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I am on ssdi and would like to move my Philippine girlfriend to the us to live with me and get married. How could i do this? Please help me
Asked on Jan 08th, 2020 on Immigration - Texas
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I am 40 years old and on ssdi and i have been dating my Philippine girlfriend now for about 1 year and 3 mos and we both want nothing more than to get married. How would we or can I move her here with me and her son to the states so we could get married? I could explain my and our situation more if I could just speak to someone. Can you please help me. I love her and her son as if he were my own and I am a single father of 2 kids myself for about 4 years now and I live with and help take care of my disabled father not legally but willingly and my mother also lives and works here and she has come to know her and love them and we rent a home here in Irving texas with room for us all to live together and we all take care of each other and to get her and her son here and to get married is something we have talked about and do so on a daily basis but we have no clue on what we need to do or if it would be possible or really anything at all and I need help.
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I assume that you are a US citizen. If so, the two best choices are to sponsor your girlfriend and her child to come to the US on a K-1 fiancée visa, or to marry her and sponsor her for the green card directly. For the K-1 visa sponsorship, you must prove that you have met each other physically during the past two years. K-1 visa petitions are initiated on form I-129F and green card applications on form I-130. For either one, you will ultimately have to prove that you have the ability to support your girlfriend and her child either through yourself or with the assistance of a financial cosponsor. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
Answered on Feb 02nd, 2020 at 9:02 AM