Can a greencard holder marry iranian citizen

Question

Hi...I am a greencard holder living in the states and I have applied for citizenship. My fiancee is an iranian citizen who is at the moment studiing in Ukraine. Can I bring him here while I am green card holder or do I need to wait till I am citizen? If so, what are the stepsI have to take and how long does it take for him to come??

Thanks

Answer 1

YES u can. But ur fiancee's imigration process will be faster once u get ur citizenship. Go to nearby USCIS and talk to them. I would tell u to get ur citizenship first otherwise i could take lil bit longer.USCIS give more preferance to citizens than green card holders and both comes in different category.check out www.uscis.org.

Answer 2

Of course, you can get married. However, while you would be able to file an F2a immigrant visa petition for him, that petition would take about 5 years before it becomes valid for use. You don't need to wait to become a citizen to get married or file a petition, but it will be some time before the 2 of you can live together in the US. If you do get married and file a petition now, if you become a citizen while you're waiting for the petition, it will upgraded to an IR-1 petition which would be valid once it's approved. But be sure to tell USCIS that you have a petition for your husband as they won't go look for it on their own unless you tell them to.  

Answer 3

You may get married and petition for him to come, but there is a waiting list of several years. There would be no waiting list if you were a US citizen, although in that case the process may still take several months for all the paperwork to be processed.