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F1 Student Visa Renewal & Married

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appleblossom Experienced

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12 minutes ago, g3tM0vIn6 said:

We know people who are in the U.S. who were here on F1 visa, got married and started the application process for green card.  

 

There's no problem with that though, it's perfectly legal, and not immigration fraud (unless they actually intended to stay permanently when they got the F1 and entered on it of course).

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Crazy Cat Grand Master

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2 minutes ago, g3tM0vIn6 said:

Thank you for responding and its very appreciated. 

 

Did we muddy the water when we got married and that really is the problem? 

Marriage to a US citizen is a strong tie to the US.  A Consulate Officer will certainly take that into consideration.  However, it seems to me that there is still hope that she will get the F-1.  Just have to wait. 

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2 minutes ago, g3tM0vIn6 said:

If i started the I-130 will that affect the F1 renewal? I know we don't know what the end results will be but I don't want to create a road block with the F1 visa processing . 

I would wait. 

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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  15 minutes ago, g3tM0vIn6 said:

We know people who are in the U.S. who were here on F1 visa, got married and started the application process for green card.  

 

 

There's no problem with that though, it's perfectly legal, and not immigration fraud (unless they actually intended to stay permanently when they got the F1 and entered on it of course).

 

 

Doe this imply even for someone who had the F1 visa prior for studying and is renewing it? We have talked about consulting with an attorney but we have not started it yet. In the end we don't know the future and if we will stay in U.S. but I know we have talked about getting a green card potentially in the future but that is to be determined (TBD). Definity makes a person feel weird of falling in the category of "Intent" when we have talked about a green card but have not made an actually decision. 

 

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mizuha Newbie

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Did your wife ever get her visa? I'm in a very similar situation that I went back to my home country to renew my F-1 visa. I am in my first year of OPT, working in a TAL field. Have been waiting for about 5 weeks now.

 

I am not married to a US citizen but in my application I added my fiance who is a US citizen as an emergency contact, which I thought was okay but in hindsight, maybe not. 

 

 
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