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Junior10805
Jan 17, 2014, 07:17 AM
So my father used to come to America on business trip and later on ended up staying. My mom and I came to America 10 years ago on an asylum we did paper work at the airport and got are social security. Later on my mom got her green card and 2 year ago they became naturalize citizen when I was just turning 17.

1st Question what is the waiting time after you become naturalize citizen can you apply for your children

2nd If my status in the country was illegal would I have had to get out of the country and then wait for my parents to apply for me to come as a citizen? My father says that I had to leave and then he will apply for me to come to the US and they will give me my green card and everything at they airport.

3rd could I have just stay in the country and my parents apply for me to become a naturalize citizen also.
4th Since I am out of the country now and I apply for a travel document not a passport to be able to get out of the country. But I’ve been out of the country for about a year and half now how long do I have to wait for immigration to call me. Considering that my father has apply already how long is the wait till immigration calls you.

5th since I’ve already pass the age 18 now 19 will it take longer for the application process?

6th if my father decides not to apply for me is there anyway I can apply for something on my own to be able to come back? By this time my travel document has already expired and my father took it from me and went back to the US with it.

tickle
Jan 17, 2014, 07:49 AM
I see no reason for you to be 'sent back' as you say. There are other reasons your father has I guess and we don't know that. What country are you residing in at the present time ?

Junior10805
Jan 17, 2014, 09:00 AM
Currently Ghana it's not my born country though

newacct
Jan 17, 2014, 01:52 PM
So your mom came in the same way as you and she got a green card? Why didn't you get a green card the same way (probably from asylum)? It seems like someone really screwed up there. If you had a green card then when one of them became U.S. citizens while you're under 18 then you would have automatically became a U.S. citizen.

To answer your questions:

1. No waiting time. Immediately

2. No, as long as you're under 21.

3. Naturalization is way down the road. What you need to think about now is permanent residency (i.e. green card). Yes they can apply for you while you are in the country. In fact, you should have stayed in the country until it's done.

4. I don't know what travel document you are talking about. Can you be more specific? Is this Advance Parole? Refugee Travel Document?

If you had stayed in the U.S. you and your parent would have applied for I-130 (the petition) and I-485 (adjustment of status) together from the start. But since you left the country, one of them has to first file an I-130 petition, and then wait until it is approved before going to the next step.

Also, I don't understand what you mean by "how long do I have to wait for immigration to call me". Why would immigration "call you"? Did one of your parents already petition for you? If so, when?

5. No

6. Well, you said your mother is a U.S. citizen. She can do it. Otherwise, I don't see any way.

Your questions are really confusing and contradictory. In one question you asked "would I have to get out of the country" and in another you are saying "I am out of the country"; so then the question is pretty much moot, right?

Junior10805
Jan 18, 2014, 07:58 AM
I travel out of the country using a Refugee travel document.

The part about me asking how long will it take for the US consulate to call I was referring to what if I file for a refugee passport again without the use of my parents how long will the US consulate take to call me.

Also would there be anyway or anything that I could do to be able be to get back in the country without using my parents or do I absolutely have to use them?

If my parents decide not to file for permanent residency is there a way that I could file my own self?