Adjustment of Status

Once you have married your fiancee in the United States within the 90 day period. You have to adjust her status and file for an adjustment of status. This will allow her more rights in the United States and is in fact a Green Card. See the rest the article for more details.

Adjustment of Status

Those who arrived in the US as a fiancee on a fiancee visa or a K1 Visa. Once you get married have to have their status adjusted. Applications under I-485, I-765 and I-131 should be mailed directly to the Chicago Lockbox. This instead of submitting them to their District Office at the following address:

US Citizenship and Immigration Services

P.O. Box 805887

Chicago, IL 60680-4120

Documents needed for Adjustment of Status

Note that the documents you will need to submit as part of an Adjustment of Status application can vary. This is mainly based on the specific immigration category you are applying under. the Spouse visa will differ from the fiancee visa. However, some common documents that are usually required as are the ones included below:

You and your now-spouse must file the following MAIN items with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:

Application for Alien Relative (I-130) (not necessary for K-1 applicants);
Application to Register Permanent Residence (Form I-485);
Biographical information (Form G-325);
Medical Examination not required, if Spouse has had a medical exam based in K-1 visa;
Two color photos taken within 30 days;
Evidence of inspection or parole into the US (Form I-94);
Affidavit of Support (Form I-864 with supporting documents);
Authorization for employment (Form I-765)
Travel Parole (Form I-131)

Travel permission that will allow her to depart and re-enter the US.

In this situation, she would be denied re-entry to the U.S. and would have to remain outside of the U.S. while her American spouse filed for a spousal visa (K3 Visa).

Naturalization

The first “Green Card” received will be a temporary card that makes the Spouse a Conditional Permanent Resident of the United States. She must file an application to remove the “Conditional” status during a 90-day period prior to the two-year anniversary of the issuance of the Conditional Green Card

Once she received her permanent resident “Green Card” (which is valid for ten years), she must still apply for naturalization if she wants to become a U.S. citizen. She can do this:

if she is still married to the U.S. citizen who originally sponsored her for her Fiancee visa, 3 years after the issuance date of her permanent residency (Green Card);
if she is not married to the U.S. citizen, who sponsored her Fiancee visa, she can apply for naturalization in 5 years after the issuance date of her permanent residency (Green Card).

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