Getting my Brazilian Girlfriend American Citizenship

[RobNYC 0]

I would like to marry my Brazilian girlfriend, and have her and her 15 year old son live here with me in New York. I've heard this can be challenging. What's the best way to proceed?

[EndlessStory 53]

Girlfriend? She needs to apply for K1 visa and then adjust status before she can apply for citizenship. She can't apply citizenship right away. Never heard of such application.

Do you want to marry her in US or Brazil?

Marry in US - K1 visa

Marry in Brazil - CR1 visa

[aaron2020 11,651]

Read the Guides.

It's not challenging to do the paperwork if you're good at reading and following instructions.

The process will take about a year from filing to getting visas.

You can bring her as a fiancée with a K-1. You would need to fet marry in the US within 90 days after she enters. Then, you need to file for their green cards.

Alternatively. You can go to Brazil to get marry and file for a spousal visa for your wife and an immigration visa for her son. When they enter, they automatically fet green cards.

These are outlines. Read the Guides to compare them to see which way is best for you.

[Pitaya 2,576]

~Moved from US Citizenship General Discussion to What Visa Do I Need Forum~

~Inquiry about family visas~

[RobNYC 0]

Thank you both very much. I prefer to marry her in New York because I have a much larger family than she does. But I have no problem marrying her in Brazil. If I were fluent in Portuguese, I would consider moving to Brazil to be with her. Ana speaks English fairly well, but her 15 year old son is fluent in English.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Oh, by the way.

You are not getting US citizenship for anyone.

A green card is not US citizenship.

Your girlfriend would need to have a green card for at least 3 years and be married to a USC for 3 years and live with that USC spouse for the 3 years prceeding filing for US citizenship.

Her son can apply for US citizenship after being a green card holder for 5 years.

[alix 20]

The K-1 route is definitely your best alternative. Then after you get married and adjust status, she will get a 2-year conditional green card. Then after that you need to remove the conditions and she will get a 10-year green card. Once she has been a resident for 3 years she can apply for citizenship.

I did the IR-1/CR-1 (we married first then applied for the GC) process and that was a little more complicated than the K-1, so if you want her to move to the US as soon as possible look into getting her a K-1.

[RobNYC 0]

My girlfriend is coming here on a tourist Visa to meet my Family. She hired a company to handle the paperwork. They are telling her to delete our Facebook history of each other because it might cause a problem with her obtaining a Visa. She is stressed out that she may be denied a tourist Visa on account of Brazilian women coming to this country to find an American husband. We have over 40,000 messages back and forth to each other on Facebook.

Is there any credibility to what this company is telling her?

[MacUK 983]

My girlfriend is coming here on a tourist Visa to meet my Family. She hired a company to handle the paperwork. They are telling her to delete our Facebook history of each other because it might cause a problem with her obtaining a Visa. She is stressed out that she may be denied a tourist Visa on account of Brazilian women coming to this country to find an American husband. We have over 40,000 messages back and forth to each other on Facebook.

Is there any credibility to what this company is telling her?

What is there on her facebook that could possibly harm her visa?

Unless you've been exchanging messages saying that you're only marrying for a greencard then surely lots of fb messages just suggest that you're serious about each other.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I thin the company is trying to hide that you have a relationship. Fire that company, they are trying to get you to lie, and that can make her banned from the US. I don't think you want that.

[jan22 2,898]

And, another reason not to listen and do this -- when it comes time to document your relationship for the immigrant visa, you will have deleted a HUGE source of proof of the length/strength of your relationship!

She's much better off just going to the visa interview and answering all questions openly and truthfully.

[RobNYC 0]

Her travel Visa was approved on Tuesday. She flew to Rio, and they approved her after a few short questions. She will be in New York soon to meet my family. I'm elated.

[sma1488 155]

Her travel Visa was approved on Tuesday. She flew to Rio, and they approved her after a few short questions. She will be in New York soon to meet my family. I'm elated.

Her tourist visa, right? I can only hope that she was truthful about her intentions at her interview and will be forthcoming if questioned by CBP upon arrival. Otherwise, it might come back to bite her later (as it should).

[RobNYC 0]

Yes tourist visa. And shes always truthful.

[RobNYC 0]

My girlfriend left New York to go back to Brazil to get affairs in order to move here. The next time she comes, we will marry. She also has a 15 year old son that she will be bringing with her. I am calling the department of education to find out how to transfer her son into a local high school.

My question is that since she already has a visa that is good for 4 months of travel this year, does she need to reapply for a fiance visa?