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Topic1 Please advise! Time running out for minor son to get here!

Please advise! Time running out for minor son to get here!

Hi all...I hope someone can advise me as I read so much conflicting information and time is running out to get my minor son here before he turns 18 in April.
After a long wait and struggle I have just been sworn in as a USC! Problem is in order to get my son naturalized under the child protection laws, I need to have him physically here before April. I understand I cant bring him here on a travel visa, and although I read that immigration for him should be immediate, I dont know how to pursue this. I can hire an attorney but if the lawyer screws it up this wont happen for my son.
I am hoping someone out there can tell me if there is a way to get him here quickly and process all this? My home country is the Republic of Georgia.
Please anyone with any ideas, please post! Thank you!

Not true.
On the day of your Naturalization your son must be a US legal permanent resident in your legal and physical custody to derive Citizenship. Since he was NOT a LPR of US on the day you got naturalized he DOES NOT qualify. So getting him before he turns 18 will NOT accomplish anything.
You can however apply for his GC and since he is under 21 he will be classified as a Immediate Relative of a USC and get his GC.

Hi and thank you for your reply.
Could you please tell me where you saw this information? This would mean that I would have had to file for his GC while I was here on my GC and couldnt get my citizenship until his GC was issued?
From what I researched, this is what i found :A U.S. citizen may petition for:

A child (unmarried and under 21 years of age)
An unmarried son or daughter ( 21 years of age and older)
A married son or daughter of any age

A U.S. citizens unmarried, minor child is considered an immediate relative, does not need a visa number, and is eligible to receive an immigrant visa immediately. Otherwise, sons and daughters of U.S. citizens will be eligible for a visa when their priority date is listed on the Department of States Visa Bulletin .

Let me know if you could where u saw this.
Thanks!

A U.S. citizens unmarried, minor child is considered an immediate relative, does not need a visa number, and is eligible to receive an immigrant visa immediately. Otherwise, sons and daughters of U.S. citizens will be eligible for a visa when their priority date is listed on the Department of States Visa Bulletin . Thats correct. What is your confusion?

You petition for his GC. If hes over 18 when he enters the US, he waits the 5 years to become a citizen.

 
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