F1 getting green card through marriage to a resident

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KING89

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I have a friend who is a F-1 and his wife is a resident (green card ) can he change his status based on his wife green card or he could just get a work permit ?
 
He can’t “just get a work permit”. His wife has to file an I-130 petition for him. He can apply to adjust status if he is in the US and if his priority date is current (and if he has never fallen out of a valid status since arriving). He can apply for a work permit (EAD) when he applies to adjust status, which will give him ability to work between when receives it (usually 4-6 months after application) and when he gets his green card. The applicable category, F2A, is current right now but will likely revert to a priority date preference from October 2019 (start of the new fiscal year), so they may want to act quickly.

See these links, and make sure your “friend” reads through all of the sections properly.

https://www.uscis.gov/i-130
https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/family-preference
 
I need your help kind hearts , i am living a disaster
I am vawa green card holder
My american wife abused me
I self petitioned my self
Remarried before i got my green card
I filed for my wife to follow to join me
Approved
File sent to nvc
Then back to uscis
No visa category
Uscis reopened my case
Refused
Told me file i 130
I did
Denied
Many forums say i can follow to join to my wife
In my case
Uscis dont know this
How i go to court?
I need human judge to cry to
Please help me
 
Hopeholder5922323 said:
I need your help kind hearts , i am living a disaster
I am vawa green card holder
My american wife abused me
I self petitioned my self
Remarried before i got my green card
I filed for my wife to follow to join me
Approved
File sent to nvc
Then back to uscis
No visa category
Uscis reopened my case
Refused
Told me file i 130
I did
Denied
Many forums say i can follow to join to my wife
In my case
Uscis dont know this
How i go to court?
I need human judge to cry to
Please help me
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First, you’ve hijacked someone else’s thread.
Second, I am not sure I follow everything, but if you got your original green card through marriage as it seems you did (even if you used VAWA in the process), you need to have been a green card holder for 5 years before you can petition another spouse for a green card. This is to prevent immigration fraud in terms of people marrying to get a green card then divorcing and sponsoring someone else they planned to marry all along.
 
I am sorry i did not mean to hack a post
How i open new post ?
Second , no , vawa gives u advantage not to wait for 5 years , besides follow to join is different
If u know please help me
Thank you
 
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