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Hamsaya   0

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Hi people,

I got my finger prints done to get my green card hopefully soon. My mother had applied for me in 2005 and the priority date is current now.

One question is how long before I get my green card.

Very Important to me is my second question: I am planning to marry a Canadian Citizen hopefully soon, but I know there are loads of things I have to consider here for that.

I really would love to live here in USA since all my relatives are here, should I apply for her when she comes to US, how long will it take and what if I move to Canada live there until I am a citizen?

I see that in visa bulletin it says that 2nd pref, is current for people applying 01JUN10 (Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents What does this mean... What I understand from this is that if I become permanent resident it takes very short time to get her here... is that correct?

Please advice

Appreciate all your adives.

Hamsaya

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Aztec&Taino   144

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Hi people,

I got my finger prints done to get my green card hopefully soon. My mother had applied for me in 2005 and the priority date is current now.

One question is how long before I get my green card.

Very Important to me is my second question: I am planning to marry a Canadian Citizen hopefully soon, but I know there are loads of things I have to consider here for that.

I really would love to live here in USA since all my relatives are here, should I apply for her when she comes to US, how long will it take and what if I move to Canada live there until I am a citizen?

I see that in visa bulletin it says that 2nd pref, is current for people applying 01JUN10 (Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents What does this mean... What I understand from this is that if I become permanent resident it takes very short time to get her here... is that correct?

Please advice

Appreciate all your adives.

Hamsaya

Only American citizens can file for K1 visas. If you wanted to be with her before you become a citizen you would need to marry her and file for the I-130. Remember that if you live outside of the country for 6 months or longer you will have abandoned your residency in the US (which may jeopardize your residency status and your ability to file for citizenship later).

August 23, 2010 - I-129 F package sent via USPS priority mail with delivery confirmation.

August 30, 2010 - Per Department of Homeland Security (DHS) e-mail, petition received and routed to California Service Center for processing. Check cashed. I-797C Notice of Action by mail (NOA 1) - Received date 08/25/2010. Notice date 08/27/2010.

After 150 days of imposed anxious patience...

January 24, 2011 - Per USCIS website, petition approved and notice mailed.

January 31, 2011 - Approval receipt notice (NOA 2) received by mail. Called NVC, given Santo Domingo case number, and informed that petition was sent same day to consulate.

Called Visa Specialist at the Department of State every day for a case update. Informed of interview date on February, 16 2011. Informed that packet was mailed to fiance on February, 15 2011.

February 21, 2011 - Fiance has not yet received packet. Called 1-877-804-5402 (Visa Information Center of the United States Embassy) to request a duplicate packet in person pick-up at the US consulate in Santo Domingo. Packet can be picked-up by fiance on 02/28.

March 1, 2011 - Medical exam completed at Consultorios de Visa in Santo Domingo.

March 9, 2011 at 6 AM - Interview, approved!

March 18, 2011 - POE together. JFK and O'Hare airports. Legal wedding: May 16, 2011.

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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If you move to Canada, everything your mom did for you is lost. You will lose your residency and with it your 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

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Hamsaya   0

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Only American citizens can file for K1 visas. If you wanted to be with her before you become a citizen you would need to marry her and file for the I-130. Remember that if you live outside of the country for 6 months or longer you will have abandoned your residency in the US (which may jeopardize your residency status and your ability to file for citizenship later).

I see, is the priority date 2010 correct on bulletin board. Does that mean I will not have to wait years for her to become pr.

thanks

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** moved from "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" to Bringing Family Members of Permanent Residents to America as the prior forum is for K1, K2, K3 & K4 visas so this is a more appropriate location**

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

Notes:
- For my "standard" timeline please see timeline to the left
- For timeline with Aussie specifics & more detailed info, please see the "About Me" section of my profile

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