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ymathew

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Hello,

I have a question regarding green cards and marriage. My boyfriend is applying for citizenship in a few days and I was wondering whether I could stay in the country if we got married right now, instead of waiting until he gets his citizenship. I know that marrying a green card holder confers no status on me, but if he was in the process of naturalization, would that change anything?

Thank you,
ymathew
 
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ymathew said:
Hello,

I have a question regarding green cards and marriage. My boyfriend is applying for citizenship in a few days and I was wondering whether I could stay in the country if we got married right now, instead of waiting until he gets his citizenship. I know that marrying a green card holder confers no status on me, but if he was in the process of naturalization, would that change anything?

Thank you,
ymathew
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If you get married to him now or if he was in the process of naturalization, it doesn't make any difference or change anything. If you don't have proper papers or documentation to stay in US, you will have to leave.
 
Nairobian said:
Ymathew, ignore the perpetually negative people on this board. Unfortunately until he gets his citizenship there is no relief offered by the law. My advice to you would be to marry him now and wait until his citizenship comes through before you file. Doing so lets you accumulate time towards having a 10 year GC instead of a conditional card.
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So you advice this person to stay here illegally? and the whole 10 year thing... does not work for her, unless she expects it to take 2 years for her to get a GC...
 
Nairobian said:
My advice to you would be to marry him now and wait until his citizenship comes through before you file. Doing so lets you accumulate time towards having a 10 year GC instead of a conditional card.
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I think this only applies to marrying someone who is already a USC.. Someone pliz confirm???? That's my guess??
 
PraetorianXI said:
So you advice this person to stay here illegally? and the whole 10 year thing... does not work for her, unless she expects it to take 2 years for her to get a GC...
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My situation is similar but also diferent I have been married with green card holder for two years and he just received US citizenship.
Does this mean that I will get 10 year green card after interview.
 
ymathew said:
I have a question regarding green cards and marriage. My boyfriend is applying for citizenship in a few days and I was wondering whether I could stay in the country if we got married right now, instead of waiting until he gets his citizenship.
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What is your immigration status now? If you are out of status, how long have you been like that?
 
ymathew said:
Hello,

I have a question regarding green cards and marriage. My boyfriend is applying for citizenship in a few days and I was wondering whether I could stay in the country if we got married right now, instead of waiting until he gets his citizenship. I know that marrying a green card holder confers no status on me, but if he was in the process of naturalization, would that change anything?

Thank you,
ymathew
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This is from my personal experience, I hope it helps you to give you an idea. I've been in the same situation you are.

At the time I got married, my wife was a greencard holder. SHe also filled the I-130 in my behalf for the time been. With that application, the only benefit I had was to get a driver license,a nd to get in to college (with out state fees).1 year after she became citizen then she upgrade the I-130 to be category 1. In your case, at the time your spouse upgrade the application, you can file adjustment of status (if you are not in removal proceedings). Probably, by the time of your greencard approval, you might have 2 years of marriage, so you may be elegible for a 10 years greencard.....

Good luck, and please keep us posted. :)
 
stumbras said:
My situation is similar but also diferent I have been married with green card holder for two years and he just received US citizenship.
Does this mean that I will get 10 year green card after interview.
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if you are married for more than two years at the time of your AOS interview, you will be an unconditional resident.
 
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Thank you all so much for your very helpful replies. I'm not really that concerned with actually getting the 10-year-green card versus the conditional card (we're totally not ready to get married now!), I just want to be able to work very soon after getting married, and getting an EAD after marriage to a USC doesn't take very long, right? I just want to be able to stay in the country with him and work at the same time!

Thank you again,
Ymathew
 
EAD and all those perks are the for USC spouses who actually are ready to be married :) they will interview you to see if this is a ligit marriage and not one of convenience.
and the EAD then should take 60-90 days after applying, but as some of us have seen lately it can also suddenly without reason just take a whole lot LONGER to get.
and then USCIS always says "we're just really backed up right now ..."
 
stumbras said:
Do i need to fill both I-130 and I-485 at the same time
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Hi, you only can file those forms together, if at the moment you file them, your spouse is citizen. At this time, when yous spouse is a greencard holder, he can jsut file I-130. Until he or she become citizen, in order to do the upgrade of the I-130, so u can file I-485...
 
PraetorianXI said:
So you advice this person to stay here illegally? and the whole 10 year thing... does not work for her, unless she expects it to take 2 years for her to get a GC...
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Ymathew...I agree with Nairobian ... get married now (or whenever you feel ready) and once your husband becomes USC you'll be fine...even forgiven by the USCIS if that's the case...that's the way families should really be treated.
And ignore posters like the one above. They try to intimidate people like you with honest questions and they LOVE the word "Illegal". All these immigrant-haters should just simply get a job at the border and leave this forum alone if they so much praise themselves to abide by the law.
 
machelon said:
Ymathew...I agree with Nairobian ... get married now (or whenever you feel ready) and once your husband becomes USC you'll be fine...even forgiven by the USCIS if that's the case...that's the way families should really be treated.
And ignore posters like the one above. They try to intimidate people like you with honest questions and they LOVE the word "Illegal". All these immigrant-haters should just simply get a job at the border and leave this forum alone if they so much praise themselves to abide by the law.
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amen
 
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