How possible to sponsor sister if you are a citizen

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I'm thinking to sponsor my sister after I got my citizenship, how possible is that?
Also my sister has 2 kids under 18 years old. Do I need to apply separately for them
 
You do not need to apply separately for the kids, since they qualify as derivates of the application for your sister as long as they are under 21. But unless they are born recently, chances are they'll have age out problems (be over 21) at the time an immigrant number becomes available for them; but there's nothing you can do about this now and there are certain provisions in the CSPA to deal with this situation (who knows what the law will be then, anyway). But if you do apply, her kids should look at the then-current law and their situation carefully before deciding to get married (unless it's to a USC!).

Oh yes, and a consequence of your application could be that your sister may get difficulty entering the US on most nonimmigrant visas (such as visitor visas), since she needs to prove nonimmigrant intent/closer ties to another country.
 
Below is a link to the most recent visa bulletin timescales. As you can see, a visa for you sister is classed as 'forth preference' (brothers and sisters of Adult citizens). What country is your sister from? Currently, if youre from India, they are working on applications received on 8th Oct 1996, however, if youre from the Phillipines, they are still working on applications received on 15th Feb 1986.....so you count the number of years between the working at date and todays date, and that gives you a rough estimate of how long you would expect to wait for a visa.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3925.html
 
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