ronaldinho Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 A US citizen school teacher living in Ecuador met an Ecuadorian citizen and they go married. Now that her contract is almost over she wants to return to the US with her husband (they have been married for less than a year). Can she file a CR-1 petition for him, even if she is currently not residing in the US? Link to comment
pontevecchio Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 What is a CR-1 Petition?. The spouse of an US Citizen is eligible to become a Permanent Resident with no quopta restrictions. Link to comment
Attorney_19 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 CR-1 refers to a Conditional Resident, i.e. a person who has been married to a US citizen for less than 2 years when s/he becomes a green card holder. Link to comment
Attorney_19 Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 A US citizen living abroad who wishes to sponsor his/her spouse for a green card, may file the I-130 immigrant petition for Alien Relative. Even if someone is living abroad, the I-130 petition can be mailed in to the USCIS Lockbox in Chicago, Illinois (which handles family-based filings). As of the date of this writing, there are still a limited number of USCIS offices abroad that accept I-130 petitions. However, in the near future the USCIS is moving towards disallowing petitions to be filed abroad and requiring the I-130 petitions to be filed only in the US. Link to comment
canada_gal Posted January 3, 2013 Report Share Posted January 3, 2013 Hello attorney 9 Could you pls tell if the promessing time will be the same if applied from abroad? Link to comment
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