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Family immigration topics like spousal petitions, petitions for children and parents, brothers and sisters. Information about 245(i), waivers of inadmissibility, adjustment of status for family-based petitions, fiancee visas, affidavits of support, medical examinations, and other family-based immigration topics.

Family Immigration

Family immigration describes the various ways US citizens and permanent residents may petition for spouses, parents, children, brothers, sisters and fiancées. 

A foreign national may legally immigrate to the United States based on a family relationship. Congress values family reunification and the closer the relationship, the more quickly one may immigrate. Immediate relatives of US citizens are not subject to quotas and need not wait in queue for visas to become available. However, the more distant the family relationship, the longer one will need to wait to immigrate. Some family relationships are too distant to support a visa petition, like aunts, uncles and cousins.

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