A Canadian spouse married to a US citizen may be eligible to move to the United States based on marriage. However, the couple must prove that they have a valid relationship and not one forged to obtain immigration benefits. Unfortunately, obtaining this visa has become very difficult because there have been many cases of [...]

Are you Chinese, married to a US citizen or green card holder, and want to go live with them there? You may be eligible to apply for a marriage-based immigrant visa (CR-1 or IR-1). Every immigrant visa processing to the United States is done at the US Consulate in Guangzhou. Although there is more [...]

If you are a Colombian citizen married to a US citizen, you can apply for a CR1/IR1 or Spousal visa. You can apply for a CR-1 visa if your marriage is less than two years old or an IR-1 if it is older. The only difference between these two visas is in how old [...]

Are you an Egyptian married to a US citizen or permanent resident card holder? You may be eligible to apply for a spousal immigrant visa, which allows you to live and work in the US. Meanwhile, the processing of US immigrant visas for citizens and residents of the US is at the US Embassy, [...]

If you, a Ghana citizen, are married to a US citizen or resident, your spouse can petition the US government. That is, they can ask the US government to give you license to live with them permanently in the United States. If the US government will agree to this petition, there are certain things [...]

One of the top three countries to which Jamaicans immigrate is the US, Canada and the UK being the other two. Whether for work purposes or on a marriage basis, a great population of Jamaicans is in the United States of America. While you can enter the United States using any type of immigrant [...]

If you are a citizen of the United Kingdom and married to a United States citizen but are living separately. If you want to go to the United States to live with your spouse permanently, there are provisions for that. You will need to petition a visa at the US Embassy or Consulate in [...]

If you are currently married to a citizen or resident of the US and are based in Nigeria, you can apply for a visa. You will need to apply for a marriage-based visa at the US Embassy or Consulate in Nigeria. This processing at your local US consulate is known as consular processing; it [...]

Are you a United States citizen marrying or already married to a citizen of Mexico? Are you looking to sponsor your new wife or husband to the US for a marriage-based green card? In this article, we have gathered some legal and practical information you need to know about sponsoring a Mexican spouse for [...]

Being married to a citizen of the United States as a Dominican Republican gives you a direct path to US residency. Marriage to a US citizen or green card holder gives you access to an immigrant visa based on marriage. Meanwhile, the regulations vary according to country; your application will be governed by the [...]