Family In Mexico

[california999]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California

We are trying to figure out what to do with a family member from Mexico.

She has three kids, one kid is an American Citizen, and all the kids are under 21. They all have passports, and have legally visited the U.S. before.

She is in a pretty rough situation there with a physically abusive father/family. No source of income, and she is single.

We can financially support her and our nieces here in the U.S.

Are there any options for them immigrating legally to the U.S. with our financial support? She does not have a brother, mother, father or sibling that are U.S. citizens. She is the ex of my wife's brother.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[ImmigAttyLana]

She would need to have a qualifying family member petition for her (spouse, parent, child over 21 or sibling). If she has none of these who are US citizens, she would have to get an employer to petition for her by offering her a fulltime permanent position and going the employment based route. Barring those two options, there is really not much else available to her.

 

[california999]

Good Idea

The employment based route sounds like a good idea. We know some people who own businesses and they would help.

I am searching for more information, if you have a link to more specific information that would be fantastic.

Thank you for your time.

 

[california999]

So, we have someone who will offer her a full-time position in his office. He has been in business for 33 years and is more than willing to give her a job.

Now our question is, what would be the next step if she is approved for the employment based route? Can this, or does it, lead to Permanent Residency and citizenship?

Thank you.

 

[Proserpina]

So, we have someone who will offer her a full-time position in his office. He has been in business for 33 years and is more than willing to give her a job.

Now our question is, what would be the next step if she is approved for the employment based route? Can this, or does it, lead to Permanent Residency and citizenship?

Thank you.

What position would this be?

What are your relative's qualifications?

There is a reason for my questions.

 

[california999]

She previously worked for a bank in Mexico and has experience with her family's business in Mexico which was a small Hotel. The business here in the U.S. is a Medical Office in a highly hispanic populated area. About 70% percent of the patients are hispanic.

The position would be back office. Her responsibilities would be minor accounting related to billing, maintaing inventory and some outreach to the hispanic community. He has hired people with her qualifications before, and in fact she is more qualified than the doctor's previous employee doing the same job.

 

[ImmigAttyLana]

If it is not a position that typically requires at least a bachelor's degree, it will be years (5-6 years) before she would be able to immigrate to the US so it is probably not the most practical route for her. If it is a position that would require at least a bachelor's degree or its equivalent AND she has at least that level of education and/or work experience, she might be able to come to the US sooner on a nonimmigrant visa and then have the employer petition for a green card on the basis of employment.

The specifics would need to be discussed with an immigration attorney so you can certainly look at the general process online but the details will need to be worked out with an attorney, most likely.