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  1. #1
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    Post Green Card Holder married foreigner

    I am a green card holder and currently staying in US. I legally married a foreigner in Arizona a year ago. I would like to know is that a possible ways to get my spouse over to US legally? I heard that if my spouse come to US via a visitor visa and both of us submit the I-130 together in US immigration office, then my spouse can get a stamp in his passport and allow him to stay and work in US legally while waiting for his petition to process. Is that truth? But if he is staying in oversea while we submit the I-130, then he have to wait in line for another 5-6 years.
    Pls help as I am very desperate. Thanks!

    Lim

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    Default Re: Green Card Holder married foreigner

    The best bet would be for your spouse to try to get a visa permitting him to enter and work in the U.S. in his own right.

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    Default Re: Green Card Holder married foreigner

    Thanks for your reply. Is that means the best way is for him to get a H1B visa?

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    Default Re: Green Card Holder married foreigner

    An H-1B is a good (nonimmigrant) visa to obtain.

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    Default Re: Green Card Holder married foreigner

    Any other options still available for my spouse immediately to a legal stay stay in US besides H-1B?
    Thanks

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    Default Re: Green Card Holder married foreigner

    H-1B or L-1 - dual intent visas. Filing I-130 will not allow him to work in the U.S. Also, you might face a misrepresentation issue.

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