F1 Student marred to US Permanent resident

[PPatrick 0]

Hello everyone,

 

I'm US Permanent resident and married to my girlfriend last month, who is on F1 student visa. We never lived together more than 7 days after marriage.

Am I be eligible for filling I-130 for her? Does it require both of us to have same physical address (or lived together) before I fill petition for her?

Will filled/approved I-130 affect her post grade OPT application?

 

Please give provide your advice & experience.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thank you

[kzielu 1,149]

Yes, you are eligible if you are in a bona fide relationship. Hopefully you are aware about F2A category timeline though.

[Liam2021 583]

Since you're PLR, you can file i-130 for your spouse and it will be F2A category, and your spouse need to come back to the home country for an interview.

[PPatrick 0]

3 hours ago, kzielu said:

Yes, you are eligible if you are in a bona fide relationship. Hopefully you are aware about F2A category timeline though.

Thanks Kzielu for your feedback.

Yeah I am aware of F2A timeline. We have joint bank account and also added her name in one of utility bill.

 

Will filled/approved I-130 affect her post grade OPT application?