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I'm from Austria, I moved to the US abt 3.5 years ago via an E2 visa. My visa is still good for 1.5 years, my lawyer said at the beginning of the process he would apply for the greencard together with the last year, but actually the I 94 updated the last time I left the country and I'm leaving again in a couple months so it should then be OK until the end of my visa.

 

I wanted my greencard via my job, so I did not really wanted to get married before, but my bf (American, divorced with 2 kids) and I are now planning on buying a house and moving in together, while living in a state that does not allow unmarried couples to live together with kids and we suspect the kids' mother to make drama so we might as well get married now, but not sure how it works. Can we just get married and I then apply for the greencard or do I need to change my visa before to a different one and could I still continue to work at my job?

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It sounds like you are in the US right now. If so, you can do AOS fine...no need for a new visa.

 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

 

2 hours ago, MaryLu19 said:

Get married do the I 130 and once that gets approved you can adjust status.

Marriage to a USC permits concurrent filing of the I-130 + I-485. No need to wait for approval first.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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