bringing wife to US as green card holder???

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moon_2

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Hello guys i have 2 questions,
I'm having green card about ten years and i never left usa for more than 5month,
Recently (two months ago) i got married to a women out of america and i decided to live in usa,now i really want to bring my wife here with me,some people say you can bring her here but its going to take many years cause you are a green card holder (more than 4years!)
1-some people say work in usa for 2years pay tax and become a citizen and after that bring her here,is this possible? and how long its going to take to bring my wife here after become a us citizen?
2-some people say take her here with a student visa(right now she has a masters degree in genetics) while she is studying request green card for her and live together,is this possible?

I don't know what to do guys,which of these is legal and the fastest way to bring my wife to usa ?

any advise any suggestion?

Please help :confused:
 
moon_2 said:
Hello guys i have 2 questions,
I'm having green card about ten years and i never left usa for more than 5month,
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How much total time have you spent outside the US in the past 5 years?

1-some people say work in usa for 2years pay tax and become a citizen and after that bring her here,is this possible?
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You already have a green card for 10 years, so you should be able to become a citizen in the next 3-6 months, unless you have spent too much time outside the US in the past 5 years.

and how long its going to take to bring my wife here after become a us citizen?
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About 6-12 months.
 
thanks for your reply,
how much time i have to spend in US in the past 5 years?
is it possible while i request a green card for her she get her studet visa for US?
 
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To qualify for citizenship you must have spent a total of least 30 months (913 days) in the US in the past 5 years. There are also other requirements; see the Guide to Naturalization for more information about the eligibility requirements.

Yes you can file for her green card when she is in the US on a student visa, but the problem is that she might be refused the visa because of being married to a green card holder or citizen.
 
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Thank you dear Jackolantern for your respond,
are you sure only being in US for 30months in the past 5 years without paying tax and having a job in US is enough to become a US citizen?
If i request a green card for her right now (while i am a green card holder) and i stay in US for 30months and become a US citizen and then request again to bring my wife in US ( while i am a US citizen) is it going to make the process of bringing her here faster or not?
do you have any advice for me? what is the best way you think? i don't know what to do :confused:
 
moon_2 said:
are you sure only being in US for 30months in the past 5 years without paying tax and having a job in US is enough to become a US citizen?
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As I said above, there are other requirements. Paying taxes is one of them, if you have taxable income. See the Guide To Naturalization, which I linked to in post #4 of this thread.

How much time did you spend outside the US in the past 5 years? Too much to be eligible to apply for citizenship now?

If i request a green card for her right now (while i am a green card holder) and i stay in US for 30months and become a US citizen and then request again to bring my wife in US ( while i am a US citizen) is it going to make the process of bringing her here faster or not?
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You can file the I-130 as a green card holder, then get it upgraded when you become a citizen and that would speed it up (unless you took so long to become a citizen that the case already became ripe for a consular interview before you became a citizen).

Another route to citizenship is if at least one of your parents became a US citizen before your 18th birthday*. Did that happen?


*there are other conditions which we can explain later, if that possibility for citizenship is applicable to you.
 
Triple Citizen said:
You have been working in the US for the past 5 years and not paying any taxes?
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no i did not have a job in US,my job was out of US,i asked this question because somebody told me i have to have a job in US and pay taxes (i mean the type of tax that they take from your salary) to be eligible to become a US citizen,i want to see is it true?
 
Jackolantern said:
As I said above, there are other requirements. Paying taxes is one of them, if you have taxable income. See the Guide To Naturalization, which I linked to in post #4 of this thread.

How much time did you spend outside the US in the past 5 years? Too much to be eligible to apply for citizenship now?


You can file the I-130 as a green card holder, then get it upgraded when you become a citizen and that would speed it up (unless you took so long to become a citizen that the case already became ripe for a consular interview before you became a citizen).

Another route to citizenship is if at least one of your parents became a US citizen before your 18th birthday*. Did that happen?
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No i did not spend to much time out of US in the past five years,my only problem is my job,it was not in US ,i was in textile industry back to my country,but i never let my green card to be expired,i have never been out of US more than 5-4 months.
that's really good if i can file a I-130 for her right now and after i become a citizen it speed up the process of getting her a green card or visa or i don't know anything that can bring her in US and live together as soon as possible.

and no that did not happen.
 
moon_2 said:
No i did not spend to much time out of US in the past five years,...
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So you've spent more than 30 months total in the US in the past 5 years, correct?

my only problem is my job,it was not in US ,i was in textile industry back to my country,but i never let my green card to be expired,i have never been out of US more than 5-4 months.
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Working abroad is a problem for naturalization. How many months total did you work outside the US in the past 5 years?

You're also supposed to file US tax returns for worldwide income, unless your income was too low to require a US tax return (less than US$9000 or something like that).
 
You appear to have much bigger issues than you realize, you are evasive in the face of simple direct questions, and will waste your time (and ours) in this forum. You should go see a lawyer who can sit you down and drag the required information out of you.
 
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Jackolantern said:
So you've spent more than 30 months total in the US in the past 5 years, correct?


Working abroad is a problem for naturalization. How many months total did you work outside the US in the past 5 years?

You're also supposed to file US tax returns for worldwide income, unless your income was too low to require a US tax return (less than US$9000 or something like that).
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yes i spent more than 30months in US
thanks for helping Jackolantern i will get a lawyer.
 
BigJoe5 said:
You appear to have much bigger issues than you realize, you are evasive in the face of simple direct questions, and will waste your time (and ours) in this forum. You should go see a lawyer who can sit you down and drag the required information out of you.
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I did not know that helping people is wasting time!
Sorry for wasting ur time BigJoe5 like u said ill get a lawyer...
 
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