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From what you write it's not clear if you still have permanent residence in the US or not. How long have you been studying in the UK? Studying for a degree normally takes a few years, and a green card can be presumed abandoned if you have not been in the US for over a year. Have you kept ties with the US and made regular visits during these years? You may want to post in this forum, where I'm sure you can get better advice (a US immigration lawyer is a regular contributor there).Charlesf wrote:Is there anyway to make this happen? I am a British Citizen that grew up in the USA and has permenant residence and a green card, I have gone to University in the UK which I will complete in June. I happened to have met the girl of my dreams while there and want to bring her back to the US with me, she is very willing and wants to immigrate. She will have completed her degree by then, and is a British citizen as well. what if any options can I explore? thanks in advance for any help.
This forum is perfectly ok to ask questions about US immigration, but in the other forum you'll find people who know a lot more than I do. If you can apply for US citizenship immediately, the best thing is to do so now and then petition for your girlfriend. If not, then I'm afraid it takes about 5 years for a permanent resident to petition for a spouse.Charlesf wrote:sorry for posting it in the wrong forum, and also for being unclear I have been back and forth to the USA regularly spending several months here in the summer as well as many holiday's. I still have permenant residency. The only way to get her here is to apply for American citizenship and wait?
If you don't have an abandonment issue (which I would hesitate to state either way, it's very case specific), file your N-400 and then file an I-130 for your wife. Once you become a USC, then your wife will become eligible for an iv immediately (save for time spent contacting the NVC/USCIS about your change of status from lpr to USC.)- she will be able to upgrade her status as the beneficiary of an lpr filed I-130 to that of a usc filed I-130.Charlesf wrote:sorry for posting it in the wrong forum, and also for being unclear I have been back and forth to the USA regularly spending several months here in the summer as well as many holiday's. I still have permenant residency. The only way to get her here is to apply for American citizenship and wait?
I would just observe here that even if he doesn't have an abandonment issue, he may still have broken the residence clock for naturalization.Daniel Green wrote:If you don't have an abandonment issue (which I would hesitate to state either way, it's very case specific), file your N-400 and then file an I-130 for your wife.
Correct. Absences of over 6 months (or 6 months or more...I don't have the regs with me at the moment) will create a presumption of a break in continuous residence that the applicant can try to rebut.JAJ wrote:I would just observe here that even if he doesn't have an abandonment issue, he may still have broken the residence clock for naturalization.Daniel Green wrote:If you don't have an abandonment issue (which I would hesitate to state either way, it's very case specific), file your N-400 and then file an I-130 for your wife.
