I am a green card holder and my husband is a citizen, can I file for my sister?

Question

My sister does not live in US and I recently received my greencard.

Is there a way she can come on a Visa? Can my husband sponser her thru that relationship?

Answer 1

No I don't think so. You should contact the local government and ask them. I believe that there is an amount of time that you need to wait before you can sponsor someone if you have already done it recently.

Answer 2

No. Only immediate blood relatives (parent, sibling, adult child) who  are citizens can sponsor an immigrant.  Your husband is not related, and you are not a citizen.  Go visit her.  

Answer 3

You can only after you become a US citizen and hold an American Passport.

After you get your American Citizenship you could bring your sister to the US, but because the waiting list is so long it will take 12 years of waiting. So in few years you will become a US citizen and then fill the forms needed to bring your sister to the US and it will take 12 years (there is a huge waiting line! they still take care of applications from 1996).

Answer 4

hi, your sister cannot get the visa from u.  US greencard holder only can file spouse and unmarried kids to come/live in USA.  Also ur husband cannot file her too.  The way u can do is .... apply for the US citizenship after 3 yrs.  once u get the US citizenship, u can file ur sister, but at least she has to wait for 10 yrs

Answer 5

No, you cannot because you are not a citizen, and your husband cannot because he is not a blood relation.

Answer 6

If you are referring immigrant visa, you have to be US Citizen to be able to petition Parents and Siblings.

PR can only petition spouse and own children.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/m...

If you are referring visitor's visa, then she has to file by herself at US Embassy in her country. As long as she present strong ties in the country, such as employment, families, spouse, childern, big assets that she will definately come back, she can get visitor's visa.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/types/...