Q: I am a US citizen. Wife is from India and is a Green Card Holder. Can we bring her parents here from India?
Wife and I live in the US. Wife recently obtained Green card this year. We would like to bring her parents from India. Her parents are Indian citizens. Can we bring her parents here from India so that they can stay with us permanently? Do we fill out the normal I-130, I-485?
A: Your Indian spouse must become a U.S. Citizen in order to sponsor her immediate family members for lawful permanent residency in the United States by submitting a stand alone I-130 for each parent to initiate that process.
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A: Green card holders are not allowed to sponsor their parents for lawful permanent residency. Your wife must first obtain her US citizenship, and then she can sponsor her parents as her immediate relatives.
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