I started a topic here before but i'm reopening it since some things have changed. Basically, my girlfriend came to me in the middle of December and left in the end of January to resolve things with her parents and dodge the Israeli military (she has health issues and the doctors will give her notes and what not so that she could not serve based on health concerns) and come back before her draft date (basicaly in the end of March or beginning of April).
She is going to live with me and my parents for as long as it would take us to settle into a place of our own (regardless how long it takes). She thinks getting married is not THAT urgent yet and we could always get married with no rushing. I happen to disagree because the more we push the time of our marriage, the more problems will crop up. Firstly because it's a much easier process as I understand it filing for the sponsorship of a spouse because you don't have to prove your relationship to anyone and the applications gets processed faster. Secondly because she can only stay in here for 6 months before she has to go back for another six months. It would be amazing if she could just enter U.S. and then come back and that would be like exiting and entering but unfortunately making a Visa there from Israel would certainly take more time that she has before she comes back here soon.
Basically my plan was for her to get a relieve from the army, come to me for six months during which we get married (say after a month), then we file for spousal sponsorship to get the PR and while the application is processed we file for extension and after it's all greelit, the rest is history...
My questions are:
- Do I have to file my income or my parents income as sponsors in the case of a spouse? Are the costs incurred only in terms of supporting her for as long as necessary as another member of the family in general (basically living expenses for her living with us for the duration of her soon-to-be-permanent stay) and the actual demonstration of income and that's it?
- If I go to a paralegal dealing with these problems how much would the whole process cost?
- How fast would the application be processed after we get married and when could she start working and going to school? If it takes longer than six month, would we have to file for extension? Are extensions for spouses always granted?
Again, a place to live is not a problem as she is going to live with us, but I'm interested in knowing how much money would I have to earn to cover the process and should I hire a paralegal at all? I also thought about filing documents from where she's at now (Israel) but it's always better to do it when we're both inland and we're not married yet and when we get married here the process would be much faster and easier for her.
I have too many questions, but i'm starting somewhere...
She is going to live with me and my parents for as long as it would take us to settle into a place of our own (regardless how long it takes). She thinks getting married is not THAT urgent yet and we could always get married with no rushing. I happen to disagree because the more we push the time of our marriage, the more problems will crop up. Firstly because it's a much easier process as I understand it filing for the sponsorship of a spouse because you don't have to prove your relationship to anyone and the applications gets processed faster. Secondly because she can only stay in here for 6 months before she has to go back for another six months. It would be amazing if she could just enter U.S. and then come back and that would be like exiting and entering but unfortunately making a Visa there from Israel would certainly take more time that she has before she comes back here soon.
Basically my plan was for her to get a relieve from the army, come to me for six months during which we get married (say after a month), then we file for spousal sponsorship to get the PR and while the application is processed we file for extension and after it's all greelit, the rest is history...
My questions are:
- Do I have to file my income or my parents income as sponsors in the case of a spouse? Are the costs incurred only in terms of supporting her for as long as necessary as another member of the family in general (basically living expenses for her living with us for the duration of her soon-to-be-permanent stay) and the actual demonstration of income and that's it?
- If I go to a paralegal dealing with these problems how much would the whole process cost?
- How fast would the application be processed after we get married and when could she start working and going to school? If it takes longer than six month, would we have to file for extension? Are extensions for spouses always granted?
Again, a place to live is not a problem as she is going to live with us, but I'm interested in knowing how much money would I have to earn to cover the process and should I hire a paralegal at all? I also thought about filing documents from where she's at now (Israel) but it's always better to do it when we're both inland and we're not married yet and when we get married here the process would be much faster and easier for her.
I have too many questions, but i'm starting somewhere...