Family - Marriage, Fiance Visas and Green Card more

US citizens can petition for spouses, children, parents and siblings. Permanent residents (green card holders) can petition for spouses and children.

In some categories there is a long wait for the visa number. A financial sponsor is required, and the immigrant must be admissible. Sometimes your lawyer can file for a waiver of inadmissibility.

Close family immigration is a favored category because the government has a policy to keep families together as much as possible. For example, a US citizen can file for a spouse even though the spouse overstayed her visitors visa. However, it is always better to have an immigration lawyer file your case so that mistakes are not made, especially mistakes that cannot be resolved later.