[onin04]

anybody who could give an idea on what's better: getting married before leaving the country for u.s. or not?

[suebird3]

Welcome to allnurses.com. Post moved to a more appropriate Forum.

Suebird3

[kathykaye]

getting married before applying for a petition

[suzanne4]

This thread was moved to International Forum, as it does not pertain to working in the Philippines.

If the spouse is not included on the petition, it is much harder to get them added. If you are already in the US, it will be two years before they can join you.

Suggestion: If planning to get married, do it before any paperwork is filed for you.

[Hathaway]

2 years? wow. Those guidlelines in the USCIS webpage can be misleading. they stated it in such a way that a reader would think it wasn't that long. They called it "following-to-join" benefits for spouses of US immigrants based on employment..."the spouse does not have to wait any extra time for a visa number to become available...etc"...

Now I wonder what "extra" means. And "extra" time in addition to what? Those USCIS people should really try to be clearer with their language. Many important decisions get based on the information they furnish.

[suzanne4]

If the spouse is put on the petition, then following later is not an issue. There is no time lapese, and they can do it when the time is convenient for them. However, if the nurse gets married after they are in the US, then they will need to file for them, and it will be two years. Same as for children, if they are not on the petition and included in the beginning, the wait is two years. This does not apply to new infants that you have during the processing.

So what immigration says is correct.

[Vaheguru]

My attorney says that if i will not get married before adding him in the petition then it will take him 5 years to join me.I am already in US and i want to go home after gettign green card.So he said it takes five years.Is this correct?

Thanks

Originally Posted by suzanne4

If the spouse is put on the petition, then following later is not an issue. There is no time lapese, and they can do it when the time is convenient for them. However, if the nurse gets married after they are in the US, then they will need to file for them, and it will be two years. Same as for children, if they are not on the petition and included in the beginning, the wait is two years. This does not apply to new infants that you have during the processing.

So what immigration says is correct.

[suzanne4]

Minimum of two years, and as I keep saying, if you are going home to get married, do it before you have your petition submitted. Do not wait until after, or you will be doing the waiting by yourself for several years.

Listen to your attorney, and get married before filing. Then no issues at all. Or at least before the DS-230 is submitted.

[agp_ph]

Hi! Just want to share my case regarding marriage. I got married after my petition was filed but before my petition was approved. After my petition was approved, my lawyer just wrote NVC that I am now married and a visa fee bill was sent by NVC for my husband. We will be sending back our packet 3 together. So I suggest you get married before filing your packet 3 at the NVC

[suzanne4]

As I said above, before DS-230 is filed. DS-230 is the same as Packet 3.

Nut things are also handled differently when you are overseas, from those that are already in the US.