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You will need to file paperwork to have the condition removed prior to the 2 year anniversary of your green card. The separation between you and your husband probably will raise questions with the USCIS. However, if you have documentation regarding your marriage and proof that you are still legally and validly married, you should not have any problems. I strongly suggest that you contact an experienced immigration attorney, either in New Orleans or Atlanta, for a face-to-face consultation and give him/her all of the facts surrounding your case and separation. He/she would then be in a better position to analyze you case and advise you of your options. Good Luck.

Yes there is a benefit to filing now while you are a Green Card holder. The USCIS takes months to process and approve an I-130 petition. Once approved, the file will be send to the NVC and wait for the priority date be become current. Once you naturalize you can notify the NVC and their will move the petition to the Immediate Relative category and begin immigrant visa processing. If you wait until you are US Citizen to file the petition, you will have to wait months just to get to the immigrant visa processing stage. Therefore, by filing now, your wife will be able to come sooner.

To bring your mother to the United States, you will need to submit an I-130 petition with USCIS along with a copy of your Certificate of Naturalization or US Passport and a copy of your birth certificate translated into English. If your step-father married your mother while you were still under 18 years of age, you can also petition for your step-father to immigrate with your mother. It will take approximately 1 year to process the paperwork before your parents will have their visa interview scheduled at the nearest US consulate. You can also petition for your little brother on form I-130, but it will take at least 10 years before a visa number will become available and he can immigrate to the US.