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me and my boyfriend are gonna get married in the US, we are not US citizen but he is a permanent resident and lives there. we were plannig to apply directly in the cis service center for my spousal visa, after getting marry, so I could live with him and work legally, but as I we see in this page we cannot apply directly because he is not a citizen yet. Can someone tell me please what can we do? Thanks.
QUOTE(johanna22 @ Mar 28 2007, 12:05 PM) 
me and my boyfriend are gonna get married in the US, we are not US citizen but he is a permanent resident and lives there. we were plannig to apply directly in the cis service center for my spousal visa, after getting marry, so I could live with him and work legally, but as I we see in this page we cannot apply directly because he is not a citizen yet. Can someone tell me please what can we do? Thanks.
Live apart?
Or, you find your own way to live temporarily in the US. Marriage to a Permanent Resident doesn't give you any way to stay in the US at the moment.
He can petition for you after marriage, through a US Service Center, and you can wait the 4-5 years that it's currently taking for a visa number to be available for you.
Only US Citizen have the ability to apply for an immigrant visa with out the wait for a Visa number.
The only thing you can do in your case, is to apply for the visa, and return home before your current visa expires, and wait for the visa number to come up from the state department.
If or when he naturalizes, he can notify the NVC and USCIS of the change of status, and they will move the petition to CR-1/IR-1 for spouse of a US-Citizen and move it on to the consulate in the foreign country.
The only thing you can do in your case, is to apply for the visa, and return home before your current visa expires, and wait for the visa number to come up from the state department.
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LIMITED FAMILY-BASED
Family First Preference (F1): Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, and their children, if any. (23,400)
Family Second Preference (F2): Spouses, minor children, and unmarried sons and daughters (over age 20) of lawful permanent residents. (114,200) At least seventy-seven percent of all visas available for this category will go to the spouses and children; the remainder will be allocated to unmarried sons and daughters.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_1306.htmlFamily First Preference (F1): Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens, and their children, if any. (23,400)
Family Second Preference (F2): Spouses, minor children, and unmarried sons and daughters (over age 20) of lawful permanent residents. (114,200) At least seventy-seven percent of all visas available for this category will go to the spouses and children; the remainder will be allocated to unmarried sons and daughters.
If or when he naturalizes, he can notify the NVC and USCIS of the change of status, and they will move the petition to CR-1/IR-1 for spouse of a US-Citizen and move it on to the consulate in the foreign country.
That's correct. If you get married here in the States, you will have to go back to your country before your current visa expires. Since he's not a USC he can only get you here on a CR-1/IR-1 visa which can take up to 5 years.
Now, if he's eligible to become a US citizen, he can get his paperwork done and then he can get you here on a K-3 visa and that is much faster the the previous one I mentioned.
Now, if he's eligible to become a US citizen, he can get his paperwork done and then he can get you here on a K-3 visa and that is much faster the the previous one I mentioned.
He could move to your country.
thanks so much for replying...
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