Green Card
#1
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Green Card
Greetings Everyone,
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
#2
Re: Green Card
Originally Posted by Manojl17
Greetings Everyone,
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Your question doesn't seem to be related to marriage-based visas, so you'll probably be better off asking in the US Visas and/or US Immigration forum(s).
~ Jenney
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Re: Green Card
Originally Posted by Manojl17
Greetings Everyone,
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
For goodness sake don't wait till she gets her green card - then it will be too late as dependents of LPRs face years of waiting. I realise you'd have your H1b, but I expect you would prefer to be a LPR...
AFAIK, until her AOS is approved, you could apply as a dependent - but of course you have to get married first.
So you might want to bring your wedding forward and get the paperwork sorted asap.
#4
Re: Green Card
Originally Posted by Manojl17
Greetings Everyone,
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
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Posts: 16,266
Re: Green Card
Originally Posted by Manojl17
Greetings Everyone,
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
get married in the next couple months.
She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
submitted last week.
I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
yet.
If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
till she gets her Green Card first?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
If you are validly married bofore the FINAL ADJUSTMENT [or she ENTERS on an Immigrant Visa], you will be entitled to classification as an "accompanying or following to join" and have derivative entitlement to the same status.
I am NOT address the issues of maintanence of status here and any other of the myriad issues applicable in your case. I may be a lawyer but I'm not YOUR lawyer -- so the above statement is limited in scope and is general in nature.
#6
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Re: Green Card
Originally Posted by Jenney & Mark
OPT? PERM process?? Huh?
Your question doesn't seem to be related to marriage-based visas, so you'll probably be better off asking in the US Visas and/or US Immigration forum(s).
~ Jenney
Your question doesn't seem to be related to marriage-based visas, so you'll probably be better off asking in the US Visas and/or US Immigration forum(s).
~ Jenney
Although technically you are correct, his immigration would be based in large part on his marriage.
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Re: Green Card
Thanks you all. I appreciate the input.
manojl17 wrote:
> Greetings Everyone,
> I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
> get married in the next couple months.
> She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
> submitted last week.
> I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
> yet.
> If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
> she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
> till she gets her Green Card first?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
manojl17 wrote:
> Greetings Everyone,
> I am currently on my OPT. I have a girlfriend with whom I am going to
> get married in the next couple months.
> She has already applied for her Green Card. Her PERM process was just
> submitted last week.
> I am currently working under the OPT with a company but have no H-1B
> yet.
> If I get married to my girlfriend before she gets her Green Card, can
> she put me on her application as her spouse? Or would we have to wait
> till she gets her Green Card first?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks