K-1 Fiance' visa---timeline till U.S. citizenship

[Duncan888 0]

Hi everyone, I am new to the forum, this is my first queston on here:

I have carefully read the guides, and the K-1 Visa Process Flowchart---

My question is, after my fiance' has landed on U.S. soil, does she have to become a U.S. citizen?

(I understand that we have 90 days to get married).

How long, after being in the United States, does she have to become a U.S. citizien?

After examining the K-1 flowchart, it seems as though my fiance' receives U.S. citizenship after receiving I-485 approval, and then receives a green card?

Does a green card grant U.S citizenship?

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

Thanks for any & all input.

Cheers,

Duncan

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to General Immigration-Related Discussion Forum~

~Inquiry about overall immigration process, not K-1 specific~

[Hypnos 6,578]

A green card certainly does not grant US citizenship, it's just permission to remain in the US indefinitely.

After your fiancée has been an LPR for three years then she can apply to become a US citizen if she is still married to you and you live in the same household in a legitimate spousal relationship. The N-400 application can be submitted 90 days before the three year period is complete.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Hypnos

[Kajikit 65]

When you get the K1 visa, your fiance has six months to use it to come to the US. Then once they're there, you have 90 days to get married. As soon as possible after you're married, you file for adjustment of status and they get a temporary greencard that's good for two years. At the end of two years if you're still married, they get a permanent greencard, and a year after THAT they can file for citizenship. But there's no law that says they ever have to. You can hang on to your greencard for 50 years if you so choose, you just have to remember to renew it each time it expires.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

It i important that you know that a Green card holder is not a citizen. If she ever claims to be a citizen when she is not, or does something reserved only for citizens when she is not, like voting, she will be banned from the US for life. A Greencard is evidence of being a permanent resident.

[Duncan888 0]

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say thank you to all, for providing some clarification re. a timeline for citizenship, etc.

Nice to talk to some people here that know the facts!

Cheers,

Duncan