Hi,Just came across your Blog….My daughter is a green card holder thru marriage she applied for citizenship almost two yrs ago, once she gets that then she will sponsor me i live in the UK……..As you can imagine its difficult for both of us because i ahve a grandson too…..My question to you is….is there anyway i can be with her until she applys for sponsorship for me. I look forward to your response. Please Help.
Thank you.

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  vidagolaw
  18:35 on April 5th, 2010 Reply to comment

  Hello Elnora,

  First of all, it seems a bit long to be waiting two years for citizenship to be approved. Is she having a problem with her application? As for you, if you are a UK citizen, you can come to the U.S. under a visa waiver. If you want more info about that see this post. If you are not a U.K. citizen, you could apply for a tourist visa to come visit your grandson, but you’ll probably only be allowed to stay for about 6 months each time you come in. It depends on what the officer at the border stamps on your visa. If you are visiting at the time your daughter becomes a citizen it is possible for you to wait here while your petition is processed. You should be careful about your timing however – you want to make sure that you are not deemed to have intended to immigrate when coming in on the tourist visa.

  Good luck!

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