Married to an LPR

[seaport 0]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

Yopur wife can not file for AOS as the wife of a LPR you can file the I-130 for her but she will have to return to her home country and wait for a visa to become available to her.

There is no other way for her to stay and work in the USA.

[desert_fox 32]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

she cant do any of the above.

She is not an immediate relative for immigration purposes.

Edited January 15, 2009 by desert_fox

[DaveHanna 0]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I am fairly new to the forum too, but I think I can answer your question. Hopefully someone can correct me if I am wrong.

First let me ask you how long till your eligible to apply for citizenship?

Even filing for I-130 because of your status as a LPR it will take a long time.

Edited January 15, 2009 by DaveHanna

[seaport 0]

I have been a LPR for 3 1/2 years and just got married. I got my greencard through my mother who's now a usc.

[desert_fox 32]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I am fairly new to the forum too, but I think I can answer your question. Hopefully someone can correct me if I am wrong.

First let me ask you how long till your eligible to apply for citizenship?

I ask because I would not recommend doing a AOS in your current status as a LPR. It will take forever.

she is not elgible to file a 485.

she is not a K1 or K3...she is not an immediate relative.

guess she could stay as an illegal until the OP becomes an USC, if she doesnt get deported in the meantime.

[Krikit 1,163]

Moving this to the appropriate forum: Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

Seaport, in order for your wife to be eligible to adjust status from a tourist visa you must be a US citizen. Congratulations on your marriage and all the best.

[DaveHanna 0]

Hello I'm new to this but I have noticed you guys have been helpul each other by answering their questions and i was hoping you guys could do the same for me. I'm an LPR and just married to a colombian citizen, she arrived in the US with a tourist visa. I know i can file a I-130 for her so i was wondering if i can file a I-485 or if she can apply for SSN and/or work permit along with the I-130.

Thanks and for the record this is so far the most helpful website for immigration purposes and all thanks to all of you!

Hi and welcome to the forums.

I am fairly new to the forum too, but I think I can answer your question. Hopefully someone can correct me if I am wrong.

First let me ask you how long till your eligible to apply for citizenship?

I ask because I would not recommend doing a AOS in your current status as a LPR. It will take forever.

she is not elgible to file a 485.

she is not a K1 or K3...she is not an immediate relative.

guess she could stay as an illegal until the OP becomes an USC, if she doesnt get deported in the meantime.

Sorry desert your reading abilities are faster than my typing skills.

Your right she could stay illegal till OP becomes a USC, but is not recommended. You never know what could happen in the mean time. Like desert said she could be deported in that time.

[cHiQy 1]

I'm in F1 status right now, my husband who is a LPR filed I-130 last year. He had already filed for his citizenship this January.

Does anyone knows how long will the I-130 gets approved after he upgrades it to USCIS?? And I knew that we also need to file the I-485, I-765, and I-131 after he became a citizen, how long will it take to for the approval of the adjustment of status??