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Marriage Visa questions
Hello everybody.
I'm looking for some input on my situation.
Some background info.
1. I am Dual citizen of US(resident of TX) and Poland.
2. I am also pretty permanently expat; living in Poland but working in US for US based company.
3. My fiancee is Polish citizen only.
4. We will be getting married next year in Indonesia. Then legalizing the marriage in Poland locally.
5. We are planning to still be living in Poland for at least few years after marriage.
The question:
Can we simply inform US government once we are ready to move to US (potentially 5-10 years after marriage) and only then start the I 130 application to have her get a green card? Or does it have to be done immediately after marriage?
We worry that if she does get the visa right after marriage and potentially green card at some point, then there is a requirement to spend over 50% of each year in US, at least until she gets citizenship too. Which we do not really want to do, I still need to stay an expat and live in Poland for coming years.
I'm looking for some input on my situation.
Some background info.
1. I am Dual citizen of US(resident of TX) and Poland.
2. I am also pretty permanently expat; living in Poland but working in US for US based company.
3. My fiancee is Polish citizen only.
4. We will be getting married next year in Indonesia. Then legalizing the marriage in Poland locally.
5. We are planning to still be living in Poland for at least few years after marriage.
The question:
Can we simply inform US government once we are ready to move to US (potentially 5-10 years after marriage) and only then start the I 130 application to have her get a green card? Or does it have to be done immediately after marriage?
We worry that if she does get the visa right after marriage and potentially green card at some point, then there is a requirement to spend over 50% of each year in US, at least until she gets citizenship too. Which we do not really want to do, I still need to stay an expat and live in Poland for coming years.
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