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Marriage on legal alien
Category: Relationships and Society > Law Asked by: shmyreal-ga List Price: $4.50 |
Posted:
19 Mar 2006 14:47 PST
Expires: 18 Apr 2006 15:47 PDT Question ID: 709281 |
I have a question. What kind status I will get if I will get married of legal alien? She applied for Green Card and her status is in progress, can I apply for Green Card or not? |
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Re: Marriage on legal alien
From: daemon_byte-ga on 21 Mar 2006 03:36 PST |
while not an expert on American law (assume your talking about america) I would imagine that even if she gets a green card I would imagine you would also require 1 but it should be a much simplier process as she would give you a huge boost in their selection process. Since she is not a citizen I dont think you will get an automatic green card. This is best confirmed at an embassy by an expert in the system. |
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Re: Marriage on legal alien
From: davidg23-ga on 21 Mar 2006 18:32 PST |
My parents immigrated to the US so let me explain how it worked for them, then. You should still call a US embassy for more updated information. My dad won the lottery, so he was a granted a US visa instantly. Of course my mom and siblings were included on his visa. However my parents elected for only dad to come to the US (to work and find residence...) and for mom and us to remain behind. My dad had a rough start here in the US and so it would've been silly for all of us to come, and just live off wellfare (he didn't know about wellfare, go figure!). Anyways, my parents let our visas expire and so at this point, dad was in the US, with a green card and the rest of us not. It took a year or so for dad to get settled and be ready for us to come. So he applied for visas for us. Since he applied, it took about ~5 years for us to actually get renewal visas. Keep in mind that 1. The visas were eventually approved because he was applying for HIS wife to come 2. It took ~5 years, even though we already had visa in the past, that had expired 3. We would've never gotten visas had he not had a valid green card (or been simply mom's boyfriend) Your second option would be to wait for your husband to get US citizenship (after 5 years of having a green card). At this point, he can get an instant visa for you and you'd have a valid green card. Also, keep in mind that apart from your husband having a green card (wait for him to get it), you have NO CHANCE of being given a US visa (for permanent residence). So you have to use your husband's LEGAL status in the US, and your marriage to him, to get your visa. In other words, don't just apply on your own. He needs to apply for you. |
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Re: Marriage on legal alien
From: davidg23-ga on 21 Mar 2006 18:33 PST |
Sorry I confused the poster's gender :) |
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Re: Marriage on legal alien
From: shmyreal-ga on 05 Apr 2006 09:10 PDT |
I'm just F-1 student, and she didn't get green card yet, it is in process, and it will be review in 10 years. My question what I will get if I will get married her, I mean can I stay legal in USA? after graduation? |
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Re: Marriage on legal alien
From: tonyinabox-ga on 14 Sep 2006 08:48 PDT |
No, She must be US citizens to apply greencard for you. |
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