H1B To Green Card

[j190687p 0]

Hey so I have been here in the States for three years on a H1B visa from England which expires at the end of this year. I just got married to an American citizen and I wondered if anyone could help tell me the steps I need to take to adjust my status from H1B to green card.

Can you please help me and tell me what steps I need to take as I have no idea and I do not want to spend alot of money on a lawyer.

a step by Step guide would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

[Darnell 8,478]

we've a guide for that - come back on a PC and click the word 'guides' at the top...

Good Luck !

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hey so I have been here in the States for three years on a H1B visa from England which expires at the end of this year. I just got married to an American citizen and I wondered if anyone could help tell me the steps I need to take to adjust my status from H1B to green card.

Can you please help me and tell me what steps I need to take as I have no idea and I do not want to spend alot of money on a lawyer.

a step by Step guide would be very much appreciated.

Thank you

The step-by-step is here http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2 telling how to do it from the US since you are here already on a visa.

[j190687p 0]

So I am confused now is there a name and number for the visa that represents the green card.

Which one do I do for a married man who is on a H1B visa and is in the USA

[coolmind1414 13]

The link Nick-Nick provided is the one you should work on. the one Nick-Nick provided is the step by step..

you're at right place (VJ). saved my lawyer fees at least

Start gathering all the documents, filling out forms.

By the time you gather all documents,and start filling out all the forms, you will get the idea slowly with this website that how that works and what category you are in.

there is no named visa for your(or my) situation.

its AOS (Adjustment of Status) which is one of the process you;'ll be doing.

I'm in same situation.

And I just filed.

I130

I485

I765

I864

I131

and depends if your wife's net worth is above the poverty line(which I dont think as you have H1), you should not file I-864A.

Edited January 4, 2013 by coolmind1414

[aayitrun 66]

i did the exact same process without any lawyer fees. follow the vj guide from the navigation bar. they are well detailed and if you are half as crazy about storing documents as i am, it'll be a breeze.

[aayitrun 66]

and depends if your wife's net worth is above the poverty line(which I dont think as you have H1), you should not file I-864A.

wifes financials do not matter since ur h1 income is probably sufficient for the both of you. when u file 864 as ur wife, she gets to include your income if hers is below 125% pov. my wife only did volunteer work so we just used my income, no i864a is needed.

[hmh33 117]

If your wife does have sufficient income, you can use I-864EZ instead of I-864. The -EZ form is simpler to fill out, hence the name.

Start learning the correct terminology... a visa is a travel document, stuck into a page of your passport, that permits you to travel to a US border and seek entry. Once inside the US, the visa has no bearing on your status (which is instead documented by I-94 for nonimmigrants, I-551 for permanent residents or EAD/AP for those in-between). Thus your question "is there a name and number for the visa that represents the green card?" doesn't make sense - a permanent resident (green card holder) has no need for a US visa and is actually ineligible to obtain one.

Start filling in the forms according to the step-by-step guide already linked, and come back with specific questions as you have them.

Edited January 4, 2013 by hmh33

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

So I am confused now is there a name and number for the visa that represents the green card.

Which one do I do for a married man who is on a H1B visa and is in the USA

You don't need a visa. You are in the US already on a visa. If you lived in the UK at this time, you would get a CR1 spouse visa to immigrate. You only need to adjust status from H1b visa holder to permanent resident. You will have an I-130 petition to cover some basics the spouse visas start with, but you send the greencard application I-485 with it (along with certain required documentation listed in the step-by-step). The result will be you get your H1B status adjusted to LPR ( greencard holder) and can work for anybody you choose and remain in the US and even become eligible to become a US citizen after a period of time.

Read this entire page and follow the steps http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

Get it complete before your visa expires or you will have to go the other route...return to the UK and get a spouse to come back.

Edited January 4, 2013 by Nich-Nick

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

we've a guide for that - come back on a PC and click the word 'guides' at the top...

Good Luck !

Darnell: why are you frequently leave rude comments? If you don't want to help, don't leave a message...if you do, then do so in an appropriate manner. I'm sorry for sounding like I'm scolding you, but this is not the first time I come across your posts and see some of them quiet rude. Why? Yes, people may going to ask something that was asked 10.000 times before. Yes, people may going to come up here asking questions that are clearly stated either here, or on the USCIS website...that's how people are and that's fine. We are here to help each other no matter how "dumb" their questions might be...please, be a bit more professional. No hard feelings here, but I think you should think about this before your next post. Okay?

[Darnell 8,478]

handphone usage makes for repetitive questions, alas.

If it seems I'm being rude, so be it...

My rudeness vs handphone usage? I'll take my rudeness, each and every time.

[j190687p 0]

Thanks guys this thread is really helpful.

Just wondered do I fill out all the four forms below to start with or just the first one?

1. I-130

2. G-325a

3. I-864

4. I-485

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Thanks guys this thread is really helpful.

Just wondered do I fill out all the four forms below to start with or just the first one?

1. I-130

2. G-325a

3. I-864

4. I-485

Print out that whole guide page. Read it top to bottom at least 3 times. Everything goes together in one mailing, but there are two main packets---

I-130 packet with a ton of related forms and evidence

I-485 packet with a ton of evidence, forms, medical exam

Read the instructions for each form. Look at the example forms on VJ Posted in the menu bar as " Example Forms". This is a do - it- yourself website so you have to dig in and actually print the forms and their separate instructions and immerse yourself with reading all the suggested evidence it takes besides the forms. Otherwise you can pay an immigration attorney to ask you for each bit and organize it for you. You would know there iis a whole lot more than 4 forms if you had studied the page.

Edited January 6, 2013 by Nich-Nick