What is the best visa to come live temporarily with GC holder?

[fpwl 0]

 

Hey guys, my boss is a GC holder for less than 2 years ( She got her green card through a work visa ), her boyfriend is a French citizen that had already visited the US with ESTA, but he lives in France.

 

If he wants to come stay 2-3 years with her in the US, what Visa/Visas do you recommend? Is it even worth applying for a GC ( in case they decided to get married first )

 

Thanks

[appleblossom 2,173]

7 minutes ago, fpwl said:

 

Hey guys, my boss is a GC holder for less than 2 years ( She got her green card through a work visa ), her boyfriend is a French citizen that had already visited the US with ESTA, but he lives in France.

 

If he wants to come stay 2-3 years with her in the US, what Visa/Visas do you recommend? Is it even worth applying for a GC ( in case they decided to get married first )

 

Thanks

If they get married, she can petition him for an immigrant visa. It’ll take many years. 
 

If not, then he’ll need to qualify for a visa in his own right. What does he do for a job? 

[fpwl 0]

5 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

If they get married, she can petition him for an immigrant visa. It’ll take many years. 
 

If not, then he’ll need to qualify for a visa in his own right. What does he do for a job? 

 

he is retired!

[appleblossom 2,173]

2 minutes ago, fpwl said:

 

he is retired!

 

Ah. So employment based visas are out. Investment based if he has the cash for an EB-5? 

 

If not, then marriage is probably their only option. It would be much quicker for her to petition a spouse as a citizen, rather than a green card holder, but looks like she's still 3 years off being able to apply to naturalize.

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2 hours ago, fpwl said:

 

Hey guys, my boss is a GC holder for less than 2 years ( She got her green card through a work visa ), her boyfriend is a French citizen that had already visited the US with ESTA, but he lives in France.

 

If he wants to come stay 2-3 years with her in the US, what Visa/Visas do you recommend? Is it even worth applying for a GC ( in case they decided to get married first )

 

Thanks

No such visa exists.  If they marry, she can petition him for an immigrant visa (F2A), but he cannot live here in the years it takes for a visa to become available (that class is numerically limited).  Like anyone with an ESTA, he can visit per CBP discretion, but under no circumstance should he overstay or work on ESTA.