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Why 18 months to get your green card? Is yours a recent marriage? Is your wife not a permanent resident? Not sure why a spouse-sponsored permanent residence
by jhancock 17y ago
Why 18 months to get your green card? Is yours a recent marriage? Is your wife not a permanent resident? Not sure why a spouse-sponsored permanent residence process is estimated at 18 months for you.
I'm going through this with my wife right now and so far USCIS has been very quick. We're just entering month 4 of the process and it looks like we may have it all wrapped up by month 6.
- matrix 17y agoMy wife's employer is sponsoring us for the green card. She is in a category that used to be processed quickly, but is now taking much longer. Meanwhile, she is on H1B, which of course has no provision for allowing the spouse to work.
- keeptrying 17y agoIf your not Indian/Chinese and your wife is EB2 then you should be able to apply for a "EAD - Work permit" as soon as your wife files for the 3rd stage of the green card. Using this you can work. Wiht the present system I dont think it should take more than 4 months to get to the 3rd stage. Your wife's employer will have a lawyer working on all these cases and they will answer your questions for free (its their job!). If your indian/chinese/mexican/philipino or EB3 category your basically screwed and the best way would be to put together a business plan + funding, incorporate and then try to get the USCIS to give you a H1 to work on your own company. When I didnt have a g.c I could never really solve this problem (as my visa was employment based and not marriage based) and that makes it even more difficult. Its a toughie. But since yours is marriage based, you have a better shot at solving this.