My boyfriend is a British Citizen living in America. I am British. He has a green card - can we marry?

Question

He has a green card - has been living in Canada and Usa for total of 21 years. He has 2 children with Canadian ex-wife. We want to marry and live in the US. He set foot on American soil coming up to 5 years in March 2009. He can then apply for citizenship. Can we marry then and is it likely we will have to go through a load of questioning - or will I be allowed to stay permanently? It is all very confusing.

Answer 1

The guy above me is wrong.  Now you stated that you intend to marry, the US can stop you from entering.  You need to apply for a Visa to marry.  You will be interviewed at the Embassy in the UK, and have a medical.  After you enter and marry you then again have to file for an "adjustment of status" then 2 years later you have to apply for a 10 year perm.resident card.

Whatever you do dont go to the US if you intend to get married here without a visa, you will really pay more then you could imagine.

Answer 2

you can get marry whenever and process your petition after he is a U.S Citizen otherwise he can do it as a resident but it will take years for you to get your papers if he does it as a resident and if he is a citizen just months for you...  

Answer 3

Yes, you can get married.  However, you cannot get a visa to live in the United States for about 5 and 1/2 years.

If he were a US citizen he could get you a visa in about a year, maybe less.

Answer 4

i think so