Immigration Voice

ineedmymother · #1 (**permalink**) 02-23-2010, 08:29 AM

Hi, My mother lives in Haiti, i was not able to file a petition for her before the earthquake happened. Now with all of that going on, i need to know how to file and get her quicker to the us? Any response will be greatly appreciated, thank you

Madan Ahluwalia · #2 (**permalink**) 02-23-2010, 02:20 PM

There is no special provisions for people living in Haiti to get a visa to come here sooner. You will need to file the regular route. What is your immigration status? You can sponsor your mother only if you are US citizen.

mdcowboy · #3 (**permalink**) 02-23-2010, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ineedmymother

Hi, My mother lives in Haiti, i was not able to file a petition for her before the earthquake happened. Now with all of that going on, i need to know how to file and get her quicker to the us? Any response will be greatly appreciated, thank you

I don't know the solution to your problem but I was listening to NPR the other day and they were talking about unknown organizations just trying to catch unawares by getting money up to $4K in promise of filing paperwork to get their family from Haiti to the US.

What ever you do, please use caution and common sense.

cooler · #4 (**permalink**) 02-24-2010, 12:51 PM

Haitians might be eligible for TPS (Temporary protected status) because of the recent earth quake. Not sure if this applies for people already in USA or not.

Try exploring that. Like Madan said, you would need to be a citizen if you want to sponsor her GC.

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Originally Posted by ineedmymother

Hi, My mother lives in Haiti, i was not able to file a petition for her before the earthquake happened. Now with all of that going on, i need to know how to file and get her quicker to the us? Any response will be greatly appreciated, thank you

martinvisalaw · #5 (**permalink**) 02-25-2010, 02:17 PM

Sorry to read about your mother's problems. As the other posters have said, please do NOT use any agency, office, notario, or other service that claims to be able to help unless they are really attorneys or a charity. Be especially careful of notarios - these are not lawyers in the US.

Your mother would not be eligible for TPS unless she was in the US before Jan 12, 2010. Hopefully you are a US citizen and can petition for her permanent residence (green card)

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