A person with permanent residency status (of USA) can sponsor a family visa to their family member. To apply for a family visa or family-based immigration visa, one should have their relative (spouse, parent, child or sibling) living in USA with Green card or they must be a citizen of the country. There is a wide range of US family visa, one can apply for based in their eligibility and type of family connection they have. Let’s understand the Family USA visa from Dubai in more details and get pre idea of visa fees and processing time, what are the requirements and how to sponsor family visa for your relative.
Please note that, if your relative is living in USA with Green card (permanent residency), then he/she can only sponsors their spouses and children. However, an American citizen can sponsor their spouses, children, parents and siblings. Now, let’s understand the process to bring your relative to the USA.
File a petition for the person your sponsoring by submitting the I-130 and form I-485 (in some family visa type I- 485 is not required to file.
Wait for your petition to be approved.
Once your petition is approved, wait for welcome letter sent by the NYC (National Visa Centre).
After receiving your NVC letter, you need to pay your immigrant visa application processing fee along with the affidavit of support fee.
Now the next step in the process is to complete the affidavit of support or form I-864 to accept the financial responsibility of the person you are bringing to USA.
After submitting and collecting the financial other supporting documents, sponsors and their family member (whom the sponsor is bringing) need to complete online visa application form (DS-260).
The final step in the process is the interview where US embassy will ask relevant question about you and whom you are sponsoring.
Processing time varies for the US family sponsored visa depending on which category one has sponsor his/her visa. In general, after filing the petition for Alien Relative (I-130 form), the it takes 50 to 70 working days in the visa process. The cost for the petition of family visa application is $675.
Following are the documents which the applicants need to verify to the embassy during the time of the interview to invite their family to the US.
Here are the basic conditions which is applied for the family visa application.
Which Visa is for Family?
A family visa is a document that is issued to bring your family member on the foreign land where you live.
How long does it take to get a family sponsor visa?
The visa processing duration depends on the type of family visa. Some family visa takes around 5o to 70 days while some takes between one to two years. Countries like Australia allows individual to stay in the country while visa is being processed.
How many years is USA visa valid?
It completely depends on the type of visa are applying for.
