Immigration Petition For Sibling

Immigrant Visa Petition for a Sibling of a United States Citizen.

Only a United State Citizen who is 21 years of age or older may file a petition for a brother or sister for immigration classification. The petitioner and beneficiary must establish that they are or once were children of a common parent.

Birth, adoption, or a marriage creating a step relationship can establish the sibling relationship. As in the case of a stepparent-stepchild relationship, the marriage which created the step-sibling relationship must continue to exist. The marriage of the parent and stepparent normally dissolves a step-sibling relationship if it ends in divorce or annulment.

To show eligibility, the applicant must establish two separate relationships.

1. The relationship between the petitioner and his/her parent, and
2. The relationship between the beneficiary and that same parent.

The documentation required to establish a sibling relationship varies. Specifically, it depends entirely on the parental combination through which the relationship occurs.

Additionally, an adopted child may not confer immigration benefits upon their natural sibling, since their common natural parent no longer holds the status of parent for the adopted child in immigration matters.

Siblings of a United State Citizen falls into the fourth family Preference category or classification and has a long waiting period for visa numbers.

Upon approval of the Immigrant Visa Petition, adjustment of status to that of a Lawful Permanent resident may be pursued either in the U.S through the green card process or outside the U.S through an Immigrant visa application at the foreign Embassy if the priority date is current.