Don't Know Where To Start! - U.S./Ecuador Couple

[Bianca711 0]

Hi all! I'm new to this site and I hope I can find some answers to my questions. My situation is very particular and I hope I can find someone who is in a similar situation!

I am a US citizen and my fiancee is Ecuadorian. I have Ecuadorian citizenship as well because of my father. Long-story-short, my fiancee and I have been together for 10 years and got engaged in March 2019. At the moment I'm living in New York for graduate school, however, I'm still a Florida resident and I haven't changed my ID yet. Meanwhile, my fiancee has been living for the past 2 years in Colombia because of his job (he has a Colombian work visa). We are planning on getting legally married in September of this year and later have a destination wedding with our friends and families. I plan on moving to Colombia after I'm done with Grad School in May 2020. We want to go through the Green Card process in Colombia because my fiancee has a fantastic job there and he just got his contract extended for another 2 years. We are ecstatic about the whole thing and don't want to wait for the Green Card in the U.S. because that would mean he would lose his job.

I don't know how to go about the Green Card application process because although he's an Ecuadorian Citizen, he's now living in Colombia on a work visa, and we plan on moving there after getting legally married in the U.S. Which brings me to the following questions:  

-Since we're getting legally married in New York City, will my Florida resident status complicate this? Should I just get my New York ID already?

-Do I have to move to Colombia right after we get legally married? We want to wait because I still have one more semester of graduate school, however, we want to submit the Green Card application ASAP (which I why we're getting married in September)

-If we get legally married in September and he goes back to Colombia while I stay in New York, would he have issues entering the U.S. later? (He flies to the U.S. A LOT for work purposes)

 

PS: Even though I will be moving to Colombia, we are planning to eventually come back to the U.S., which is why we want to get this done.

 

 If anyone has any information that could be helpful to me please don't hesitate to share. Anything helps! Thank you! :) 

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26 minutes ago, Bianca711 said:

Hi all! I'm new to this site and I hope I can find some answers to my questions. My situation is very particular and I hope I can find someone who is in a similar situation!

I am a US citizen and my fiancee is Ecuadorian. I have Ecuadorian citizenship as well because of my father. Long-story-short, my fiancee and I have been together for 10 years and got engaged in March 2019. At the moment I'm living in New York for graduate school, however, I'm still a Florida resident and I haven't changed my ID yet. Meanwhile, my fiancee has been living for the past 2 years in Colombia because of his job (he has a Colombian work visa). We are planning on getting legally married in September of this year and later have a destination wedding with our friends and families. I plan on moving to Colombia after I'm done with Grad School in May 2020. We want to go through the Green Card process in Colombia because my fiancee has a fantastic job there and he just got his contract extended for another 2 years. We are ecstatic about the whole thing and don't want to wait for the Green Card in the U.S. because that would mean he would lose his job.

I don't know how to go about the Green Card application process because although he's an Ecuadorian Citizen, he's now living in Colombia on a work visa, and we plan on moving there after getting legally married in the U.S. Which brings me to the following questions:  

-Since we're getting legally married in New York City, will my Florida resident status complicate this? Should I just get my New York ID already?

-Do I have to move to Colombia right after we get legally married? We want to wait because I still have one more semester of graduate school, however, we want to submit the Green Card application ASAP (which I why we're getting married in September)

-If we get legally married in September and he goes back to Colombia while I stay in New York, would he have issues entering the U.S. later? (He flies to the U.S. A LOT for work purposes)

 

PS: Even though I will be moving to Colombia, we are planning to eventually come back to the U.S., which is why we want to get this done.

 

 If anyone has any information that could be helpful to me please don't hesitate to share. Anything helps! Thank you!

One option:

1.  Marry per your plan

2.  Husband goes back to his country of residence.

3.  You move to his country in 2020.

4.  You start the CR-1 process about 14 months prior to relocating back to the US.