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US Citizenship In The Bag. So What's Next For Us? by ujnwachukwu(m): 1:45pm On Jan 09
So guys yesterday my brother was sworn in as a US citizen. He travelled to the US for the first time in 2017 with a visitors visa and the rest is history. All thanks to God though.

So am just wondering what's up with me and the rest of my siblings. If he files papers for his siblings to come over, how long is it gonna take and I also heard if he files for us, we can not even apply for a visitors visa to come for a visit as it is perceived we might not go back again.

Whoever has toed this part should kindly enlighten me on how we can navigate this.

Re: US Citizenship In The Bag. So What's Next For Us? by Helpout12345: 8:40pm On Jan 09
ujnwachukwu:
So guys yesterday my brother was sworn in as a US citizen. He travelled to the US for the first time in 2017 with a visitors visa and the rest is history. All thanks to God though.

So am just wondering what's up with me and the rest of my siblings. If he files papers for his siblings to come over, how long is it gonna take and I also heard if he files for us, we can not even apply for a visitors visa to come for a visit as it is perceived we might not go back again.

Whoever has toed this part should kindly enlighten me on how we can navigate this.

Options.

1. He files Family siblings category F4 petition for you siblings. This takes about 17 to 18 years. Wait can change depending on visa bulletin below.

2. He files for a parent first (as IR5) and the parent files for the rest of the siblings (as F categories) when they arrive in the US. This route can be a little shorter. IR visas takes 1 to 2 years to process in most cases for the parent to enter the US. Once the parent files for the siblings, their wait depends on the visa bulletin below

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-january-2025.html

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Re: US Citizenship In The Bag. So What's Next For Us? by ujnwachukwu(m): 6:21am On Jan 10
Helpout12345:


Options.

1. He files Family siblings category F4 petition for you siblings. This takes about 17 to 18 years. Wait can change depending on visa bulletin below.

2. He files for a parent first (as IR5) and the parent files for the rest of the siblings (as F categories) when they arrive in the US. This route can be a little shorter. IR visas takes 1 to 2 years to process in most cases for the parent to enter the US. Once the parent files for the siblings, their wait depends on the visa bulletin below

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2025/visa-bulletin-for-january-2025.html





Thank you so much for this

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