Help Expediting Petition for a 15 year old Child of Permanent Resident

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apoblete75

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The Situation:
My Mother in Law is a permanent resident here in the U.S.
She has a 15 year old son in the Philippines who is currently being taken care of her 27 year old son. Her 27 year old son is married and is expecting a second child in 3 months. He is currently unemployed and is planning to move to Saudi to work and send money for support. His wife is moving to be able to support her two kids. Now no one is left to take care of the 15 year old. My mother in law already has a petition for her 15 year old son to come here to the U.S. The priority date of that petition is September 2009. What are her options to get her 15 year old son her to the U.S. quickly?
 
How did she get her own GC? Depending on how hers was obtained, the son may be eligible to obtain a GC quickly via follow-to-join.
 
If she received GC on the basis of parent of US citizen child, it was not possible for 15 year old to be included. There is no way to expedite petition. Child must wait for visa number. Mom can file for a reentry permit and return home to care for child for as much as 2 years without losing her GC. More than that, she should surrender it and try for another one at a later date.

If she received it on the basis of marriage to US citizen, sibling or other way permitting dependents to be included, she should see an immigration attorney for assistance.

It was irresponsible for her to accept GC without understanding the limitations of US immigration system and abandon her minor child.
 
Thank you for all the replies. I think it is necessary to explain the situation further...

My mother in law was petitioned to come to the US via her daughter (My sister in law) in 2006. During that year my mother in law was in the middle of applying for an adoption of the son of her husband. The adoption was approved last year, may 2009. My mother in law went home multiple times to take care of the adoption papers and to check up on her son. It is not an easy decision to stay in her home country and take care of her son there because of financial reasons. The salary here in the US is much larger than the home country. This is why it is better for my mother in law to work in the US and have her oldest son take care of the 15 year old.

Just reiterate, her oldest son is moving to another country to be able to send money back to support his family. No one is available to take care of the 15 year old son. Is there any way to expedite his current visa petition (GC holder petitioning her son)?

Any feedback, comments, questions are greatly appreciated.

Thank you and have a great night.
 
apoblete75 said:
Just reiterate, her oldest son is moving to another country to be able to send money back to support his family. No one is available to take care of the 15 year old son. Is there any way to expedite his current visa petition (GC holder petitioning her son)?
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No.
 
The child will have to wait for an available visa number. There are tens of thousands of people in line long before him; many have even more compelling, heartbreaking stories yet have not been able to displace others who have been in line much longer.

What is the status of her husband? If the husband is not in the US, the child has his father to care for him. Is she living apart from her husband? If he is, the parents can take turns getting reentry permits. Why was it necessary for the child to live with his brother? Since she was aware of the situation, she should not have adopted him.

Money is not a valid reason for for her conduct, IMO. The excuses you present do not justify her actions.
 
Unfortunately, her husband passed away 13 yrs ago wen the kid was just 2 years old. There are no other person to take care of the 15 yr old boy aside from his brother.

Also, she started the adoption yrs before she went here in the US but the processing of adoption in her home country took 5 yrs before it was passed.
 
to Concerned4us.... thank you for all your valuable advice, encouragement and hope; I'd be scared to see how the world still revolves without you (Extreme sarcasm).

If you have no helpful advice then don't waste your time responding buddy. This is a forum where people offer support and advice, not jump to conclusions and assume irresponsibility. If you don't understand the whole situation (and I don't expect you to) then don't jump to a conclusion about people around you. You haven't been in the situations people are facing all around the world... it sound like you're just an ungrateful blogger who enjoys having fun killing other people's hope. There how does that feel... I'm makeing assumptions about you... douchebag!

-Have a great day!
 
Is there really no one else available to take care of him? No uncle, aunt, grandparent, cousin, or even family friend who would be willing to house him, if given enough money to cover his expenses plus something more for their effort?
 
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