¿Cómo Solicitar La Residencia Permanente Para Hijos En Estados Unidos?
In this segment, immigration attorney Lorena Rivas explains the differences between U.S. citizens and permanent residents when sponsoring their children for permanent residency. She clarifies that both citizens and permanent residents can file petitions for minor or adult children, regardless of marital status, but the processing category and speed differ. For citizens, any child—minor, adult, single, or married—can be petitioned, with immediate relative status for minors and faster family‑preference categories for adult children. For permanent residents, the same eligibility exists, but adult or married children fall into slower family‑preference categories, resulting in longer wait times. The speaker emphasizes that marital status and age move the petition into slower preference categories.
