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Would it be easier to get my fiancé a green card if we both go to Mexico and get married?

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Answered by attorney Yahima Suarez (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Hernandez & Suarez, PL
By your explanation of the facts, I am assuming that your boyfriend has a visa that allows him to come in and out of the US as he pleases. If this is the case, you can go to Mexico and get married. However, the moment immigration notices he got married, he is not going to be allowed to return to the US until his fianc? visa is available. Immigration is afraid that if he is allowed to enter the US again, he will stay and do the process in the US and if not approved, he may stay illegally in the US. Thus, he will have to wait for the process in Mexico. You will file the fianc? visa and the timing for his return will depend on how fast the consulate in his country and city are working. It should take shortest 3 months, longest over a year. Time with immigration is unpredictable. If you marry while he is in the US, and he entered with a visa, you file immediately for him through a family based visa petition and apply for residency and work permit all at the time. This way, in (about) three months he will have a work permit while the process takes place. Residency should take from 6-8 months (but again, time for immigration purposes is relative and may vary by case).
By your explanation of the facts, I am assuming that your boyfriend has a visa that allows him to come in and out of the US as he pleases. If this is the case, you can go to Mexico and get married. However, the moment immigration notices he got married, he is not going to be allowed to return to the US until his fianc? visa is available. Immigration is afraid that if he is allowed to enter the US again, he will stay and do the process in the US and if not approved, he may stay illegally in the US. Thus, he will have to wait for the process in Mexico. You will file the fianc? visa and the timing for his return will depend on how fast the consulate in his country and city are working. It should take shortest 3 months, longest over a year. Time with immigration is unpredictable. If you marry while he is in the US, and he entered with a visa, you file immediately for him through a family based visa petition and apply for residency and work permit all at the time. This way, in (about) three months he will have a work permit while the process takes place. Residency should take from 6-8 months (but again, time for immigration purposes is relative and may vary by case).
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Can my brother petition me??

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Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
Your brother can petition for you, but there are two obstacles. The first is that the application would take approximately 13 years before the priority date became current and the second is that you would not be eligible for adjustment of status under current law unless you have the benefit of section 245 (i) under which you would have had to be the beneficiary of a visa petition or labor certification application filed by April 30, 2001 and been present in the US on December 21, 2000. Of course, much can happen in 13 years including many changes of law.  Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  
Your brother can petition for you, but there are two obstacles. The first is that the application would take approximately 13 years before the priority date became current and the second is that you would not be eligible for adjustment of status under current law unless you have the benefit of section 245 (i) under which you would have had to be the beneficiary of a visa petition or labor certification application filed by April 30, 2001 and been present in the US on December 21, 2000. Of course, much can happen in 13 years including many changes of law.  Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  
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Can I still apply N400 at my GC if I’m still married to the same American citizen but we don’t live together anymore?

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Answered by attorney Bruce A. Coane (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Coane & Associates, PLLC
Generally, yes, as long as you have been a permanent resident for 4 years and 9 months and are otherwise qualified.
Generally, yes, as long as you have been a permanent resident for 4 years and 9 months and are otherwise qualified.