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My fiance was brought over on a tourists visa as a child and her parents stayed past their visa. Well she now has legal status with a work visa. We plan on getting married and have been together close to 6 years, wondering what we need to do to get her her permanent residency. She is eligible for her residency September 2018 without the marriage but the lawyer and fees are over 5000 and he states that she probably wouldnt recieve her residency until end of 2019. So was wondering would it be faster and more cost effective the marriage route or keep going the way she's going and wait on marriage until after she receives her residency?

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MrHanky   1,378

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15 minutes ago, Ricom85 said:

My fiance was brought over on a tourists visa as a child and her parents stayed past their visa. Well she now has legal status with a work visa. We plan on getting married and have been together close to 6 years, wondering what we need to do to get her her permanent residency. She is eligible for her residency September 2018 without the marriage but the lawyer and fees are over 5000 and he states that she probably wouldnt recieve her residency until end of 2019. So was wondering would it be faster and more cost effective the marriage route or keep going the way she's going and wait on marriage until after she receives her residency?

Cost effective would be doing it yourself, even using one of those visa services would be cheaper than that.

As far as wait time, there's nothing that will speed it up.

Marriage route generally takes 12-14 months

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17 minutes ago, Ricom85 said:

My fiance was brought over on a tourists visa as a child and her parents stayed past their visa. Well she now has legal status with a work visa. We plan on getting married and have been together close to 6 years, wondering what we need to do to get her her permanent residency. She is eligible for her residency September 2018 without the marriage but the lawyer and fees are over 5000 and he states that she probably wouldnt recieve her residency until end of 2019. So was wondering would it be faster and more cost effective the marriage route or keep going the way she's going and wait on marriage until after she receives her residency?

How did she obtain residency? What is her status now? There is no such thing as "resident" without permanent residency.

If she has legal status marrying you won't change anything.

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if She’s there legally now you can get married and adjust status because you can prove that she didn’t travel there on a tourist visa with the intention of marrying you and adjusting status. If neither of you has any complications like a criminal record or illegal status, you can do it yourselves and save the lawyer money. Just be very thorough, organized, and attentive to dates and forms. 

Boiler Grand Master

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She can adjust through marriage, no idea about the process she is going through at the moment. Nothing I recognise.

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When dealing with immigration, the words "fast" and "cheap" should be removed from your lexicon.

 

Interested on what status she currently have and how she obtained it. You say work visa, do you mean H1B?

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azblk   338

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4 hours ago, NuestraUnion said:

When dealing with immigration, the words "fast" and "cheap" should be removed from your lexicon.

 

Interested on what status she currently have and how she obtained it. You say work visa, do you mean H1B?

Most likely DACA

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   46,298

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No residency through DACA

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She had a ex bf that beat her and kidnapped her when she was 16. I don't know the process but the lawyer was able to get her mother, father and Her little brother all work visas, they renew them every 2 years I believe. Well come Sept they are eligible for permanent residency, the lawyer is going to cost 5000 a person to finish the process, but they are now all on their own, but he said they wouldn't recieve their residency for close to another year and that they would recieve a year extension. I mainly wonder if we can marry without it hurting that process and if we did would it move it along faster. If it helps i am a veteran and currently serve in the national guard, I have asked my chain of command about it but they haven't came up with any solid answer though they believe there is something we could do.

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   46,298

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Sounds like a U?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 
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