Petitioning my mother

Assuming that you did not obtain your permanent residence through adoption, you should certainly petition for your mother. I will also assume that your mother is overseas. The time involved would be approximately two years if she is overseas. You would have to fill out and send the I-130 petition for alien relative to USCIS to begin (you can access the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov for all the forms and instructions); wait about a year for the USCIS adjudication; and upon approval, you and your mother would begin working with the National Visa Center of the US Department of State to prepare all of her other documents for an immigrant visa interview at the American Consulate or Embassy in her home country. As for your aunt’s petition, you can largely ignore that except to notate it on the I-130 form where it asks whether your mother has ever been petitioned before. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.