Green Card holder marries F-1 Student

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What happens if a green card holder marries an F-1 student in the United States?

Will the F-1 student lose or risk their visa upon marriage?

Will the F-1 student lose or risk their visa upon an I-130 petition (F2A: Spouse of Permanent Resident)?

I understand the foreign spouse becomes ineligible for any new non-immigrant visa while the I-130 petition is active?

F2A is processing up to Sept 2013 currently, but I read it is expected to "retrogress" (meaning they move it backwards?) So it's unclear whether the interview will come up before the F-1 student has completed school.

If the date did come up while the student was in the United States, the student would need to leave the United States in order to interview at a foreign consulate??

[Ontarkie 14,510]

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[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

What happens if a green card holder marries an F-1 student in the United States? Nothing.

Will the F-1 student lose or risk their visa upon marriage? No.

Will the F-1 student lose or risk their visa upon an I-130 petition (F2A: Spouse of Permanent Resident)? No.

I understand the foreign spouse becomes ineligible for any new non-immigrant visa while the I-130 petition is active? Not true.

F2A is processing up to Sept 2013 currently, but I read it is expected to "retrogress" (meaning they move it backwards?) So it's unclear whether the interview will come up before the F-1 student has completed school.

If the date did come up while the student was in the United States, the student would need to leave the United States in order to interview at a foreign consulate??

Answers in red above.

To the last two questions, if your petition is approved and your visa number becomes current (and the student maintains status), then the student could file a I-485 from within the US and interview here. If the student visa is up and the I-130 visa number is not current, then the student would need to leave the US and follow the consular processing abroad to return to the US.

Good luck.