If I marry an american girl, can I stay in the USA?
2006-08-29 04:07:22 · 13 answers · asked by soytokemonsr 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
Thanx for all your kind answers guys that's really nice. Sorry for the people like cricket who have no idea about anything related to people like me, who speak 4 languages, has a technical career, an administration diploma, a good profitabel small biz 4.5k usd per month and now due to corrupt government policies in less than 1 year gone totally BANKRUPT!!!
2006-08-29 04:55:26 · update #1
Yes. Marriage is the easiest and most effective way to get US status. She will have to apply for I-130 after yo get married. It is a petition that you are married and want to be legal in the US. It may be deinied, but only in certain cases. You will go through medical testing and interviews. I am going through this now, I am amrried to an American. I haven't been called in to interview yet.
2006-08-29 05:48:05 · answer #1 · answered by Fleur de Lis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to go through the legal process.
If you marry in the US you need to have a K1 visa - that is for the fiancee. If you marry abroad you need to get the k3. Both are Non-immigrant visas. And you need further paperwork to legalize your stay here in the US.
The CR1 visa is an immigrant visa that will let you have your greencard or permanent residence shortly after arriving in the US.
Downside is, visa processing takes time. The K visas take anywhere between 7-9 months. The CR1 takes a bit longer.
2006-08-29 04:51:38 · answer #2 · answered by Leela 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have a friend who married a girl from Jamaca and she is not a US Citizen, she has filed all her paperwork but if for any reason until she is approved the government can send her packing back home. It used to be as long as you were married you were fine but that no longer holds true.
2006-08-29 04:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by opyankees_06 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO My daughters husband is Mexican Married 6 years and still here illegally even with 2 kids.
2006-08-29 04:09:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are here illegally, it won't work. Return to your home country with your fiance and marry there. Then she can apply for a fiance/spouse visa immediately.
2006-08-29 04:13:38 · answer #5 · answered by Otis F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-08-29 04:13:10 · answer #6 · answered by whataboutme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow...yet another reason to close our borders.
Find a person to marry because you love that person and not their country.
2006-08-29 04:33:14 · answer #7 · answered by cricket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope you have to get the government to let you. You have to get a green card. If you don't you will be deported.
2006-08-29 04:17:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I marry a Canadian and we divorce, does she lose her citizenship?
2016-05-14 17:55:38 · answer #9 · answered by WILL 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-08-29 04:16:20 · answer #10 · answered by nbr660 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋