Difference between Green Card (Permanent Residence) and K-3/K-4 Nonimmigrant Visa

[arualsesiom 0]

I want to know the difference between Green Card (Permanent Residence) and K-3/K-4 Nonimmigrant Visa?

[Inky 1,111]

A visa is NOT a greencard.

A Visa is a large stamp in your passport.

You should read the guides on this forum I think you are getting the wrong information or are very confused about what you are doing.

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

A Visa is permission to enter the US for a Visit at the end of which you return to your home country.

A Green Card is permission to Live and Work in the US without having to return to your home country until it expires or you choose to do so.

[Inky 1,111]

A Visa is permission to enter the US for a Visit at the end of which you return to your home country.

A Green Card is permission to Live and Work in the US without having to return to your home country until it expires or you choose to do so.

The OP has another post about entering as a visitor and then filing for the Greencard right after entering but seems to have no visa or connection to be able to file for a greencard...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/281957-i485-adjustment-of-status/page__p__4279839__fromsearch__1#entry4279839

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

The OP has another post about entering as a visitor and then filing for the Greencard right after entering but seems to have no visa or connection to be able to file for a greencard...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/281957-i485-adjustment-of-status/page__p__4279839__fromsearch__1#entry4279839

I just saw that. My answer is still correct.

OP can't "pretend" to live here in order to Adjust Status and get a green card without a USC filing an I-130 petition for them.

[Inky 1,111]

I just saw that. My answer is still correct.

OP can't "pretend" to live here in order to Adjust Status and get a green card without a USC filing an I-130 petition for them.

ok just making sure you saw the other one too cus this could be a really big pickle.

[arualsesiom 0]

The OP has another post about entering as a visitor and then filing for the Greencard right after entering but seems to have no visa or connection to be able to file for a greencard...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/281957-i485-adjustment-of-status/page__p__4279839__fromsearch__1#entry4279839

i have my visa to enter as a visitor to the us but my sister in law does not have visa so that is my doubt I have to apply for the green card and she will apply for the nonimmigrant visa right

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You cannot get a green card from a visitor visa unless you are married to a US Citizen and did not enter on that visa with intent to immigrate.

You have to have a valid reason... work or family member to base the petition on. You cannot just "file for a green card." Sorry dude.

[arualsesiom 0]

You cannot get a green card from a visitor visa unless you are married to a US Citizen and did not enter on that visa with intent to immigrate.

You have to have a valid reason... work or family member to base the petition on. You cannot just "file for a green card." Sorry dude.

i married to a us citizen and i want to apply for the green card I already have my visa

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

i married to a us citizen and i want to apply for the green card I already have my visa

Ahh good, but you cannot enter the US with intent to immigrate on your visitor visa. That is fraud. You need a CR1/IR1 visa which begins by filing an I-130. (link is in your other thread). Good luck!

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

No, you don't.

You are a Mexican national/citizen, living in Mexico. You have a B2 visitor's visa, which is a NON-IMMIGRANT visa, and a border crossing card which allows you to move in and out of the US rather freely.

Your wife is a US citizen, living in Mexico.

If you want to get a Green Card, you and your wife will have to file at the US embassy/consulate in Mexico for an immigrant visa for you. The process is called Direct Consular Filing (DCF) and takes several months. For the visa, your wife has to provide an Affidavit of Support, showing that she made enough money last year to support 2 people. Currently that's about $18K and the way to do that is by providing her US tax returns. Since US citizens have to file a tax return even if living in Mexico, that's not a problem, or, is it?

Once the immigrant petition has been approved, you can enter the US as a permanent resident. Two years later you will have to show that you and your wife lived together -- in the USA -- under the same roof, shared taxes, finances, and all other stuff. Only when that's approved, you will get a permanent Green Card.

You will probably understand that there's not much you can fake for two years when it comes to having a house or apartment, jobs, tax returns, photos, insurances, etc. You and your wife really need to live in the US in order to pull this off.