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Hi,this post is very helpful. I am new in this forum. I have a question about my brother who is going to get PhD program on F1 visa. Can I sponsor him for green card , how long it will take in processing change of status?
You can sponsor him but not by change of status.
Here you go:
thanks for your reply, do you know how long it will take and does he has to go back or he can stay?
he will come here on F1 visa for Ph.D. It will take close to 5 years nowadays to finish his Ph.D. program. But he will need to maintain his immigration status. After Ph.D. he will get 27 months OPT period where he can work as a Post Doc. Then if he gets job in a company on H-1B visa or in a University, chances are that he will get Green Card on his own in 12 years under EB-2 category and you dont even have to sponsor him.
Thanks for all of u who replied. It seems that sponsoring him will not shorten the period of processing o green card,
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