raffy

This also proves how evil people can be... and I am talking about both of them... ex-husband and, what it sounds to me as the ex-wife, known here as "the friend"...

You can have both citizenships, thats not a problem, just make sure if you have to notify your own (original) country about it, some countries, (I believe Spain, India and if I am not wrong, also Germany) have a "period" that if after you become US Citizen you do not notify them that you want to keep your citizenship, they will take it away so, give a call to your Consulate and asked them about it. It should be an easy answer for them since they should go thru it almost every day.
If you decide to just stay a greencard holder, you will have to stay within certain "restrictions", the one that bothers the most its that you can not leave the country for more than 6 months, if you ever get arrested for anything, you are also putting in danger deportation and/or future citizenship... you do have to renew it every ten years, which means having to pay, submit evidence, wait, etc... also, consider the fact that laws can change and they may affect you without you even knowing and that little slip can cause you to also loose it...
I have 2 other nationalities, i'm planning on becoming a citizen at the end of this year and it will not affect me at all, actually, it will give me a lot more freedom to choose wherever I want to live...
Hope this helped you decide... and please, do not read only my post and take a decision based on it, read a few other threads about it.
Good luck!!

Just two questions, maybe 3... no need to answer any of them on here: did she get to a certain agreement ($$) with the person she married? if so, would she have to pay you for the same "service"? I am pretty sure I know the answers and if I was in her situation, guess which route would I take?? The third question: ask her to show you her work visa... it should not be a problem at all if she has a real one... if she comes up with ANY type of excuse of why she can't show it to you, dump her on the spot my friend... if she does shows it to you, make sure you read what type of visa it is, write it down and look it up online... you can get a lot of info about it just by doing this... I have a little suspicious that she probably did not even come to the US on that type of visa and maybe because of that, she is so desperate.
A SUPER big red flag: you mentioned that she talked to you about cancelling her "wedding" because you guys had started dating for about a month?? a month?? seriously??? I hope you realize that a month is nothing and should not be taken into consideration how "confident and truthful" she was.
Myself, as an ex "illegal alien" (14 years of that) I dated several girls, most of them US citizens, I never discussed my legal situation with none of them at least after being in the relationship for about a year and a half or so, sometimes more... yes, that scared most of them away but, it also showed me who really cared and who didn't, who was gonna be there for me in good and bad times... That's not the type of stuff you tell somebody a month after you are seeing them because, like it or not, you never know how the other person it's gonna react and mainly, because since you have no idea of how the other person it's going react, you don't know if it's going to dump you, call the cops on you , immigration or who knows what... besides that, I didn't do it because I wanted them to be with me because of me, not because they felt "sorry" for me and wanted to "help" me. I got offered "help" a few times, I refused every time due to my high morals and I end up very well at the end anyways!!
Another thing that you need to know and consider: when filling up any type of paperwork, she will have all of your info (identity theft is done mostly by somebody within your family circle) once you are married, whatever you buy it's also hers, unless you sign a very good detailed pre-nup, so, be very careful with this. Not only that, you will also be financially responsible for her (that's one of the forms you'll have to sign with immigration) and, if she wants to divorce you, by experience, I can tell you that she will probably get whatever she asks for, including, alimony, a monthly payment of XX amount of money to "be able to keep the same lifestyle she had when she was married to you". This payment does not go away easily...
If you still want to proceed with this, here are the answer to a couple of your questions:
1) she can get an annulment for not "consuming the marriage" (meaning that they did not have sex, so the marriage was "not consumed"), it is not a divorce, is more like "it never happened" but it will be required to be input on the forms that she would have to fill.
2) how long before she can marry somebody else and not look "suspicious": I asked this question to my attorney when I was getting divorced from my first wife cause quite frankly, by the time my divorce was finished, I had already started seeing another person and it was going very well... The answer was: at least a year... maybe 2.
I do agree with the post of the girl who went back home and did everything right from over there. If she did not come on a work visa, then she "overstayed", if she overstayed and she goes back home, she will be banned for at least 10 years to come back to the US; if she marry somebody, that can be dropped but it will take a few years of being back home waiting for her approval. If she overstayed, she can get the GC in about 3 months after marrying you and applying for it. Then she can dump you after taking a bunch of pictures and having a few bills under both of your names because she can apply for her renewal by herself if she has enough "evidence" that you guys married for real....
Not a good spot to be in but I think you are young enough to meet plenty of other people that you can be with.

Just two questions, maybe 3... no need to answer any of them on here: did she get to a certain agreement ($$) with the person she married? if so, would she have to pay you for the same "service"? I am pretty sure I know the answers and if I was in her situation, guess which route would I take?? The third question: ask her to show you her work visa... it should not be a problem at all if she has a real one... if she comes up with ANY type of excuse of why she can't show it to you, dump her on the spot my friend... if she does shows it to you, make sure you read what type of visa it is, write it down and look it up online... you can get a lot of info about it just by doing this... I have a little suspicious that she probably did not even come to the US on that type of visa and maybe because of that, she is so desperate.
A SUPER big red flag: you mentioned that she talked to you about cancelling her "wedding" because you guys had started dating for about a month?? a month?? seriously??? I hope you realize that a month is nothing and should not be taken into consideration how "confident and truthful" she was.
Myself, as an ex "illegal alien" (14 years of that) I dated several girls, most of them US citizens, I never discussed my legal situation with none of them at least after being in the relationship for about a year and a half or so, sometimes more... yes, that scared most of them away but, it also showed me who really cared and who didn't, who was gonna be there for me in good and bad times... That's not the type of stuff you tell somebody a month after you are seeing them because, like it or not, you never know how the other person it's gonna react and mainly, because since you have no idea of how the other person it's going react, you don't know if it's going to dump you, call the cops on you , immigration or who knows what... besides that, I didn't do it because I wanted them to be with me because of me, not because they felt "sorry" for me and wanted to "help" me. I got offered "help" a few times, I refused every time due to my high morals and I end up very well at the end anyways!!
Another thing that you need to know and consider: when filling up any type of paperwork, she will have all of your info (identity theft is done mostly by somebody within your family circle) once you are married, whatever you buy it's also hers, unless you sign a very good detailed pre-nup, so, be very careful with this. Not only that, you will also be financially responsible for her (that's one of the forms you'll have to sign with immigration) and, if she wants to divorce you, by experience, I can tell you that she will probably get whatever she asks for, including, alimony, a monthly payment of XX amount of money to "be able to keep the same lifestyle she had when she was married to you". This payment does not go away easily...
If you still want to proceed with this, here are the answer to a couple of your questions:
1) she can get an annulment for not "consuming the marriage" (meaning that they did not have sex, so the marriage was "not consumed"), it is not a divorce, is more like "it never happened" but it will be required to be input on the forms that she would have to fill.
2) how long before she can marry somebody else and not look "suspicious": I asked this question to my attorney when I was getting divorced from my first wife cause quite frankly, by the time my divorce was finished, I had already started seeing another person and it was going very well... The answer was: at least a year... maybe 2.
I do agree with the post of the girl who went back home and did everything right from over there. If she did not come on a work visa, then she "overstayed", if she overstayed and she goes back home, she will be banned for at least 10 years to come back to the US; if she marry somebody, that can be dropped but it will take a few years of being back home waiting for her approval. If she overstayed, she can get the GC in about 3 months after marrying you and applying for it. Then she can dump you after taking a bunch of pictures and having a few bills under both of your names because she can apply for her renewal by herself if she has enough "evidence" that you guys married for real....
Not a good spot to be in but I think you are young enough to meet plenty of other people that you can be with.

Just two questions, maybe 3... no need to answer any of them on here: did she get to a certain agreement ($$) with the person she married? if so, would she have to pay you for the same "service"? I am pretty sure I know the answers and if I was in her situation, guess which route would I take?? The third question: ask her to show you her work visa... it should not be a problem at all if she has a real one... if she comes up with ANY type of excuse of why she can't show it to you, dump her on the spot my friend... if she does shows it to you, make sure you read what type of visa it is, write it down and look it up online... you can get a lot of info about it just by doing this... I have a little suspicious that she probably did not even come to the US on that type of visa and maybe because of that, she is so desperate.
A SUPER big red flag: you mentioned that she talked to you about cancelling her "wedding" because you guys had started dating for about a month?? a month?? seriously??? I hope you realize that a month is nothing and should not be taken into consideration how "confident and truthful" she was.
Myself, as an ex "illegal alien" (14 years of that) I dated several girls, most of them US citizens, I never discussed my legal situation with none of them at least after being in the relationship for about a year and a half or so, sometimes more... yes, that scared most of them away but, it also showed me who really cared and who didn't, who was gonna be there for me in good and bad times... That's not the type of stuff you tell somebody a month after you are seeing them because, like it or not, you never know how the other person it's gonna react and mainly, because since you have no idea of how the other person it's going react, you don't know if it's going to dump you, call the cops on you , immigration or who knows what... besides that, I didn't do it because I wanted them to be with me because of me, not because they felt "sorry" for me and wanted to "help" me. I got offered "help" a few times, I refused every time due to my high morals and I end up very well at the end anyways!!
Another thing that you need to know and consider: when filling up any type of paperwork, she will have all of your info (identity theft is done mostly by somebody within your family circle) once you are married, whatever you buy it's also hers, unless you sign a very good detailed pre-nup, so, be very careful with this. Not only that, you will also be financially responsible for her (that's one of the forms you'll have to sign with immigration) and, if she wants to divorce you, by experience, I can tell you that she will probably get whatever she asks for, including, alimony, a monthly payment of XX amount of money to "be able to keep the same lifestyle she had when she was married to you". This payment does not go away easily...
If you still want to proceed with this, here are the answer to a couple of your questions:
1) she can get an annulment for not "consuming the marriage" (meaning that they did not have sex, so the marriage was "not consumed"), it is not a divorce, is more like "it never happened" but it will be required to be input on the forms that she would have to fill.
2) how long before she can marry somebody else and not look "suspicious": I asked this question to my attorney when I was getting divorced from my first wife cause quite frankly, by the time my divorce was finished, I had already started seeing another person and it was going very well... The answer was: at least a year... maybe 2.
I do agree with the post of the girl who went back home and did everything right from over there. If she did not come on a work visa, then she "overstayed", if she overstayed and she goes back home, she will be banned for at least 10 years to come back to the US; if she marry somebody, that can be dropped but it will take a few years of being back home waiting for her approval. If she overstayed, she can get the GC in about 3 months after marrying you and applying for it. Then she can dump you after taking a bunch of pictures and having a few bills under both of your names because she can apply for her renewal by herself if she has enough "evidence" that you guys married for real....
Not a good spot to be in but I think you are young enough to meet plenty of other people that you can be with.

Just two questions, maybe 3... no need to answer any of them on here: did she get to a certain agreement ($$) with the person she married? if so, would she have to pay you for the same "service"? I am pretty sure I know the answers and if I was in her situation, guess which route would I take?? The third question: ask her to show you her work visa... it should not be a problem at all if she has a real one... if she comes up with ANY type of excuse of why she can't show it to you, dump her on the spot my friend... if she does shows it to you, make sure you read what type of visa it is, write it down and look it up online... you can get a lot of info about it just by doing this... I have a little suspicious that she probably did not even come to the US on that type of visa and maybe because of that, she is so desperate.
A SUPER big red flag: you mentioned that she talked to you about cancelling her "wedding" because you guys had started dating for about a month?? a month?? seriously??? I hope you realize that a month is nothing and should not be taken into consideration how "confident and truthful" she was.
Myself, as an ex "illegal alien" (14 years of that) I dated several girls, most of them US citizens, I never discussed my legal situation with none of them at least after being in the relationship for about a year and a half or so, sometimes more... yes, that scared most of them away but, it also showed me who really cared and who didn't, who was gonna be there for me in good and bad times... That's not the type of stuff you tell somebody a month after you are seeing them because, like it or not, you never know how the other person it's gonna react and mainly, because since you have no idea of how the other person it's going react, you don't know if it's going to dump you, call the cops on you , immigration or who knows what... besides that, I didn't do it because I wanted them to be with me because of me, not because they felt "sorry" for me and wanted to "help" me. I got offered "help" a few times, I refused every time due to my high morals and I end up very well at the end anyways!!
Another thing that you need to know and consider: when filling up any type of paperwork, she will have all of your info (identity theft is done mostly by somebody within your family circle) once you are married, whatever you buy it's also hers, unless you sign a very good detailed pre-nup, so, be very careful with this. Not only that, you will also be financially responsible for her (that's one of the forms you'll have to sign with immigration) and, if she wants to divorce you, by experience, I can tell you that she will probably get whatever she asks for, including, alimony, a monthly payment of XX amount of money to "be able to keep the same lifestyle she had when she was married to you". This payment does not go away easily...
If you still want to proceed with this, here are the answer to a couple of your questions:
1) she can get an annulment for not "consuming the marriage" (meaning that they did not have sex, so the marriage was "not consumed"), it is not a divorce, is more like "it never happened" but it will be required to be input on the forms that she would have to fill.
2) how long before she can marry somebody else and not look "suspicious": I asked this question to my attorney when I was getting divorced from my first wife cause quite frankly, by the time my divorce was finished, I had already started seeing another person and it was going very well... The answer was: at least a year... maybe 2.
I do agree with the post of the girl who went back home and did everything right from over there. If she did not come on a work visa, then she "overstayed", if she overstayed and she goes back home, she will be banned for at least 10 years to come back to the US; if she marry somebody, that can be dropped but it will take a few years of being back home waiting for her approval. If she overstayed, she can get the GC in about 3 months after marrying you and applying for it. Then she can dump you after taking a bunch of pictures and having a few bills under both of your names because she can apply for her renewal by herself if she has enough "evidence" that you guys married for real....
Not a good spot to be in but I think you are young enough to meet plenty of other people that you can be with.

You should be ready for two/three things:
1st) they will get fingerprints from both hands and a picture (then, with time and depending on the officer, you may just need a picture and your right thumb) and they will ask you how long you were gone and what was the purpose of your travel (business or tourism?) sometimes just to mess with them I tell them that I traveled cause I felt like it, then when they give me the "what?!" look, I tell them "but mostly for tourism" with a smile on my face...
2) prepare to miss being back home, where the food is a lot better and healthier...
3) they may take you "to the back room" once in a while, mostly if you have 2 last names and the guy at the counter doesn't get that, so he will be trying to input your second last name as you first name and the computer will reject the passport... so they will make you go to the "back room" but don't worry, most of the time you will be there for not more than 4 to 5 minutes and then, they won't even take your picture or your thumb print... (out of about 20 trips, I've seen "the back room" about 8 to 10 times, half of those times they didn't even say anything else but a "sorry for the wait, welcome home"). Some other times, Custom's may ask you more questions than the actual immigration officer... if that's the case, just answer the right answers cause they may bust your b@lls for a few minutes if they feel like having fun...
Best advise: when booking an international flight, try to get your seats all the way towards the front of the plane, otherwise you will have to wait in line after all of the people in front of you and when walking towards admissions, walk fast....
Another thing: for those with the "2 year" greencard: once the card expires, you can travel with your expired card AND your NOA, the NOA states that your GC have been extended for one more year OR, have your passport stamped at your local USCIS office (make an infopass appointment for that)
I hope this little posting helps future readers!!