Marriage After Green Card
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PraetorianXI
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4-5 years, they get a GC.
Jackolantern
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If you marry after getting the green card it is a 4-5 year wait, and your marriage will not enable your spouse to qualify for any legal status or enter the US during that time (but the spouse can get an independent visa like H1B).
But if you don't have a green card yet, and marry before getting the green card, your spouse can get a green card at the same time you do (except in certain scenarios such as family-based green card with a GC holder parent as the sponsor).
But if you don't have a green card yet, and marry before getting the green card, your spouse can get a green card at the same time you do (except in certain scenarios such as family-based green card with a GC holder parent as the sponsor).
H1B is for qualified skilled worker which may work. If she is Canadian, then I guess she can try to get TN. Any other way to get person inside US legally?
Another option is to become a Flashy Millionaire and sponsor her green card with 1 Million as an investment to some business entity in USA
H1B is for qualified skilled worker which may work. If she is Canadian, then I guess she can try to get TN. Any other way to get person inside US legally?
Another option is to become a Flashy Millionaire and sponsor her green card with 1 Million as an investment to some business entity in USA
Marriage with GC holder decreases to great extent most of the legal ways others can pursue because by marriage to GC holder, you showed immigration intent which will nullify all nonimmigrant and tourist visas. This may be philosophy of GC, study, work, marry ….etc in US
Marriage with GC holder decreases to great extent most of the legal ways others can pursue because by marriage to GC holder, you showed immigration intent which will nullify all nonimmigrant and tourist visas. This may be philosophy of GC, study, work, marry ….etc in US
So mmed, you are saying she can only move after Green Card Holder becomes the Citizen (5 yrs). Even if I become a Flashing Millionaire and invest 1 million to sponsor her, she would have immigrant intent issue
? This immigrant intent thing is also be a problem after I became a Citizen and then sponsor her?TheRealCanadian
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Even if I become a Flashing Millionaire and invest 1 million to sponsor her, she would have immigrant intent issue
You can only invest to sponsor yourself under EB-5.
It will probably prevent her entry on a non-immigrant visa, except for H, K and L. But by that point, who cares? You're getting an immigrant visa for her.
nelsona
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How about starting by finding a job in US first.
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=299246
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=299246
So mmed, you are saying she can only move after Green Card Holder becomes the Citizen (5 yrs). Even if I become a Flashing Millionaire and invest 1 million to sponsor her, she would have immigrant intent issue
Yes. From whatever category you will get your GC, the spouse will apply under one category only and the waiting time is the same (~5 years) with current data. There is no preference for those under EB5 compared to others. Again, the spouse can apply for H for example based on his/her qualification not because the other spouse is billionare or not. After you become a citizen the situation will change, you will be USC not GC holder and the spouse will have different category currently processed within ~1 year but after 5 years who knows.
Jackolantern
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But if the marriage occurs before the EB5 GC approval, the spouse will be able to get a green card very quickly, because EB5 is always current.
Yes Thanks for clarification. I mean to those who got GC from any category then marriage happened after the GC approval.