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green card inquiry

I'm married to an american citizen and I'm studying nursing here in the Phil. I have a plan of going in the US with a non-immigrant visa after i finished my course. How long would it take for me to have my green cardicon5.gif

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FYI: I moved your thread to the International nursing forum

  • Expert

I responded to your pm with the same question.

It will be months and months for you to get processed until you will be able to work. The non-immigrant visa does not permit you to work. You are looking at minimum of six months to even get thru the processing with immigration.

If you are married to an American already, why are you going to wait to start the processing? That makes no sense at all to wait until you are in the US. It is not going to change anything, when do you actually graduate?

Getting married, or the fact that you are married, does not guarantee you automatic green card in the US. Would definitely start the process now.

  • Author

Hi! I'm already in the US. I came on a non-immigrant visa. How long will it take to get my green card processed:down:

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thank you suzanne for taking your time answering my inquiry. Are you a Filipina? Are you already in the US?

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I am actually American-born and trained.

Non-immigrant visa means that you came here on the tourist visa, correct?

The post above stated that you were still studying, and now you are stating that you are in the US already. You are still going to have to go thru the processing of getting a green card, and that is still going to be about five months at the earliest before you will be able to work. Nothing is going to be automatically done, not at all. And there is no guarantee that you will automatically be accepted for the green card, they are getting quite picky and tight at immigration here right now.

It is going to be months and months. And not sure where you are even with applying for licensure as an RN. That takes months as well.

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I'm still here in the phil, I'm just trying to find out how long will it take to get my green card processed supposing that i am already in the US. thank you.

I'm still here in the phil, I'm just trying to find out how long will it take to get my green card processed supposing that i am already in the US. thank you.

Start the licensure process with the BON to the state you are going to be living in as soon as your course is completed. It will take you several months going through their requirements and before you can sit NCLEX. If your spouse is US citizen have they started the process to bring you to the US? Because without them starting the process you can not just move to the US and be with them.

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I'm still here in the phil, I'm just trying to find out how long will it take to get my green card processed supposing that i am already in the US. thank you.

You just to be honest with what you are doing, when you provide conflicting information it makes it hard for anyone to give you a valid answer.

You are going to be petitioned by a spouse, so whether or not, you have the NCLEX completed and have a license is not part of that at all.

And again, you mentioned coming here on a tourist visa, and then starting the process. And as mentioned above, it is about five months or so before you will actually be able to begin to work. It is never instant, and there are many procedures that you will need to go thru to get to that point. And there is no guarantee 100% that you will be able to get the green card thru your husband. Nothing is ever guaranteed and is up to the officials at immigration.

Getting a visa that will permit you to work in the US is never an instant thing, marriage or no marriage. It is not automatically just given out. You will have multiple things that you will need to do, as well as proof that you will need to provide.

dear suzanne, regarding green card, do all foreigners get a conditional permanent residence status? i recvd my greencard and it says conditional that has to be renewed in two years.

dear suzanne, regarding green card, do all foreigners get a conditional permanent residence status? i recvd my greencard and it says conditional that has to be renewed in two years.

if received through marriage and been married less than i think it is 2 years you get conditional card if through work or married for a few years then there is no conditions

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Yes, all green cards that are not employer-driven, are only temporary and have to be renewed. They want to make sure that you are still married and living with the spouse etc.

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