How does an illegal immigrant get married to a U.S. citizen?

Answer 1

Please do not erase my correct answer. That message board is a wonderful place to go to for help in the process of an illegal immigrant becoming an legal resident because I have helped my husband do so.

Answer 2

1. Move back to Mexico. if you voluntarily self-deport, the 3 and 10 year time bars do not apply.

2. Apply for a for a legal Immigration visa at the US Embassy. There are many categories under which you can apply. It helps if you are educated and/or have a valuable skill. Another method is to apply as a legal guest worker, then later adjust to legal resident status.

3. Wait your turn in line for the visa, just like everyone else in the world does. Some Filipinos wait 22 years for an F4 family immigration visa.

4. Once you have the visa, move to the US.

5. After 5 years of living in the US, if you have not committed any crimes or used welfare, you can apply for US Citizenship. But first you have to ask yourself what you feel in your heart, are you an American or a Mexican?

6. Take and pass the Citizenship test.

7. Be sworn in as as US Citizen. Be sure to renounce all allegiance to Mexico, and don't plan on later applying for dual Mexican-US citizenship, otherwise you could loose your US citizenship.

The Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery does not apply to Mexicans, so no, you cannot go back home and apply for a workers visa, this is a lie.

In addition, #7 is not completely true. It's actually very difficult to lose your US citizenship once obtained, short of committing treason. Basically, the only way you can lose it is to voluntarily renounce it, which is a complicated procedure.

In Afroyim v. Rusk, the US Supreme Court declared that you cannot automatically lose your citizenship by doing something a citizen of a foreign country would do (in Afroyim's case, he moved to Israel and voted in their elections); in 1980, because of the Afroyim verdict, President Carter ended the treaties that made naturalizing in a foreign country an automatic loss of citizenship event.

Answer 3

I had a friend they are decent people, and good they just want to live there lives and my friend works hard to support his spouse. He was born in the United States and she was not. When can they start the process papers that make her a legal status. What form should he file. I feel sorry for my friend. I hope this can help him start a new life in the US so that they can move on and have a productive family, and not being nervous what will happen to her. Hope they can answer my question.

Sincerly yours

Joseph a wendover

Answer 4

Although there are not laws prohibiting a foreign national who is unlawfully present in the U.S. from marrying a U.S. citizen such an act does not change the non-citizen's illegal status. The citizen spouse cannot apply for permanent residency for the foreign national spouse, this means the non-citizen spouse is required to leave the U.S. and then apply for reentry on the basis of the marriage and according to USCIS regulations. INA Section 212(a)(6)(A), USC 1182 (a)(6)(A). United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, http://www.uscis.gov

Answer 5

If the illegal immigrant has, at least, a drivers license, passport, visa, or other identifying documents he or she may legally marry in the majority of U.S. states. He or she is still required to follow the laws of the state in which the marriage will occur.

However, the immigrant does not automatically receive permanent residence status (green card) and is still subject to deportation procedures.

Answer 6

No if the marriage is only for becoming legal. The person who marries an illegal to make them legal is breaking Federal Laws, can be arrested, and serve prison time. The illegal will be deported.

Answer 7

you marry then you find an immigration atty and start the paperwork and the cost is around 1,000.00 and they need to have an immigration physical.