Sponsorship Visa Services

USA

Spousal Sponsorship - IR-1

Processing Time: 6 to 8 Months

To encourage families to reunite, the United States allows the citizens and legal permanent residents to invite their foreign family members to come to the U.S. IR-1 is the immediate relative category, to invite the spouse. Eligibility is given below:

Must be legally married to a U.S. citizen
The one residing in the U.S. should have a valid address and documentation to prove his residence
He/she should also have enough financial resources to support the foreign spouse

Fiance` (e) Visa - K-1

Processing Time: 6 to 9 Months

This category of nonimmigrant visa is for anyone residing in a country other than United States, who wishes to get married to a citizen of United States. You will be required to marry the citizen within 90 days of your arrival. Failure to comply by this rule goes against the laws and could result in your removal from the United States.

Eligibility and requirements:

Both should be above the legal age of 18 to get married
Both of you should not be married to someone else, and if you are, then there should be evidence that the marriage is dissolved
The marriage must be permissible under the law of the United States
Within the past two years, the US citizen and his/her fiance` must have met in person at least once. Evidence of this must be provided in terms of photographs, travel records of any other documents. This requirement will only be waived off under extreme cases, such as not being permissible under the culture to meet before marriage
The US citizen must have enough financial resources to sponsor his/her fiance`

Unmarried Child Under 21 Years of Age of a U.S. Citizen - USA IR-2

Processing Time: 3 to 12 Months

The IR-2 visa is a U.S. immediate relative visa, for children of U.S citizens, which are unmarried and are under 21 years of age. If the child is under the child status protection act, being treated as under 21 years old, then he/she can also be granted the visa.

The children with IR-2 visa can live in U.S. and attend school here. They will eventually also qualify to apply for green card and will be able to work in the U.S. without an Employment Authorization Document. The IR-2 visa does not have an annual cap. As long as applicants qualify the eligibility criteria, he/she can obtain it.

Children with IR-2 visas who are under 18 years, gets U.S. citizenship as soon as they enter U.S. and live with their parents in the U.S. Children over the age of 18 become permanent residents and get their IR-2 green cards. They can apply for citizenship when they are eligible.

Eligibility (for the child):

The child should be under 21 years old and unmarried
The child should be living in a foreign country
The child and the parent who is a U.S. citizen must have lived together for a minimum of 2 years
The parent should be a U.S. citizen
The parent give consent to adopt the foreign child

Orphan adopted abroad by a U.S. Citizen - USA IR-3

Processing Time: 6 to 12 Months

U.S. citizens who wants to adopt children from foreign countries and bring them to the U.S. can do so if the child has a valid U.S. visa and is allowed to enter the U.S. IR-3 can be applied for once the adoption procedure is completed in the child�s home country. Under this classification, the child can live in the U.S. with the adopted parents, enroll in a school or college, and eventually be a U.S. citizen when eligible.

The procedure for the application may differ according to the country that the child is being adopted from. However, there are a few countries from which adoption is not permissible due to political reasons.

Eligibility and Requirements:

The child must be under 21 years old and must be from a country which qualifies for adoption under the U.S. laws
The child must fulfil the adoption requirement of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act
The parent in the U.S. must have a valid residence/address and must clear the eligibility test for adoption by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
The U.S. citizen must plan to relocate the adopted child to the U.S.
Note: If the parent (U.S. citizen) has already adopted the child and lived with him for two years, the child does not need to apply for IR-3 and would rather qualify for IR-2 visa

Orphan to be adopted in the U.S. by a U.S. Citizen - USA IR-4

Processing Time: 6 to 12 Months

This classification of visa allows the citizens to complete the adoption process after bringing the child to U.S. This allows the child to live legally in the U.S., study or work without needing an Employment Authorization Document.

Eligibility and Requirement:

The child must be under 21 years old and must be from a country which qualifies for adoption under the U.S. laws.
The child must fulfil the adoption requirement of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
The parent in the U.S. must have a valid residence/address and must clear the eligibility test for adoption by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
The U.S. citizen must plan to relocate the adopted child to the U.S
The parent in the U.S. must take legal guardianship of the child in the foreign country, and also adopt in the U.S

Family Preference Visa

Processing Time: Not Available

Family visa comprises of four categories, depending on the relationship with the U.S. citizen:

F-1 Visa - The U.S. citizen's unmarried children, and their minor children are eligible for this type of visa
F-2 Visa - Spouse, minor or children under the age of 21 years are eligible for this type of visa
F-3 Visa - The U.S. citizen's married children, and their spouses and minor children are eligible for this type of visa
F-4 Visa - If the U.S. citizen is at least 21 years old, his/her siblings and their spouses and minor children are eligible for this type of visa

Note: Family preference visa is not issued for grandparents, aunts, uncles or in-laws.

Parent of a U.S. Citizen who is at least 21 years- USA IR-5

Processing Time: 5-8 years

After becoming a citizen of the United States, you can bring your immediate family members to the country. IR-5 visa allows the U.S. citizens to bring their parents from their home country into the U.S. Apart from reuniting with their children, the parents also enjoy the liberty to legally work without an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), once they are issued with an IR-5.

This classification of visa does not have a yearly cap and therefore anyone who meets the eligibility criteria can obtain the U.S. visa.