Visitor Visa and Marriage to Green Card holder

[d908p]

Hi, One of my friend is visiting to USA on visitor visa and planning to get marry with Green Card holder. Can my friend stay with spouse in USA after marriage? How do my friend will get immigrant status in USA? Need to understand any possible situation with my friend after marriage in USA. Thanks.

[t75]

After marriage, your friend will have to return home to wait for GC.  Overstay is NOT forgiven for GC spouse. Spouse will file for GC only after marriage.

All information and current forms are on the USCIS website.

[rahul412]

Hi, One of my friend is visiting to USA on visitor visa and planning to get marry with Green Card holder. Can my friend stay with spouse in USA after marriage? How do my friend will get immigrant status in USA? Need to understand any possible situation with my friend after marriage in USA. Thanks.

Is he coming to US for vacation or to get married??

If his intention is to get married then his  fiancée should file for temp GC before marriage.

[t75]

There is no such thing as a "temporary GC". 

 

The problem is US spouse is only an LPR. 

[rahul412]

There is no such thing as a "temporary GC". 

 

The problem is US spouse is only an LPR. 

But one of my colleague told me that her boy friend got temp GC which is valid for 3 months in order to travel to US and get married.

May be that's not called as temp GC. 

[t75]

If she was a USC, it would have been a fiance visa which allows entry for marriage within 90 days at which time they could file for AOS to a GC.

 

You must have misunderstood her status.

[rahul412]

If she was a USC, it would have been a fiance visa which allows entry for marriage within 90 days at which time they could file for AOS to a GC.

 

You must have misunderstood her status.

I think you are right.