if you file an I-130 for him as a green card holder after you marry. it will take about 18 months for the priority date to be current (the date of filing) based on current processing times before he can file a green card application. He can then apply for the green card.

Greetings. Once you marry, you can already start the process by petitioning him as the spouse a green card holder. Does he live in Canada? If so, once either (1) his "priority date" becomes current for his family preference category (F2); or (2) you naturalize and upgrade your I-130 petition, he can proceed to apply for an immigrant visa to enter the U.S. at his local US Consulate or Embassy. If he is present in US in lawful status when the I-130 priority date becomes current, he can apply for his green card from within the US though the adjustment of status process. If he is in the US when you naturalize, provided he was lawfully inspected and admitted, even if he is a overstay, he can also avail himself of the adjustment of status process. Work through a immigration attorney. Best wishes.

Congratulation on the choice you made. I agree with my colleague. This process may take between 18 to 24 months depending on the current priority date for spouse of the US LPR. It will also be consular processing meaning that your husband to be has to designate a US consular post to appear for interview. No benefit will be received before actual approval of the IV itself and arrival as a resident. Good luck!

As a green card petitioner its 18 months plus and no EAD. Look at getting citizenship to speed up the process.

I agree with the other attorneys. Once you are married, you can submit a petition for your spouse. The spouse of a US green card holder has about a 6 month wait before their priority date is current. Then, there will be another 6-9 month wait for the petition to process. All in all, it would probably take about 1-1.5 years.

Based on the cutoffs in the Visa Bulletin (for November), it would appear that it could take about 1.5 years for the case to get to an interview at the Consulate. (http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-november-2015.html). He would not be eligible for a work permit in the US. He either has to be in the US and maintaining a lawful non-immigrant status OR wait outside of the US until his visa is available. If he has ever spent any time in the US without a lawful status, I would highly recommend consulting a knowledgeable immigration attorney in your area.

Salam. It may take a couple of years since you are not a US Citizen. If you submit an I-130, he is not entitled to a work permit while he is waiting. Your boyfriend would have to go through consular processing unless he maintains valid non immigrant status in the US and his priority date becomes current. Have you considered US citizenship if you are eligible? Khoda Negahdar.

As a permanent resident, when you marry your boyfriend and file for him, he has to wait until his priority date becomes current - between 18 months and 2 years - before he can get status If you are able to naturalize, then the spouse of a citizen has a visa available immediately. He will not be able to get a work permit on the basis of your petition at this point - but maybe he has other options through study or professional skills. Good luck to you both.

If you petition your spouse, there is about a six month wait for the visa to be available.

It takes anymore from 8 months to an year and half. Check the visa bulletin for current priority dates, and he will not be able to get work permit when the green card is in process. Contact an immigration attorney in private to assist you with the whole process so you can be stress free. All the best.

http://www.travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-november-2015.html