ruth4489 wrote:
>Marrying a US Citizen does not make you a citizen automatically yourself. It
>depends on how you change your visa when you marry the us citizen. Since you
>are already in the states you cannot do a K-1 Visa but you can do another
>type, i believe in the other forums they describe what it is called. Usually
>you have to be married at least 3 years before you can try to be a citizen.
>In my situation, my husband and I were married for 2 years and then I had to
>do an I-751 to remove the conditions on his green card so that he could get
>another green card that was "unconditional". On the 3rd year he was able to
>apply for citizenship.
>
>Hope this helps, good luch, Ruthie!
>
>>Hello there,
>>I came to the usa last april, initially on a visa waiver as im from england.
>>When i arrived i fell head over heels for a us citizen. Could anyone
>>enlighten me about marrying a us citizen??? Does that make me automatically a
>>us citizen myself? I would appreciate any help i can get from you people.
Thanks Ruth, i dont have a greencard or anything so im gonna look on the
website and see what i can find out
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