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Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by penguinsix
(Post 6253785)
Once you do get in the US and say he goes back to the UK, then you could 'have him propose' and get engaged and then have him come back on a fiancee visa (do a search, lots of info on that).
She may petition but will have to wait for number to become available, currently around 5 years. Common scenario is that the permanent resident naturalizes before the wait is up and then upgrades petition. |
Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
As others have said your plan of just travelling around after his J1 expires may not be that simple. And there are limits to how much time you can be outside the US if you want to retain your green card. Being a green card holder does not make you a citizen, and only citizens can sponsor people to live here.
I'm thinking that you need to do a lot more research and sharpish. |
Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by fatbrit
(Post 6254122)
No fiancee visa available for permenant residents.
She may petition but will have to wait for number to become available, currently around 5 years. Common scenario is that the permanent resident naturalizes before the wait is up and then upgrades petition. Here is a good link about Green Cards the OP might want to examine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._Resident_Card |
Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by fatbrit
(Post 6254028)
If you got married now, he would receive his immigrant visa in about 5 years time! I think the can of worms is because your immigration facts simply don't match your expressed plans.
After arrival will be a different story. |
Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by meauxna
(Post 6254580)
What if her visa is an unmarried child class? Perhaps that is why she can't marry before arrival---she is not a PR yet. Probably why they didn't marry beforehand and get him a GC too.
After arrival will be a different story. |
Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by fatbrit
(Post 6255441)
Yep -- that's what I assumed. But after arrival if she marries, it doesn't move him much further forward in being here, does it? Still got the five year wait presumably.
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Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Originally Posted by meauxna
(Post 6255579)
Nope, and he's selling the flat to come over for three months? yikes.
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Re: Moving soon - Advice needed!
Ditch the belongings, ditch the boyfriend...problems solved.
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