Immediate Relatives

An unlimited number of green cards can be issued to immigrants who are immediate relatives of US citizens. Examples of such are:

• Spouse of U.S. citizen, including recent widows and widowers.
• Unmarried people under the age of 21 who have at least one US citizen parent.
• Parents of U.S. citizens, if the US citizen child is over the age of 21.
• Stepchildren creating the stepparent/stepchild relationship took place before the child’s 18th Birthday and;
• Parents and children related through adoption, if the adoption took place before the child reached the age of 16.