krnai
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I am a naturalized US citizen and presently my girlfriend is an international student here in the states on an i20. Her present program is due to end in December of 2020, at which point she will be eligible for OPT.
We are planning on getting married in Jan of 2021 in India. But we also want to make sure that when we both leave the US to get ceremoniously married we can both come back without the pitfall of her having to stay behind while I file for a spousal petition.
How do we go about ensuring that we can both leave and come back together after our wedding in Jan 2021?
I understand that we would have to legally get married here in the US prior to leaving. But does doing that and filing for AOS restrict her ability to travel out of the country while we wait? We don't want to simply hope for the best and assume that she will be able to land a job that will also give her time off immediately after starting, odds of that happening seem more slim than we care to take the chance on.
Relevant information, her existing passport expires in July of 2021 hence we plan on travelling back before the 6 month restriction of passport use for travel.
Any advice or help is greatly appreciated !
Thanks
We are planning on getting married in Jan of 2021 in India. But we also want to make sure that when we both leave the US to get ceremoniously married we can both come back without the pitfall of her having to stay behind while I file for a spousal petition.
How do we go about ensuring that we can both leave and come back together after our wedding in Jan 2021?
I understand that we would have to legally get married here in the US prior to leaving. But does doing that and filing for AOS restrict her ability to travel out of the country while we wait? We don't want to simply hope for the best and assume that she will be able to land a job that will also give her time off immediately after starting, odds of that happening seem more slim than we care to take the chance on.
Relevant information, her existing passport expires in July of 2021 hence we plan on travelling back before the 6 month restriction of passport use for travel.
Any advice or help is greatly appreciated !
Thanks