Need help about F2A VISA

[Yaz86 1]

Hi guys, I'm new here and I really need help!

I came to the US in June 2014 as a permanent resident, now I want to get married in September 2016 and I don't know how to start!

I don't know if I have to deal with a lawyer or do it by my self, and I don't know if it worth it to apply right know while I'm a resident or waiting for the naturalization due to the long processing time!

I'm really confused, I've seen some people waiting for more than 2years! and it's gonna be juste horrible for me!

I hope that someone here in this forum may help me with all this questions

Thank you very much

[kausar 26]

Its only two years since you got your green card so you are no close to naturalization soon. You can apply for your wife under F2a category as soon as you get married. Current waiting time under this category is 1&1/2 to two years. IR category takes 1 to 1& 1/2 yr so not much difference. The plus point is that you can always switch to IR from From F2a.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

You can not apply right now since an LPR can not file for a fiancée. You can only file after you get marry; it would be an F2a case where an LPR is petitioning for a spouse. The current wait is 2 years. Your spouse's wait time may be longer or shorter - there is no way to predict how long your spouse will have to wait.

You would be eligible for US citizenship around June 2019. It doesn't make sense for you to wait for citizenship to petition your spouse. That only makes the wait longer.

Read the Guides. You will have to determine whether you can do-it-yourself or you would rather have a lawyer.

Best of luck

[Yaz86 1]

Its only two years since you got your green card so you are no close to naturalization soon. You can apply for your wife under F2a category as soon as you get married. Current waiting time under this category is 1&1/2 to two years. IR category takes 1 to 1& 1/2 yr so not much difference. The plus point is that you can always switch to IR from From F2a.

thank you for you answer, I have another question let's say that the whole process take 2 years, from when I can start counting for the 2 years?

[aaron2020 11,651]

thank you for you answer, I have another question let's say that the whole process take 2 years, from when I can start counting for the 2 years?

It's not 2 years exactly. You need to follow the Visa Bulletin. Counting days is not how it works. There is no way to determine how long your spouse has to wait. It can be longer or shorter.

When you file the I-130, your spouse will be assigned a Priority Date. When the PD becomes current in the VB, your spouse becomes eligible for a visa.

If you want to count, then start with the PD. But this isn't how a visa is determined to be eligible for your spouse. You have to follow the monthly VB.

[Yaz86 1]

It's not 2 years exactly. You need to follow the Visa Bulletin. Counting days is not how it works. There is no way to determine how long your spouse has to wait. It can be longer or shorter.

When you file the I-130, your spouse will be assigned a Priority Date. When the PD becomes current in the VB, your spouse becomes eligible for a visa.

If you want to count, then start with the PD. But this isn't how a visa is determined to be eligible for your spouse. You have to follow the monthly VB.

OK I start to understand, so the PD will be assigned to my spouse once I file the I-130, and after that I have to check the VB every month, this is right?

[aaron2020 11,651]

OK I start to understand, so the PD will be assigned to my spouse once I file the I-130, and after that I have to check the VB every month, this is right?

Yes.

[Caykay1 71]

Hi guys, I'm new here and I really need help!

I came to the US in June 2014 as a permanent resident, now I want to get married in September 2016 and I don't know how to start!

I don't know if I have to deal with a lawyer or do it by my self, and I don't know if it worth it to apply right know while I'm a resident or waiting for the naturalization due to the long processing time!

I'm really confused, I've seen some people waiting for more than 2years! and it's gonna be juste horrible for me!

I hope that someone here in this forum may help me with all this questions

Thank you very much

If you know how to write and read English and understand, then you don't need a lawyer. I will say it's better to join the queue (wait list) for F2A than to wait to become a citizen and file. Nobody can exactly predict how long you will wait so I will say take some chances and you might get lucky and been in the speed lane. Some are waiting about 3 years and I have seen some who waited just a year.

[Yaz86 1]

If you know how to write and read English and understand, then you don't need a lawyer. I will say it's better to join the queue (wait list) for F2A than to wait to become a citizen and file. Nobody can exactly predict how long you will wait so I will say take some chances and you might get lucky and been in the speed lane. Some are waiting about 3 years and I have seen some who waited just a year.

Thanks brother, what about the afidavit of support? I have to send it with I-130? and how much I'll need in my W2

[Caykay1 71]

Thanks brother, what about the afidavit of support? I have to send it with I-130? and how much I'll need in my W2

Don't get too fast ahead. Just do the first thing first. Fill the application and include whatever they ask you to include. As you move along, they will tell you what you need to send. There's a link here for the first step and also on the USCIS website too. Get married and Start slowly and be honest on the paper.

[FarrahIdir 46]

https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/spouse/bringing-spouses-live-united-states-permanent-residents