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Crossposted this from the engagement thread. Anyone have experience getting married in the US to a non-US citizen? I just got engaged last weekend. We really don't really know the best place to start with the whole legal marriage process and paperwork. We are both students and she's been in the US for ~4 years (F-1 visa), and we have dated almost the whole time she has been here. Any help would be appreciated.
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Demented Guy posted:Not a lawyer but unless one of you becomes a permanent resident or an H-1B visa holder, you can't work in the US legally. You can both stay as F-1 visa holders as students but you need a whole different path if you want to live here in the US permanently/for a long time legally. Even if one becomes married to a permanent resident, you're still gonna have to wait until the preference date under F2A visa (http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5749.html) becomes current or exceeds the day you become married to an LPR before you're eligible to apply for a green card yourself. I should have clarified that I am a US citizen, she's not.
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