So from conversations with married and soon-to-be-married non-Americans lately, I've learned a few things. If you go into a greencard process already married, it appears that the spouse getting the gc from their employer also scores a gc and working permit for his/her spouse.
If you get to a certain point in the gc process I-485 (?) and you're not married, but just engaged, your future spouse gets screwed out of a work permit and greencard. You just end up as "spouse of greencard holder" meaning you're free to live in the country and go to school and stuff but you don't have a right to work without finding a company to sponsor a work visa.
Any immigration lawyers out there who can confirm this?
What is the point of no return, the point at which you better elope or your future spouse gets ripped off big time?
If our layman's logic serves correct, the lesson here is do the drive-through wedding before your partner gets too far in the gc process or someone loses out big time.
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Well R and I have been married for 3 years. He still doesnt have his GC but thats because he had a "blemish" on his record and we've been waiting out the possibility of him having to return to his home country. I am a citizen he has a work visa at least. I dont think this relates to your post but it still sucks. If you go through this process get a good lawyer.
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