could a man here illigally for over 15 years with 2 american children and who is also married to a legal citizen get his green card? what is he has 2 dui's and some other charges? How would he go about this?
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HE WILL GET THE GREEN CARD BECAUSE HE MARRIED A LEGAL AND HAD TWO CHILDREN WHO ARE LAGAL TOO. HAS TO FILL OUT A PERMINENT RESIDENCE FORM............\nHE SHOULD DO IT SOON........
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Is he not a legal citizen?  How could he pay taxes and own a business if he's here illegally?  \n\nAnyway, I'd say do what you have to do to make him legal if that's the case.  If you can't, then I guess you'll all have to move to wherever he's from and get married there.  Or, you could move somewhere else entirely, but then you'd have no family around.
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y dont you go to immiagration services they might be able to help you better....i mean you were married so automatically i think the person is a citizen or isnt subject to deportation. if all else fails contact maury or whoever
555160
so your saying she is an illegal alien and shes been living in the us for 16 years and she has not been able to apply for permanent stautus. Well then if your married and smart you should go to on base llegal on camp lejeune or pendelton to gop see a immigration attorney for free that way your visa for your wife is alot faster to process. You must be a citizen to claim your wife, the attorney will make you pay $200.00 for getting your paper work started by filling out a I-130 relative position, the faster you do it the better it gets, theres more to cover so feel free to email me good luck
201963
Yes there is a huge difference.  I'm married to a French citizenship and I'm an American citizen.  A Marriage visa is only a visa for a person to come and visit for a period of time, longer than 6 months.  Enough time only to allow the person to get their marriage license.  Then, you have to start your paper process with his green card through the closest INS.  Start the petition process as soon as possible.  Even if you are married, they can still send him away back to his country if he didn't get his green card yet.  If he's in the process of getting a green card, tell him not to travel anywhere.  If he's going to stay longer than 6 months without the marriage visa, then the consequences can be that he gets deported back to his country and banned from the US for 10 years.  I'm listing a website source made by an immigrant lawyer that may help you understand the process a bit.  Don't do anything foolish...my advice!  This is a big issue.
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He overstayed his visa and was set up for deportation? There has to be more to the story, like he overstayed for several years or got arrested. \nAnyway, he  a "self deport" or a VR voluntary return.\n\nHe should go to the nearest American consulate and show his PP, to prove he is no longer in the country-get the PP stameped that he left. (this is important). \nHe should then request the proceedings be dropped b/c he is already out of the country.\nIf he doesn't, the hearing will occur and the judge will order him deported in abstencia. That is a legal judgement: the order of deportation. Before the hearing there is no order. So even though he missed the hearing it might have been continued...and no order issued.\n\nSo, will he ever be allowed back in the States? \nOrdered deported :Not likely\nVoluntary Return (he left and there is no order): He maybe able to get a visa (after waiting) to go back to visit.\nHe did overstay, but he also did leave and wasn't forced out (deported).
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Get married, then he can apply for residency.  When you go through the process there is several things you will need to get in order.  \n\nSince you are sponsoring him, you need to show proof of employment for three years.  They will ask you for the last three income tax returns.  This is to show you are able to support him.  I am not sure, because I don't remember since it has been a couple years, but I believe there is an income limit.  You have to make something like 15k or more a year.  \n\nAlso, once you legally get married and he receives his green card, he cannot leave the US.  If he does during that period he will not be allow to return back to the US, they don't tell you this!.  Sure make sure he doesn't travel back to Mexico during this time.  \n\nIf he must leave the country because of an emergency he will have to obtain special permission from INS.  The whole process will cost you about $2,500 and this is without using an attorney but doing it yourself.   \n\nI hope this helps. Good luck\n\nThis is for all the people who are judgmental due to this poor girls predicament,  show some humanity, as if you NEVER made a mistake, give me a break.....
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You will have to apply for the green card through the lottery. Good luck, they only give out about 50,000. The number of people applying is in the millions. So there is a slim chance. Best chance to get a green card is marrying an american citizen. Go to www.uscis.gov to find out other ways of getting into the country, for example work visa etc. Once you get a green card your spouse and children will receive one, too.
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Nope sorry she isn't a legal citizen just cause she married one.\n\nShe still has to apply for citizenship and go through all the same paperwork and red tape that everyone else does, but in addition to that she and her new husband get surprise visits from the Immigration and Naturalization Service to help prove that it is a real marriage and not a sham just to get her a green card.
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Hi, I'm a Canadian working in the US.  It is very difficult to get a work visa  here.  You have to be able to show that there are no Americans who can legitimately do the work you're doing, or have a corporate sponsor in the States to file the visa paperwork on your behalf.  Even with that, until you can get a green card (and that took me 7 yrs, even being married to an American), you need to renew your visa periodically (I believe it's yearly).  Go to the INS website (I think they're under the Dept. of Justice now), but it'll take a lot.  BTW, I am still a canadian citizen.
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If he has a green card, he is the resident of the U.S. (even though if only the temporary one (2-year green card)). If he wants to keep the Korean citizenship, then he should go to the military. If, however, he wants to become an American citizen, he can ignore the letter and nothing will happen to him. If he already has the green card, he doesn't have to marry a citizen in order to receive his citizenship. 2-year temporary green card is getting replaced with a permanent 10-year green card; and after you have stayed in the U.S. for 5 years like this, you apply for the citizenship and you receive it. \n\nHere what I think is really going on:\nAre you an American citizen?\nHave you ever seen his green card? Do you know how the green cards look like?\nHave you ever seen the "military" letter that he has received?\n\nMy personal opinion is that he has no green card and is manipulating you into the marriage in order to get one (!)\nI might be wrong, but in any case: be careful.
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There won't be any problem, the immigration system will allow you to sponsor him through a visa. They will background check him though. This will take alot of time, with all the budget cuts. It is mostly red-tape and hassle that you will experience. You would actually do better if you went to the UK right now, and did it there.
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Yes, if the proper paperwork is filed.\nThe American husband needs to file a petition for a spousal immigrant visa.  The relationship needs to be proven legitimate, there will be medical and background checks on the foreign spouse, and then a visa will be issued giving permanent residency.  It can take anywhere from 3 to 18 months depending on the situation.  Follow the link below for more information.
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Have the USC apply for a K1 visa, you will receive it very quickly since all USC application take priority over any others, once you arrive in the US you must get married within 90 days of the date you received the K-1, once you get married your spouse will apply for a CR-1 visa, when you receive this you are on a 2 year conditional status, within 90 days of your 2 year anniversary date you MUST apply to have the conditional status removed, failure to do so is a deportable offense. Once the "C" is removed you will become a IR-1 (Resident, LAPR, I-551 holder etc...) Now as long as you don't commit a deportable offense you are good to go...\n\nPlease note, you will get many suggestions from people here WHO HAVE NO CLUE!!! AND SPOUT OUT ALL SORTS OF CRAP WITH NO UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTUAL PROCESS!!! I arrest people every day so I think I know what I'm speaking about! GOOD LUCK!!
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The answer is you can lose your status. A permanet resident (not a citizen) can lose their opportunity to stay here(America) if they break a variety of laws. There are 15 violations listed of the paperwork... A simple DUI IS GROUNDS, not being able to support yourself......It's a very interesting ambigous law....
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I find your situation quite bizarre. How can you be in the US without a permanent resident status ?\n\nWhat status do you have ? Are you illegal ?\n\nOnce a foreigner marries a US citizen, they automatically qualify for a permanent resident status but this is not automatic. The US citizen spouse must petition the USCIS for a permanent resident status for their immigrant spouse.\n\nAfter 3 years of marriage the immigrant spouse qualifies for  US citizenship. The immigrant spouse must apply with the USCIS for citizenship.\n\nNow, if you've been married for 6 years you do qualify  for citizenship but only if you were a permanent resident for at least 3 of years. \n\nIf you don't have permanent residency you must first apply for that and after 3 years you are eligible for citizenship. There is no way to bypass directly to citizenship.\n\nTime spent in the US in a status other then permanent resident does not count toward citizenship !\n\nRESPONSE:\n\nWow this truly amazing. I have never heard of anybody waiting for so long. The most I have ever heard of anybody waiting is like 15 months ( PR based on marriage).\n\nDo you have a receipt of your applicaltion indicating the date that you applied on ?\n\nI can tell you with definte certantity that they lost your application, it's simply impossible to last so long.\n\nHave you tried contacting the National Customer Service Center 1-800-375-5283 ? Do not speak with the operator the first answer the phone (they are clueless), insist that you want to speak to an immigration officer (they are available to answer calls but it's hard to get to them)\n\nI also think it would be a good ideea to contact an immigration lawyer, they usually have contacts and can find out more info.\n\nI think you should really put a lot of pressure on them, call them everyday if you can !!! This is simply unacceptable ! Don't count on them or belive it when they tell you you just have wait.\n\nLastly, I'm just curios, how were you able to work all this time ? Did they give you an Employment Authorization Card that you kept renewing ?
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You may not do this as a permanent resident -- only as a U.S. citizen. The only thing you can do now (should you get married) is apply for an immigrant visa for him and then wait several years. In the meantime, he would not be able to come here, nor obtain work authorization.\n\nThe fastest way for him to get here is either (1) you naturalize and petition for a spouse's visa for him which would allow him to come here, get a work authorization, and apply for his green card, or (2) he immigrates on his own accord.\n\nGood luck!