Can I do this?

[mesbahul]

I am an asylee who will be applying for GC in Jan 2008. The problem I am facing is my fiancee is in my COP. I am intending to get married to her here in the U.S. and she would go back to COP. After I get approved for GC, I am intending to do a Follow-to-Join. Anybody have any experience with this? I was reading one of the forums here and many of them have done this successfully where the spouse are getting their GC within months of arriving here.

Pros please chime in with your experience and knowledge.

 

[thankful]

I am an asylee who will be applying for GC in Jan 2008. The problem I am facing is my fiancee is in my COP. I am intending to get married to her here in the U.S. and she would go back to COP. After I get approved for GC, I am intending to do a Follow-to-Join. Anybody have any experience with this? I was reading one of the forums here and many of them have done this successfully where the spouse are getting their GC within months of arriving here.

Pros please chime in with your experience and knowledge.

An asyum based green card does NOT have follow to join benefits. Your spouse cannot get a green card if she was not already granted asylum as your dependent. You can file a I-130 for her but she will not get permission to come here for about five years (under current law). So what you are thinking will not work.

 

[hope4ever]

same situation

what if she is already here and her (b1/b2) i94 hasnt expired yet? can she stay here till i get us citizenship?

 

[thankful]

what if she is already here and her (b1/b2) i94 hasnt expired yet? can she stay here till i get us citizenship?

No. Where she is has no bearing on the answer. If she wants to stay legally she needs to qualify for a status on her own--for example, H1B visa or an asylum application of her own if she has fears of persecution as well.