Marrying on GC

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thinkingeye

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Hi all
I'm on GC and my fiancee is in UK (PERMANENT RESIDENT) with indian passport, how long will it take her too come to USA? and whats the process.
 
Don't take me wrong, but I think this is the wrong forum for this question, as here most people talk about naturalization process. I would think the wait should be years, probably around 5. How long do you have to wait until your citizenship? It might be quicker that you become a citizen and then apply for a Green Card for your husband.
 
while on gc bringing a spouse is going to be a very long wait (5+ years). consider becoming a citizen if the 5 yrs to become a citizen is a long way away then consider bringing your spouse or fiancee on H or L visa. the only visas that have dual intent.
 
There's other issues here.

In previous posts, OP said he got his GC through marriage in 2006. He divorced in 2007, but was still able to remove conditions in 2008.

He said the IO said he can file his N400 this year. I don't think that's correct.

As a permanent resident, he cannot sponsor a fiancee. So he has to wait until he becomes USC. And since he is no longer married to the sponsoring USC, the 3-year period doesn't apply to him.

He can marry the girl but unless she can get dual-intent visas, they will have to live apart while waiting for him to be eligible for N400 in 2011.

But are there restrictions on USCs who got their GCs through marriage from sponsoring a fiancee or a spouse?
 
Thanks for bringing more background to the question. Looks like the OP will have to wait until 5 years, which seems it will be sometime in 2011. I am not sure about restrictions. I guess once one is a citizen it doesn't make a difference how you got your GC originally. Unless there was fraud in the marriage that was the basis for the GC I don't think there should be a consequence in the future (i.e. to obtain fiance visas, etcetera).
 
Hypothetical question :

When OP becomes a USC, then sponsors the girl as a fiancee or as a spouse, and IF USCIS finds something fishy in how he acquired his GC in the first place, is there a possibility that his citizenship will be revoked? Or is pretty much set in stone once granted?

There is a part in the application forms where you have to disclose how the sponsor obtained his citizenship. In trying to validate the legitimacy of the marriage, the IO might inquire more on the circumstances of the first marriage.
 
wifey246 said:
Hypothetical question :

When OP becomes a USC, then sponsors the girl as a fiancee or as a spouse, and IF USCIS finds something fishy in how he acquired his GC in the first place, is there a possibility that his citizenship will be revoked? Or is pretty much set in stone once granted?

There is a part in the application forms where you have to disclose how the sponsor obtained his citizenship. In trying to validate the legitimacy of the marriage, the IO might inquire more on the circumstances of the first marriage.
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That's why I mentioned about fraud. There is always some risk, but only if the "fishy" turns out to have been fraud. Anyway, the burden of proof I think would fall in USCIS, so it is not very likely. However, someone mentioned in the last couple of days about a Filipino case in which a person was married and immigrated as un-married child and was later stripped of some immigration benefit (forgot if it was GC or citizenship or both).

There are certain rules, and I don't have all of them off the top of my head for denaturalization and then for revocation of GC. In the big scheme of things I don't think there are a lot of cases of denaturalization and probably there are more cases of GC revocation for multiple reasons (fraud, abandonment of residence in the US, crime, ...).

I don't have any numbers or any guesses for any of the aforementioned possible situations ;)
 
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