Should 1st Preference - Family based be categorized as immediate relative under CIR?

[thera33]

Under the CIR bill due in Congress, should family based F1 categorized as immediate relative and allocate those numbers to the other preference categories, or should they just increase those numbers, please state your opinion.

[cestlavie104]

I'm the wrong person to state an opinion since I'm directly involved... and very biased about it... but 1st preference should be listed as direct relatives and exempt from numerical quotas that it currently has to abide by. And regardless... it does not make any sense for FB2a to have an astronomically larger quota than FB1, especially when in under 5 years, a sponsor is elligible for citizenship. Almost makes it worth it not to become a citizen at all if you have children dependant on that.

In any case my mother finally took the oath today, and received her certificate of naturalization. I am now in the process of upgrading my FB2b petition to FB1, and hope, and pray to god that FB1 starts moving at the pre-245(i) pace that it used to move at!

[Anahit]

Originally Posted by cestlavie104

Almost makes it worth it not to become a citizen at all if you have children dependant on that.

I thought it's up to a petitioner to upgrade his/her petition after becoming a citizen? Are you saying it must be done?