Green Card/ US Citizenship Steps Once Married

[dolomite]

Quick Question.

Looking for the steps to have my girlfriend become get Green Card/Citizenship. Here are the parameters.

I am a Natural Born US Citizen. She is from Mexico and her on a temporary resident status. She has been in the US for 18 years on a temporary resident status. If we were to get married, what are the steps of her getting her green card/citizenship. What hula hoops do we have to go through and what is the time table of the Green Card and the time to become US Citizen.

[rayb]

When you saythat your girlfriend is on "temporary resident status," what exactly do you mean? If she entered the U.S. without a visa, she may have to be processed for a spousal visa back in Mexico, and you may also have to submit form I-601A, to obtain a waiver from unlawful presence. Before doing anything however, find out first exactly what her current status is, and what options are available with that status.

-Ray B

Quick Question.

Looking for the steps to have my girlfriend become get Green Card/Citizenship. Here are the parameters.

I am a Natural Born US Citizen. She is from Mexico and her on a temporary resident status. She has been in the US for 18 years on a temporary resident status. If we were to get married, what are the steps of her getting her green card/citizenship. What hula hoops do we have to go through and what is the time table of the Green Card and the time to become US Citizen.

[dolomite]

She is here on a Temporary Visa. She has to renew it every 2 years. She has been living here on the Temporary Visa. Her and her family came over to the US Legally along time ago. Just on a Temporary Visa

[rayb]

I believe that her Temporary Resident Visa would enable her to remain in the U.S. during processing of her conversion to Permanent Resident status after marriage to a U.S. citizen, since her original entry to the U.S. was a legal entry.

--Ray B

She is here on a Temporary Visa. She has to renew it every 2 years. She has been living here on the Temporary Visa. Her and her family came over to the US Legally along time ago. Just on a Temporary Visa

[newacct]

She is here on a Temporary Visa. She has to renew it every 2 years. She has been living here on the Temporary Visa. Her and her family came over to the US Legally along time ago. Just on a Temporary Visa

What classification of "visa" is this?

[rayb]

There is no Temporary Resident visa. It was a status that is no longer available for application. Canada has a Remporary Resident Visa, but an entirely different animal.

--Ray B

What classification of "visa" is this?

[newacct]

There is no Temporary Resident visa. It was a status that is no longer available for application. Canada has a Remporary Resident Visa, but an entirely different animal.

--Ray B

Right, the only "temporary residents" are those that were legalized under the 1986 amnesty. But those people were eligible to adjust to permanent resident status. So I doubt that's what the OP is talking about.