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I would love to hear from someone with some experience in what I am facing. I am planning on marrying my fiancee in late March. I would like to get her back to the States as soon as possible after the wedding. We are not sure how long we will want to stay once there... maybe as long as a year. We are in Peru, where I have been for ten months teaching English. I have a ton of questions, as I am new to all of this, so I will keep this short and see if anyone can give me a general direction to head. I have read some on this web-site today, but I am seeing there is a lot more that I need to learn. Thanks in advance.

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You will have to wait until you have married.

Then file locally, what is called on this board DCF.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Keep in mind, once your finance -- then wife -- receives her Green Card, she is required to live in the USA permanently. If you go back to Peru after about a year, it can only be for a visit, not to live in Peru again. If she does move back to Peru, the requirement of a permanent residency and with it the Green Card would be in jeopardy.

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Thank you Just Bob and Boiler. I plan on reading more to keep learning, but do you (or anyone else) know what is the best route to go if we do plan on moving back to Peru at some time? Ideally I would like it if we could stay in the US for about a year, then go back and forth between Peru and the States whenever we like. I keep hearing the term "dual citizenship"... what does that mean, and is it difficult to obtain?

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Thank you Just Bob and Boiler. I plan on reading more to keep learning, but do you (or anyone else) know what is the best route to go if we do plan on moving back to Peru at some time? Ideally I would like it if we could stay in the US for about a year, then go back and forth between Peru and the States whenever we like. I keep hearing the term "dual citizenship"... what does that mean, and is it difficult to obtain?

once she becomes a US citizen then you no longer have any US immigration issues.... However, your future wife needs to qualify for US citizenship and simply being married to you is not enough.... the one thing that might trip you up is the 3 years as a resident of the USA without a more than 6 mos. break in continuous residency ... read the citizenship rules to educate yourself

YMMV

 
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