Jump to content
janetc
 Share

4 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

janetc Newbie

janetc   0

Posted
Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
 Timeline
Posted

I have a friend that is going with someone that holds a b1/b2 visa which will expire in approximately 5 years from now. They are considering getting married in the future. Their question is this before they get married should they file papers on getting his visa changed to a different type or do they wait until after they get married? Anyone that could send me information on this would be appreciated so that I can fully inform them on what their next steps should be. thanks.

siasimba Explorer

siasimba   9

Posted
Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
 Timeline
Posted

Hello,

I am not an expert, but going through this myself... I think getting adjusted from marriage is a lot easier than what you are doing now.

7/20/09 - When we met
9/16/09 - When we started dating
1/15/10 - Moved in together
9/3/10 - Marriage
11/10/10 - Filed AOS at Chicago lockbox
11/12/10 - AOS package received
11/17/10 - NOA1
12/27/10 - Biometrics --> canceled due to snow condition
1/18/11 - Advance Parole approved
1/26/11 - Biometrics Completed
1/31/11 - EAD in production
2/7/11 - EAD Recieved
2/18/11 - Applied for SSN
2/28/11 - Received SS Card
8/5/11 - Interview letter mailed
9/8/11 - Interview @9am
9/9/11 - Card Production
9/20/11 - Received Green Card

7/2013 - Submitted Removal of Condition

9/2013 - Biometrics Completed

11/20/2013 - NOA1 - Request for Evidence

12/20/2013 - RFE returned

1/2014 - 10 year green card approved.

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

Posted
Filed: Other Timeline
Posted

People do not need a visa to get married in the US. Unlike in the U.K., any tourist, even with a visa waiver (Great Britain is a member of the VWP) can get married while in the United States. My daughter and her now husband, both tourists from Europe, got married in Hawaii.

The only requirement is that the foreigner doesn't stay longer as the I-94 (usually 6 months for B2s) allows.

If you would like to stay together in the US after getting married there, I suggest to file for a K-1 (fiancee visa).

If you get married in the U.K., you file for a CR-1 or, if both of you live in the U.K., a DCF (Direct Consular Filing). With both visas the foreigner enters the U.S. as a permanent resident and receives his Green Card.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

JimVaPhuong Veteran

JimVaPhuong   4,863

Posted
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
 Timeline
Posted

I have a friend that is going with someone that holds a b1/b2 visa which will expire in approximately 5 years from now. They are considering getting married in the future. Their question is this before they get married should they file papers on getting his visa changed to a different type or do they wait until after they get married? Anyone that could send me information on this would be appreciated so that I can fully inform them on what their next steps should be. thanks.

They don't need to do anything until they're sure they want to get married. If they're looking for a visa that's appropriate for someone who is actively dating a US citizen then a B2 is perfectly appropriate for this.

12/15/2009 - K1 Visa Interview - APPROVED!

12/29/2009 - Married in Oakland, CA!

08/18/2010 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

05/01/2013 - Removal of Conditions - APPROVED!

 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
“;}
×
×
  • Create New...