If US Citizen Brother sponsors her sister for GC

fira

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My mom's brother is US Citizen and wants to sponsor my mother for GC. My mother is already in the USA on visit visa.

Question 1: If my uncle files GC for my mother, can she stay here until a decision has been made from INS?

Question 2: What forms should be filed? Is it I-131 and I-485? Can it be filed simultaneously?

Thanks in advance!
 
fira:

If your USC uncle filed a petition for your mother, the wait for a visa number for a brother/sister of a USC is almost 12 years.

Obviously, the INS will not allow her to stay here for 12 years to apply for adjustment of status.

It seems to me that your experience with INS has been with an employment based petition which have had "current" priority dates in recent memory.
 
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