Q: My fiancee is a green card holder since february 2007 and is now planning to apply for her citizenship this november 2011
1. Is she qualify to apply for a citizenshipn even thou she havent completed the 5 th yr?
2. If she recieve her citizenship how long should he wait so she can apply for a fiancee visa?
3. How long would we wait to complete to finish the application fiancee visa so we could be together again?
Hoping for any help because it would boost our confidence that me and my fiancee would end our long wait just to be together. Thank you in advance
A: A lawful permanent resident of the U.S.A. can apply for US citizenship through naturalization 3 months prior to 5-year mark if they meet all residency and naturalization requirements.
She can file a Fiance visa petition immediately after becoming a US citizen (after Oath ceremony). However, she will need to prove that you two met in person within the previous two years and provide sufficient evidence of relationship.
It takes about 5 months for the K-1 visa petition to be approved, plus a few more months for consular processing of a K1 visa at the US embassy in Manila, Philippines. Usually, it's less than a year. It doesn't take years as for other family-based preferences for Philippines.
I think the hardest part in the K-1 visa application would be proving the authenticity of your relationship to your partner as well as providing evidences of the relationship. This is why fiancee visa is one of the most hardest visa to apply for.
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