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Originally Posted by Bevdeforges
Re your parents: they had you as a "sponsor" living in the US.
Lots of folks I know who have retired to the US are married to US citizens or have other family there (parents, children, brothers and sisters), which gives them a certain priority.
The most interesting (and possibly frustrating) cases are career diplomats - assigned perhaps to the UN or other international body which allows them a visa with relatively no hassle. If THEY want to stay in the US for retirement, things can get very tricky as they may not qualify for any other sort of visa after their diplomatic employment ends!
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That is not true. I was NOT a sponsor. I chose not to be a sponsor as it was not necessary nor of any benefit to them. Being a sponsor would have required me to divulge a lot of personal and financial information to the government which I was not about to do for something that had no value to begin with. They qualified on their own without me.