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Sorry if I'm not posting in the correct area by my question is a little complicated. I have my 10yr PR (received through previous marriage to a USC). I can apply for citizenship in late April 2012 (that's 90 days before 5yr of being PR).

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My gf is currently here on H1B and has 1.5yrs remaining on it. If we were to get married, can she get permanent residency through me once I'm a citizen?

Not sure how long it will take for me to go from PR to USC if filing in April 2012 (my state is HI and I know my PR process was fast compared to others)... A year from now she'll only have 6mo left on her H1B (out of 6 yr total)... Basically, is there enough time for me to become a USC and her to become a PR through me and remain in the US?

Would really appreciate advice :)

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Sure.

She even can adjust status to that of an LPR if she's out of status for a few months, simply assuming that you becoming a US citizen may take a bit longer. But if I understand your timeline correctly, that should not be the case. Right now you can hope for a 4-month duration for the entire N-400 process from start to finish.

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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.

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While out of status, she couldn't work, right?

Define "couldn't."

She is not authorized to work, but she can continue working if she has a job, and at the AOS stage working without authorization is not being made an issue of, just like it's the case with unlawful presence.

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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