Hi! Thanks for the question.
The INS websites which is the official US agency for immigration
purposes provides the process for sponsoring your blood relatives to
the US.
“Immigration Through a Family Member”
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/services/residency/family.htm
The following are official steps that must be taken for certain types
of family members.
“How Do I Bring a Sibling to Live in the United States?”
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/sibling.htm
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/sibapp.htm (Application
Procedures)
“How Do I Bring My Parents to Live in the United States?”
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/parents.htm
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/parentapp.htm (Application
Procedures)
“How Do I Bring My Child, Son or Daughter to Live in the United
States?”
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/child.htm
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/childproc.htm (Application
Procedures)
“How Do I Bring My Spouse (Husband or Wife) to Live in the United
States?”
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/spouselive.htm
http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/howdoi/Appproc.htm (Application
Procedures)
In terms of the question of how long your siblings could come to the
US, it depends on the backlog and priority dates for a particular
country. The following link provides an example:
“Recently, the preference for an unmarried son or daughter of a US
Citizen (Family 1) has had a backlog of about a little over a year
(Mexico is about 5 years behind and the Philippines is about 11
years.) The preference for married sons or daughters (Family 3) now
has a waiting list of about 3 and a half years (except for Mexico and
the Philippines which is longer.) The wait for a visa for the brother
or sister of a US Citizen (Family 4) has historically been so long as
to make it almost useless as a means to immigrate. It has a backlog of
about ten years with longer waits for India, China, and the
Philippines.”
“A BRIEF LOOK AT HOW FAMILY IMMIGRATION WORKS”
http://www.lawcom.com/immigration/famimusc.shtml
The next link will be valuable to your research if you want to know
how long it will take for you to get your relatives from the US. Aside
from backlog in your country, you have to contend with priority dates
and procedural changes in INS processing forms. Such factors are
discussed in the article.
“A Priority Date is issued by the US Department of State. Priority
Dates are intended to slow down the flow of the immigration into
United States. By law, there is a number limit (or "quota") of
immigrants each year. Only 7% of the total number of people
immigrating to the US each year can be from any one country.”
“There are exceptions.”Immediate relatives" of US citizens are not
subject to quota limits and will not receive Priority Dates.”
Charts are available for the status of priority dates for the
countries are available through this link
(http://www.familygreencards.com/time.html#time4).
“Besides the Priority Date, there are other considerations that affect
timing. Each INS office, Embassy and Consulate has different
administration, staff and caseload. Some offices are quicker than
others.”
“Procedures change for INS processing of forms, even if the form
instructions remain the same. In fact, most form instructions were
already out of date the day they were printed and many form
instructions have errors in them.”
Please read the entire article “How long will it take?” for your
reference.
http://www.familygreencards.com/time.html#time4
The following table summarizes on who should be sponsored and who does
not need to be sponsored in different cases:
“TABLE OF FAMILY SPONSORSHIP BY A US CITIZEN”
http://www.lawcom.com/immigration/fitblusc.shtml
Search terms used:
US citizen sponsorship country quotas
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
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