Green card address change after marring a US citizen
By: Julian Marquez | Posted: 21st February 2011
Everyone has a dream to stay in United States of America. There are many steps to get permanent citizenship through marriage in US. One has to finish some of these steps after his or her spouse or fiancé's entry in US and some steps after he or she enters there.
Step one- after one's fiancé enter in US on K-1 visa.
One's fiancé have to enter in US through U.S. immigration port-of-entry process which is the main process for US entry after getting K-1 visa. After that the couple have to tie there knot within three months of his or her entry in U.S. After your marriage, you have to file Form I-485 by using Adjustment of status i.e. the proces to become a lawful permanent resident in USA. For this process, application have to sent to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status with the USCIS National Benefits Center. The affidavit of Support must be complete and submit by the U.S. citizen husband or wife. This process makes a person to become a lawful permanent resident in U.S.
As the marriage of the couple is less than two years old when his or her spouse is given its Green Card, so accordingly he or she would get 'conditional' status. The couple must have to apply together to the USCIS national benefit center to remove the 'conditions' within the three months prior the two year anniversary of the date, the spouse was given the permanent residence.
K-1 visa is basically a one single person entry visa . He or she must have to apply in advance if its spouse want to leave and re-enter in U.S. after filing for adjustment of status. For this process, Form I-131 has to be filed to the USCIS office that serves the area where a person inhabits. The Advance Parole will permit him or her to return to U.S. after his leaving.
Green Card process after your spouse enters the U.S. on K-3 visa
If the applicant's spouse gets a K-3 visa of U.S. through the U.S immigration port-of-entry, he or she has to wait for the approval of Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. Form I-130 is filed as a part of the K-3 process. The applicant husband or wife must have to file Form I-485, Adjustment of Status, after the approval of the I-130, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status, with the USCIS National Benefits Center.
In case of the K-3 visa, his or her spouse may leave and re-enter in U.S. without applying for an Advance Parole while in K-3 status because K-3 visa is a multiple entry visa valid for 2 years.
Conclusion
To get a green card through marriage to a U.S. citizen needs a comprehensible knowledge of the different routes available for a foreign national fiancés and spouses.
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