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You must file five separate I-130 petitions at a cost of $420 per petition. In addition, if documentation is missing or the sibling is disqualified, it can take years, even decades to find out at the U. S. Embassy during consular processing. Once the sibling visa petition is approved, which may take a few years, the approved visa petition is transferred to the National Visa Petition, where it will remain until the Visa priority date is current. This can take ten, even over twenty years for some nations like the Philippines. The fourth preference visa petition category has fewer visas issued on an annual basis. This can create quite a bit of frustration among family members who think that it will take a matter of months, or perhaps five years, to immigrate. If you have any further questions or concerns, then I strongly recommend an appointment with a competent and experienced immigration attorney, who will take the time to ask enough questions and explain the situation so that you best understand.

At this time, you can file a Motion to reconsider the decision along with the I-751 Petition to Remove the Conditional Residence. *Petition to Remove the Conditional Residency* While the green card has already been received, it is necessary to file what is known as the Petition to Remove the Conditional Residency. If this is not properly filed within 90 days before the expiration of the Conditional Green Card, the status will be automatically terminated. Please note that in some cases, even though the spouse does not want to help file the petition to remove the conditional residency, or there has been a divorce, it is still possible to get the petition to remove the conditional residency filed.