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I am a green card holder and recently got married to someone in India. Is there a quick way to bring them to the U.S. with a green card?

02 Jul 2025
Posted at 14:51h in Family Based, FAQs, For Families, Immigrant Family, Nonimmigrant Family, Resident by

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Unfortunately, this is a difficult scenario. The spouse with the green card must file an I-130 petition in the FB2A category, but this category is retrogressed by several years. The foreign national spouse potentially can come on a nonimmigrant visa of their own, such as an H1B or L-1 visa; but “purely” nonimmigrant visas, like F-1 student or B-2 visitor likely would be refused because of immigrant intent. (02.Jul.2025)

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