What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Federal / (location CA)
Thank you for reading about my situation. I have a close relative, my aunt, my father's sister, who was more of a mother to me than my biological mom all my life long. Now she is in her 80's and unable to function without help. She is here with me on tourist visa but immigration is making a problem about her situation, every time we need to visit the homeland. I am a naturalized US citizen for more than 5 years now by the way.
I considered hiring help for her back at home, but there are many horror stories about the help robbing the elderly, harming them and in some extreme cases murdering them. Her income back at home is not enough to afford a assisted care facility who will take care of her needs as these places are very few and far between there, unlike USofA. Even with the help that I can spare from my income, such a place is out of reach for her. Last time we were over there on the other side of Atlantic, we have heard a neighbor, another elderly person, not as old as her, but living alone about 100 yards away from our place, been forcefully broken into her house by a pretend utility worker and robbed as well as being beaten pretty badly.
The situation is making me very uncomfortable and under no circumstance I am willing to leave her back at home. But here, in the US, I want her to stay legally, not as a illegal alien, though, with her extremely limited mobility, it will pretty darn impossible for ICE to know here presence. Yet I want everything to be by the book.
Is there a special hardship clause that I can use to sponsor her, knowing that I can not sponsor her as a parent (although I feel like I should be able to as she was my mother since I was 11 years old when my biological mom left us for good).
Thank you for your input.
Thank you for reading about my situation. I have a close relative, my aunt, my father's sister, who was more of a mother to me than my biological mom all my life long. Now she is in her 80's and unable to function without help. She is here with me on tourist visa but immigration is making a problem about her situation, every time we need to visit the homeland. I am a naturalized US citizen for more than 5 years now by the way.
I considered hiring help for her back at home, but there are many horror stories about the help robbing the elderly, harming them and in some extreme cases murdering them. Her income back at home is not enough to afford a assisted care facility who will take care of her needs as these places are very few and far between there, unlike USofA. Even with the help that I can spare from my income, such a place is out of reach for her. Last time we were over there on the other side of Atlantic, we have heard a neighbor, another elderly person, not as old as her, but living alone about 100 yards away from our place, been forcefully broken into her house by a pretend utility worker and robbed as well as being beaten pretty badly.
The situation is making me very uncomfortable and under no circumstance I am willing to leave her back at home. But here, in the US, I want her to stay legally, not as a illegal alien, though, with her extremely limited mobility, it will pretty darn impossible for ICE to know here presence. Yet I want everything to be by the book.
Is there a special hardship clause that I can use to sponsor her, knowing that I can not sponsor her as a parent (although I feel like I should be able to as she was my mother since I was 11 years old when my biological mom left us for good).
Thank you for your input.