Need Legal Advice?
I’m originally from England but moved to Texas 6 years ago. I only have a r’ship with my nan, grandad and uncle. My uncle of whom is blind, mentally chellenged and has just been found to have broken vertibraes (sp?).
My g’parents want to leave England. They own their home and my nan is being forced to retire. They feel England is no place for them to settle now and want to be with me, my husband and their 3 great grandchildren who they dote on and miss greatly.
Number 1: How do we start the process of immigration?
I went to the INS here in Dallas when i came here and paid into it that way and was finalised 3 years later.
Number 2: If, for some reason, they can not sell their house and remain in England, where can we get papers that state upon their death we gain full guardianship of my disabled uncle and then have him move here. There is no one in England to take care of him and i refuse for him to rot alone in a nursing home!
3: What kind of lawyer handles this?
As noted earlier, it’s unlikely this is going to work out for your grandparents and uncle, unless your parents are also US citizens. US immigration law doesn’t allow citizens to file for their grandparents or their aunts and uncles. If your parent related to the uncle were an American, he could file for all three, but the time frame for siblings of US citizens is so long, at over 10 years, it isn’t likely to be of use to your uncle even if it were possible to file.
If you did get full guardianship of your uncle, it wouldn’t have any effect on your ability to bring him here as an immigrant. If there were no way of taking care of him in England, you could consider filing for Humanitarian Parole through USCIS, but it’s very unlikely your request would be approved.
You can take a look at uscis.gov for information on immigrant visa petitions or go down to your nearest USCIS office and make inquiries, but I’m afraid you won’t find anything that will help. Immigration attorneys deal with this sort of thing, but I’m afraid you won’t find much help there either, although you certainly can try. As British citizens they are free to visit under the Visa Waiver Program, but, living here permanently is a very different matter.