Children of Legal Permanent Resident)

Second preference family-based immigration comprises of spouses, minor children, and unmarried sons and daughters over the age of 20 of lawful permanent residents (LPR). There are only 114,200 immigrant visas available to beneficiaries under this preference category in addition to unused visas from the first preference category. Approximately 77% of the visas under this category are granted to spouses and children, whereas the outstanding will be allocated to unmarried children of LPRs.

Second preference immigrant spouses, like the first preference spouses, are subject to the two-year conditional status if marriage to an LPR transpired within two years preceding the petition. The conditional resident status may only be removed by petitioning the Immigration and Naturalization Service after the requisite two years. At the time of the interview, the marriage is yet again evaluated for validity.

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