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3 years of being permenent resident then you can apply

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Q: If your fiance is a permanent resident and you're a US citizen how would the permanent resident get citizenship and how long do they have to wait to apply for citizenship?
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If you and your fiance have a child together and he is a permanent resident would getting married make him a citizen?

Not automatically. After being married to a US citizen for two years the legal foreign national spouse can apply for citizenship. Visit the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service website for specific information.


Can a permanent resident with a valid green card request a fiance visa for his or her foreign fiance?

yes u can,but its a really long process.


Is K1 visa classified as a non imiagrant visa?

Yes a K1 visa is classified as a non imigrant visa. It allows a non US citizen to come into the country to marry his/ her US citizen fiance. After the two are married, the non US citizen receives permanent resident status from the department of homeland security.


How does travel work if my Mexican fiance doesn't want to be a citizen when we get married Will I become a Mexican citizen?

No you will not become a Mexican citizen but you will have Mexican recidency. Your fiancee can have the option to apply for citizenship later on if she wants.


How long will it take to change your status from a tourist visa to a permanent resident after you marry your American citizen fiance?

It took my wife and I about 2 years just to get her greencard. You will have the citizen test to go through, and with all the other red tape wrapped around it, the process could run about 15 years.


What if the mother get the permanent resident by fraud and she was threaten by her fiance that he will tell the immigration her status if she will try to get her child?

please rephrase you question better


Will your fiance be required to return to el salvador for us to get married he has a valid work permit?

You should be able to get married in the US, for under a work permit the fiance is legal and has many privileges that a resident or citizen has


What can you do if you want to marry your same-sex partner and he wants to move back to the US although you are English and cannot enter the US as his spouse?

Effective June 26, 2013, an American citizen may apply for a fiance(e) visa for a same-sex fiance(e). The US federal government will also allow an American citizen to sponsor a same-sex foreign spouse for permanent residency, which can eventually lead to US citizenship. Same-sex marriage becomes legal in England on March 29, 2014. In the meantime, there are several US states that permit same-sex couples to marry and it is not necessary to be a resident or citizen of the US to marry here.


You are a green card holder and will be applying for a US citizenship If you married a Chinese citizen who is living outside US and then apply for the citizenship together will she become a citizen?

She can get US citizenship right after the marriage. You'll have to get her a fiance visa and start the immigration process. After obtaining her green card (which usually takes about 2 years), she needs to live in the US for an additional 3 years. Then she can apply for US citizenship.


If I apply for citizenship and then marry my fiance in their country will my citizenship petition help speed it up once the paperwork is submitted or will it only help once i am sworn in?

It will help after you have sworn in because that is the date officially become a citizen, not now.


What if your fiance is a German citizen and has been convicted of a felony in Germany when you get married will he be a US citizen?

Marriage to a US citizen does NOT guarantee citizenship. Depending upon circumstances he MAY not be allowed entrance into the country. In the US you would have to check with ICE to determine his possible status.


What is the best way for a US citizen to marry someone from another country Better in the other persons country or in the United States to marry?

It is best for the U.S. Citizen to apply for a fiancee visa for the fiance or fiance from another country. They must marry within 90 days of the fiance's arrival in the United States, and then the American spouse can sponsor the new spouse for permanent residency.