got the approved visa-whats next?

[tulum 0]

This may sound like a stupid question, i assure i dont think of it that way, but;

we got the approved visa, i know we have 90 days to marry after she gets here and after we marry

we have to adjust her status, but what happens after that? i know i want to do whatever it takes so she can travel outside the USA [ delayed honeymoon ] and she will become a perm. resident with a green card. but im not clear on what happens after that. what do we file and when? how long before she can apply to be a citizen? [ i think we have to be married and living together for 3 to 5 years- again , not sure ] can anyone give me the skinny- quick info on what to file, when, etc etc. Thanks in advance.

[V-G-1 1]

Ok, so she comes, and you marry. As soon as you marry, file for AOS, and with the AOS also put in the applications for Work (EAD) and for Travel Document.

Basically, she cannot travel outside US from the moment she comes in as K-1 (1 time entry only--please dont leave) ........to the moment she gets a Travel Document.

Once she gets the Travel Document, she can go and come as she pleases as long as its less than 1 year. She can also work with the EAD.

Once the Green Card itself comes in, she can travel AND work as she pleases.

After 2 years, she has to file an application to remove conditions on her green card, and the result of that would be a 10 year green card....

On the 3rd year, She will file for Naturalization to Citizenship, so the 10 year green card will become null.

[V-G-1 1]

sorry, not being clear - 90 days before the 2 years is up, she has to file for Removal....They DONT remind you to do this...so PLEASE mark your calendars---can result in a lot of troubel if you wait too long to Remove COnditions

[Jauque 1]

This may sound like a stupid question, i assure i dont think of it that way, but;

we got the approved visa, i know we have 90 days to marry after she gets here and after we marry

we have to adjust her status, but what happens after that? i know i want to do whatever it takes so she can travel outside the USA [ delayed honeymoon ] and she will become a perm. resident with a green card. but im not clear on what happens after that. what do we file and when? how long before she can apply to be a citizen? [ i think we have to be married and living together for 3 to 5 years- again , not sure ] can anyone give me the skinny- quick info on what to file, when, etc etc. Thanks in advance.

Might be best to ask this in the AOS forums. Theres also a section in the guides dedicated to this.

Best of luck and congratz on the visa!!!

[Shanh 2]

It's all explained in the guides, here

Congratulations on your visa!