I live in Chicago, my girlfriend is from Colombia, here on a visa. We want to get married. Where do I start?
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I would call a lawyer who is a specialist in the field. Or just call immigration services (albeit pretending to be concerned with a friend) and just ask them the steps you should take. Hope all goes well and you have a beautiful life together. God Bless.
Move to Columbia....Please.
The only way you can get married is in Colombia, good luck.
mmmm...how does she live here? on a tourist or working visa? if it's a tourist, you need to go to columbia, get married, and then apply for a spousal visa. it will take anywhere from 5-12 mo on average to complete this process and then your wife will be a legal resident of the US and able to work and have the same rights as most all of us have. after 5 years, she can be a citizen.
the reason why you shouldn't get married here, is that it may appear that she entered the US on false pretenses...she said was coming to either vacation (or possibly work) and then she gets married....it doesn't make her look very forthcoming and it pisses off immigration.
Maybe she just wants to use you to get citizenship... is she too out of your league?
Con Artist Beware!
Be very careful with this, reason being. This is typical for people coming here on vacation and finding someone that is typically a little too (KIND), and basically take advantage of the person there with and once they get married and have the same rights as you, they usually will leave you and take everything you previously worked your *** off for, do you understand what's going on here.
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