immediate relative

• 8 CFR 204.1 - General information about immediate relative and family-sponsored petitions.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 8: Aliens and Nationality

• Absence and Leave; Definitions of Family member, Immediate relative, and Related Terms

• FR, June 14, 2010
• Rules
• Personnel Management Office

• 8 USC 1204 - Sec. 1204. Immediate relative and special immigrant visas

• U.S. Code - Title 8: Aliens and Nationality

• 22 CFR 42.42 - Petitions for immediate relative or preference status.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 22: Foreign Relations

• Will My Marriage to a Jamaican Be a Shackle?

Secondly, if your plans are to marry your Jamaican fiance' and for the both of you to live in the States, you will need to become a US citizen if you want to make that move quickly. When a US citizen files a petition for their spouse, it is considered an immediate relative petition that is processed on an average of eight months to a year. Additionally, a United States citizen is allowed to file a fianc** visa that would allow their Jamaican fiancee' to travel to the US and then marry them within 90 days. As a Permanent Resident you would not lose that status if you were to marry a Jamaican and become a Jamaican citizen. You should contact the Jamaican Embassy in Washington, DC www.embassyofjamaica.org, the Jamaican Consulates in Miami www.jamaicacgmiami.org, or New York www.congenjamai...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• June 22, 2010

• 8 CFR 204.306 - Classification as an immediate relative based on a Convention adoption.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 8: Aliens and Nationality

• Delgado-Sobalvarro v. Atty Gen USA, (3rd Cir. 2010)

...Rathof then filed I-130 immediate relative petitions for Delgado-Sobalvarro and her ...

• Federal Circuits

• 42 CFR 411.12 - Charges imposed by an immediate relative or member of the beneficiary's household.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• Provisional Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens

S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) intends to change its current process for filing and adjudication of certain applications for waivers of inadmissibility filed in connection with an immediate relative immigrant visa application. Specifically, USCIS is considering regulatory changes that will allow certain immediate relatives of U.S. citizens to request provisional waivers under section 212(a)(9)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (INA or Act), 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(v), prior to departing the United States for consular processing of their immigrant visa applications. An alien would be able to obtain such a waiver only if a Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130, is filed by a U.S. citizen on his or her behalf and that petition has been app...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 1040, January 09, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Homeland Security Department

• Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative and Application for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition

• FR, June 23, 2010
• Notices
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services