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Should I go home and marry the father of my kids?

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I arrived in the US and received my green card 3 months ago from the Philippines. My underage kids are listed in my visa application so I can easily petition for them, however I would like for their father to join us in the US. We've been together for 20 years and never married. Should I go home and marry him so I can file for him to come to the US? Will the US government accept him as a spouse if I married him after the green card was issued to me for less than 2 years. What is the fastest and legal way I can get him to join me in the US?

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I arrived in the US and received my green card 3 months ago from the Philippines. My underage kids are listed in my visa application so I can easily petition for them, however I would like for their father to join us in the US. We've been together for 20 years and never married. Should I go home and marry him so I can file for him to come to the US? Will the US government accept him as a spouse if I married him after the green card was issued to me for less than 2 years. What is the fastest and legal way I can get him to join me in the US?

Hi, you can go home and marry the guy, when you get back here in the US, then you can file for F2A.

My friend did the same thing. He was and still a GC holder up to now, but he went home (Philippines) last year to marry his then girlfiend (now wife). Then he filed for F2A, now they're just waiting for her to have medical and to be interviewed at the US Embassy.

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This is what i did. We have 2kids and never married while waiting for my moms petition for me. My kids and i came to the US 2yrs ago. I am Lpr. Went home after a yr of staying here and married the father of my kids. Right after i came back to the US i petititoned my husband as spouse. Now were waiting for interview schedule.

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This is what i did. We have 2kids and never married while waiting for my moms petition for me. My kids and i came to the US 2yrs ago. I am Lpr. Went home after a yr of staying here and married the father of my kids. Right after i came back to the US i petititoned my husband as spouse. Now were waiting for interview schedule.

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IcezMan_IcezLady   582

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It depends on how you attained the GC..if it wasn't through marriage to a USC then you can definitely get married right away and file for him.

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Interview :  11/15/2016

Result: AP  (form 221 (g))

Correspondence with Embassy: Tons of emails, Facebook posts, tweets, Congressman inquiry

Complaint letter with OIG : 12/29/2016

Case dispatched to diplomatic pouch : 01/11/2017

Case dispatched from diplomatic mail service to NVC : 01/23/2017

Case arrived at NVC: 01/26/2017

NVC sent case to USCIS : 02/09/2017 (system update)

Case receive by USCIS (text & email notification): 03/07/2017

 

Reaffirm Petition Timeline for folks in GHANA.. Please update your information..Thank you!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k0NXnbJdyEIRR1_Dr4t3yXmsM0tBbq-tZsj0-o3cMV0/edit?usp=sharing

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This is what i did. We have 2kids and never married while waiting for my moms petition for me. My kids and i came to the US 2yrs ago. I am Lpr. Went home after a yr of staying here and married the father of my kids. Right after i came back to the US i petititoned my husband as spouse. Now were waiting for interview schedule.

Nice to hear that. I am under the F4 visa (through my sister). Is 3 months after arriving to US too soon, will the government be suspicious of this? So it only took 1 year for your spouse to get a visa after you petition him?

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Tracy-->NY   40

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I married my husband twelve days after entering the US and filed a petition for him about three weeks after marriage, I submitted the copy of passport visa page and endorsement stamped page with his petition as I did not yet have my green card. Petition was approved 5 months after receipt.

 

My Journey

Priority Date: July 24, 2007 (EAC)

AOS fee paid: February 2013

Request embassy change: May 2013

Son born: September 2013 (added to petition March 2014)

Interview: March 17, 2015 (Joint sponsor needed)

Joint sponsor documents submitted: April 27, 2015

Visas approved and issued: April 30, 2015. Had to return to embassy to do oath for son :)

Visa in hand: May 5, 2015 (two working days after issued)

IV fees paid: August 10, 2015

POE: JFK - September 10, 2015 (one day before visa expiry date - No hassle)

Returned to Barbados: September 28, 2015

Green cards: October 5, 2015 :dancing:

Entered US permanently: March 22, 2016

Applied for SSNs: March 28, 2016 (didn't tick box on DS-260)

SSN received: April 4, 2016;

Learner's permit: April 7, 2016 (in NY you also have to do 5-hour class);

Driver's License: July 13, 2016 (on first try) :dancing:

Husband's Journey (F2A)

Married: September 2015

I-130 sent: October 8, 2015 (via USPS)

Priority date: October 9, 2015 (WAC)

Petition approved: March 8, 2016 (5 months to the date of receipt) :)

NVC Welcome Letter: May 13, 2016
AOS documents sent: August 8, 2016
Case complete: September 14, 2016 (the waiting continues:clock:).

Interview:  October 5, 2017 (Approved - Issued following day :))

Visa in hand:  October 12, 2017

POE:  October 13, 2017

Green card:

SSN:

 

 
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