Should we get married now or does it not matter? - Page 2

What does that mean exactly? For as long as this couple is married, if they hit hard times and need to go on welfare, this citizen friend has to support them financially?

@edison

visa overstay

@IamAman

I had a family friend vouch for us. All she had to do was to provide financial support information. It is all just paperwork. But from what i remembered you have to be making a certain amount of money. Just double check on that.

Technically, a green card is all paperwork, but when someone signs that dotted line saying they will support you, it carries a lot of weight. I know for a relative you're required to support someone (ie. you will have to pay them for staying here) until they get social security or become a citizen once you sign that which means you better damn well make sure you like that relative in case they lose their job or just plain don't want to work. I'm just curious if it's the same for a third party.

lol why do you think they want to know how much money you make?

Thanks so much! We have lived together for over 2 years although I wasn't on our old lease (I'm on the new one though). And I will definitely be careful with the evidence. Sorry to hear you had to wait so long but good luck on your interview!

Thanks! We've talked about asking other people but I feel like it's a lot to ask.. plus I don't really want a lot of people to know. Hopefully my boyfriend can find a job soon. We're also discussing whether we should bring his family in..

I would recommend you to get married at your local county clerk office ASAP and then start getting things like a joint account, bills and leases under both names. My wife and I got married in April of 2013 (a month after she received DACA). She got AP in September of that year and I petitoned her in December. We had our interview the following February (10 months after getting married) and got approved for her green card. I would say take as many pictures of the both of you. We took over 200 pictures of our 7-year long relationship and the immigration officer literally went through each one asking if we remembered where the picture took place or who the other people in the pictures were. As for meeting the income requirements, you can get anybody to do it. We got one of my wife's aunts who she hardly talks to, to do it for us. It's not really a cosign since they don't have to "stick up for you" if you fall on hard times. They just want to make sure that you can afford to live in this country without assistance. That person just has to provide proof of income and that's it. As for proof of wedding, it's no big deal. We sinply got married at the county clerk office and we're barely having our "big" religious wedding this summer (2 years after getting married).

Thanks so much!! We got married and are working on all of this

So when you get married, the DACA spouse has to leave the country and petition by the citizen spouse? Is that how it works?

No. DACA changes pretty much nothing in regards to how the adjustment of status process will go, it only opens an avenue for clearing an "entry without inspection", generally abbreviated EWI, allowing such person to adjust status in US later.


If the immigrant spouse entered US legally then they can adjust status in US without the need to leave at all.

If the immigrant spouse entered US illegally (EWI), then they need to get advance parole, leave US, and re-enter using it. This gives them a legal entry which allows them to adjust status in US.

Does it at least speed up the process since you'd be in the system with bio-metrics and other background checks that they do?

It might, but I honestly don't know. Biometrics aren't really a hold up in AOS process via marriage, since in either case they need to schedule an interview appointment.