question about marriage after greencard

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john_b

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Hi,
I have had my greencard for over a year now and I am planning to get married very soon. I am willing to give up my greencard so that I can bring my wife here but my question is: When I got my green card, I had about 6 months time left on my H1B. If I am willing to give up my greencard, do I have to stay away from the US for a year(to qualify for 6 year limit on H1B again), come back and then reapply or could I start the greencard process once again while still living here?. Also, please let me know of any problems that I could possibly face if I took this route.

I greatly appreciate any help.

Thanks
 
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your green card will be most likely denied if you surrender it when you apply for it again.
the options are-
1)look for a girl who can come here on F-1(student) or H-1 visa and marry her after coming to USA.
2)look for a girl who is already here in USA.
3)wait for getting citizenship(another 5 yrs)
 
What if the Marriage was before Getting the Green Card but

Wife couldnot come to US for soem personal reasons and the Packet IV is expired.

Any suggession would be great help.

TIA
 
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john_b,
whatever the case may be (having already met the woman of your life or to meet her in the future), here is one option. Get a re-entry permit (you may use it for 1-2 years) go back to India, get married. Persuade your fiancee\spouse to get a visa in the category F1 or H1 and bring her back with you. You may not have to surrender your GC. It may be possible for your spouse to enroll for a degree on a student visa. Or if your spouse requires technical training to get a H visa, as you may know, there are a lot of computer programming courses available in India which are geared towards qualifying people as programmers. Anyway, this my 20 paisa worth of thoughts. Good Luck with everything.
-an
 
New Law

Friends,, is there not any bill pending which allows Permanent residents some relief in bringing their spouses to USA without any hassle. Any clarifications will be greatly apprecited.
 
joef is right, but i meant something else!

I meant to convey to you, to marry a person who applied and qualified for F1 "before" marriage. if you can persuade your would-be spouse to apply for F1 and then marry after the F1 approval, she could legally study/live in USA until you get your citizenship. But, the F1 could be denied if applied "after" marriage. but, she could apply for a H1 (if she qualifies) at anytime. also, as JoeF mentioned, she should keep legal status until you can apply for her 485. good luck.
 
Excellent analysis, Joef, congratulations...

You are doing a wonderful job even after getting the GC. The board is indebted to you Joef.
 
How about Canadian GC

I believe that canadian GC holders can live in the US without a US visa if they are not working. I\'m not sure if there are limitations on this.

If a US GC holder marries a canadian GC holder or have the spouse apply for a canadian GC after the marriage, then both can reside in the US without need for a US visa.

However the question of having to maintain the canadian GC will be there. But if the canadian GC holder applies for an equivalent of US rentry permit then he/she would be maintaining the canadian GC and can legally stay in the US for the period allowed by rentry permit without having to get a US visa.
Any thoughts?
 
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I have known case of a girl (holding Canadian PR), who was denied entry in US because the immigration office got suspicious and did not let her cross the border. Even if one manages to cross the border as Canadian PR (or even as a Canadian BORN Citizen) the \'intent\' must be of \'visiting\' US NOT of \'staying\' in US and if you tell US immigration officers that you are going to visit your \'boyfriend\', be assured a denial at PoE. And furthermore you can visit in US for 6 months or less if you are Canadian PR. Also there\'s 183 days stay rule for maintaing the Canadain PR.
 
marriage after obtaining a green card

As far as I understood the purpose of V (V1 - for spose, V2 for child) is exactly to be able to bring your spouse/kids in US having a Permanent Res. status. This visa is valid for 10 yrs, and as far as i know it takes about 3-5 mnths to get this visa
 
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there r many girls in the us of marriageable age who r gc holders or citizens of Indian ethnicity - I suggest this is a better option. Also they r used to the lifestyle here and would not have problems to adjust to the lifestyle here (no cultural shock)
 
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On 1/8/02 JoeF said: "So the only real options are either giving up the GC, or postponing marriage until one partner is a citizen."
Assuming one gives up his/her GC, what would be required for the original GC holder to reapply for a GC after marriage: filing I-485 only or both I-140 and I-485?

Thank you for your help.
 
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