illegally. If she leaves the U.S., she cannot then get back in
until the whole process is over. If she overstays her temporary status long
enough, she will be subject to a 10 year bar before she can get back into
the U.S.
Better to hire a good attorney than a "service." aila.org is a good place
to start.
MOTHER IS ALREADY A US PERMAN. RESIDENT, SO SHE IS NOT WAITING FOR A
VISA NUMBER (ESP. FOR 9 YEARS! :-) :-)
MOTHER ALREADY ADJUSTED HER STATUS AND GOT THE GREEN CARD IN THE MAIL.
WHEN MOTHER BECOMES A US CITIZEN - IS STORY STILL THE SAME : WHAT
ABOUT EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DAUGHTER WHILE WAITING FOR GREEN CARD AND HOW
LONG DOES IT TAKE IN THIS CASE? (you mentioned it is faster)
This may explain it easier for you ..
http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/child.htm
The mother is the one applying for an immigrant number for the
