I have met an american woman and want to marry her, will that make me an american citizen?

Question

I have met an american woman and want to marry her, will that make me an american citizen?

Answer 1

These are good places to get answers...

http://www.immigrationhelpline.org/index...

http://www.immigrationdirect.com/

Answer 2

Not necessarily, and certainly not automatically.  She has to prove she has sufficient income and assets to support you and guarantee a $30,000 bond.  If she qualifies to complete an affidavit of support, she can apply for your fiance visa to enter the US.  She will also have to prove a valid long-term relationship.  If approved, you may enter the US and have 90 days to marry and file for a spousal visa.

If you are in the US illegally, you must leave the US, and she cannot file for a visa for you until the period for which you are banned has expired.  If you have a 10-year ban, it will be at least 10 years before she can file an application.

If you are in the US on a temporary visa (student, tourist, etc), you must return home while she applies for a spousal visa.  Marriage while you are on a tourist visa or certain other short-term visas triggers an automatic marriage fraud investigation.  You must remain in your own country while the application is processed, and it can take up to 2 or 2-1/2 years now to complete processing and obtain a spousal visa.

Answer 3

No...you still have to get your citizenship papers and or visa and you guys must live together for 6 consecutive months before you can even start the paperwork then you both have to got through immigration to prove to them the marriage is really for love and not citizenship.  Good luck I hope it is for love and if not I'll get my opinion to myself.....

Answer 4

Marrying a US citizen never, under any circumstance, make a foreigner a US citizen.

It does, in some cases, make them eligible to apply for permanent residence (a.k.a. the green card). After 3 years of having had permanent residence and having been married to the same US citizen, then one may apply for US citizenship, but that is something you do of your own free will and is in no way, shape or form an automatic process.

The only benefit that you get from marrying a US citizen when it comes to getting US citizenship yourself is that, if you were a permanent resident but not married to a US citizen, then you would have to wait 5 years instead of 3 before you could apply for US citizenship.

Answer 5

not automatically, no.

Answer 6

No.

Answer 7

No it won't make you a citizen.  If you were here legally before you married then you can apply for adjustment of statusn become a legal premanent resident and then start the path to citizenship.  If you are here illegally then getting married won't suddenly make you legal and able to become a citizen.

Answer 8

No it wont.

Answer 9

yes it will but its also a felony for purely marrying her for citizenship

*when u file for paperwork they'llask u a lot of question about you

Answer 10

Yes, but it is a felony for her to marry you purely for citizenship reasons.  There will be paperwork asking where you met, how long you have known each other, and the nature of your relationship.  

I'm not sure if you have to get married in the US for the marriage to make you a citizen so you would want to check on that too.