Please help me to bring my family to the US

[littlespace]

Hi everyone

I got my green card on 11/01/2005 (I was single) , then I got married on 10/01/2008 (outside the USA and then came back to USA till now). now I wanna apply for US Citizenship so I can bring my wife here. Could some on please give me some information about this situation?

Note: I heard that I can not bring my wife here when I got US citizenship , because I got married before I got my citizenship, is it right?

Please help me
Thanks
Mike

 

[VisaNutz]

No, you can apply for your wife right now and it will probably take sometime before she gets immigrant visa.
However, you are eligible to apply for citizenship - so once you have your citizenship, if your case is still pending, it will definitely help since spouse of USC doesn't have to wait for a visa number.

 

[littlespace]

No, you can apply for your wife right now and it will probably take sometime before she gets immigrant visa.
However, you are eligible to apply for citizenship - so once you have your citizenship, if your case is still pending, it will definitely help since spouse of USC doesn't have to wait for a visa number.

thanks VisaNutz,
Do you recommend that she wait until I got my citizenship? and after I got my citizenship then I apply for her?

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Do you recommend that she wait until I got my citizenship? and after I got my citizenship then I apply for her?

That's the simplest way.

 

[littlespace]

That's the simplest way.

if I got my citizenship next month, and apply for her, do you know how many months she has to wait and then came to the US?

 

[LucyMO]

between 8 and 12 months.

 

[Al Southner]

between 8 and 12 months.

LucyMO,

Where have u been? That's what I would like to know...

 

[littlespace]

between 8 and 12 months.

Is there any way that she can get a visa after I got my citizenship and she came to the US? and wait for the whole process here not outside the US?

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Is there any way that she can get a visa after I got my citizenship and she came to the US? and wait for the whole process here not outside the US?

There is the K-3, but it's not faster than getting the GC via a consular interview.

 

[littlespace]

LucyMO,

Where have u been? That's what I would like to know...

6-8 months Is good or bad?

 

[littlespace]

There is the K-3, but it's not faster than getting the GC via a consular interview.

could you plz give me more information about "the GC via a consular interview" like how many months it take, what form I have to fill, ....

Thanks