👪Family Petition Guide
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Petition a family member for a green card (Form I-130)

U.S. citizens and green-card holders can petition certain relatives. Some have no wait at all; others wait years. Answer two questions to see which path applies to your family.

✓ The first step, Form I-130, establishes the family relationship
2-question check

How long might it take?

Wait times depend on your status and your relationship to the relative. Answers stay on this device.

1Are you a U.S. citizen, or a green-card holder (permanent resident)?
2Who are you petitioning for?
Who you can petition

Citizens can petition more relatives than residents

Your status determines which family members you can sponsor.

The key thing to understand

I-130 is the first step, not the last

An approved I-130 does not, by itself, give your relative a green card or the right to live here yet.

The process

From petition to green card

The path has a few stages. Where your relative lives shapes the last one.

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