Inquiry

[Personating]

I have been looking at ways one can acquire a green card in America and one of the ways stated on this website. https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/siblings/bringing-siblings-live-united-states-permanent-residents/ Is through family. If an individual desires to sponsor their paternal sibling they would have to submit documents showing that their parents were married,my question is,what would one do in the case where the parents were never married ?

 

[Zigner]

I have been looking at ways one can acquire a green card in America and one of the ways stated on this website. https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/siblings/bringing-siblings-live-united-states-permanent-residents/ Is through family. If an individual desires to sponsor their paternal sibling they would have to submit documents showing that their parents were married,my question is,what would one do in the case where the parents were never married ?

Is your relative a US citizen?
Tell your sibling to contact the USCIS and inquire. An even better thing would be for your relative to contact an immigration attorney.

 

[FlyingRon]

Paternal sibling? Are you talking about a half-brother (i.e., someone who shares one parent but not both)? Who is sponsoring whom and what is the exact relationship bethween them and the citizenship of the sponsoring party. While an LPR sponsoring relatives is possible, the queues are very long to come in this way. If the sponsor is a US citizen it's more straight-forward.

 

[Zigner]

Paternal sibling? Are you talking about a half-brother (i.e., someone who shares one parent but not both)? Who is sponsoring whom and what is the exact relationship bethween them and the citizenship of the sponsoring party. While an LPR sponsoring relatives is possible, the queues are very long to come in this way. If the sponsor is a US citizen it's more straight-forward.

From the OP's USCIS link:
Bringing Siblings to Live in the United States as Permanent Residents
Eligibility

To petition to bring your sibling (brother or sister) to live in the United States as a green card holder, you must be a U.S. citizen and at least 21 years of age. Permanent residents may not petition to bring siblings to live permanently in the United States.

Also:
If you and your sibling have a common (biological) father but different mothers (i.e. you are paternal half-siblings), please also submit:

Copies of the marriage certificates of the father to each mother, AND
Copies of documents showing that any prior marriages of either your father or mothers were legally terminated.


It's the second part that the OP is asking about.