I am currently living in the United States and working with an H1B visa. My company recently offered me an option to get a green card through a sponsorship program. I am sharing my life with another foreigner (we are not married) which does not have any kind of long term visa for the US (F1).
My question is, how can he get the benefits of my (supposedly) green card ? Do we need to get married before, during, or after the green card application process ?
I've been told the Green Card process in my case would likely take 2 years, so how much time would that take for him to get the ability to work and travel freely from and to the United States ?
Wedding before H1B to GreenCard
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Hello everybody,
I am currently living in the United States and working with an H1B visa. My company recently offered me an option to get a green card through a sponsorship program. I am sharing my life with another foreigner (we are not married) which does not have any kind of long term visa for the US (F1).
My question is, how can he get the benefits of my (supposedly) green card ? Do we need to get married before, during, or after the green card application process ?
I've been told the Green Card process in my case would likely take 2 years, so how much time would that take for him to get the ability to work and travel freely from and to the United States ?
Thank you for your answers !