I need advice to get the green card. I'm an international student, I'll get married with my girlfriend.

Hi, I've been with my girlfriend 1 year and we are going to get married in August. I'm an international student and I want to know if there is a step-by-step page to get the green card, or if you know how to do it, that would be great if you give me some advice. Thanks!I need advice to get the green card. I'm an international student, I'll get married with my girlfriend.
Form I-130 is a petition for alien relative. You need to attach proof of your spouse's US citizenship (e.g. birth certificate, Certificate of Naturalization, etc.), your marriage certificate, and if there were prior marriages, the documents that terminated these marriages, (e.g. divorce decree, death certificate, etc.).





All documents submitted to the USCIS (formerly INS, BCIS) should be certified copies. I do not recommend that you send original copies to the USCIS. Along with this form, both you and your spouse need to submit biographic information forms with each of your pictures attached. Also, you should submit form I-485, an application for adjustment of status to permanent resident.





Subsidiary forms include form I-468 (ADIT), form I-765, application for employment authorization and, if you are eligible, form I-131, application for travel document.





In addition, your spouse needs to complete an affidavit of support (form I-864) on your behalf. The affidavit of support needs to be accompanied by your spouse's last three income tax returns. If your spouse does not make enough money to support you, there needs to be another affidavit of support submitted by a co-sponsor. These are the basic forms for receiving a green card through marriage in the United States. Depending on the facts of your particular case, other forms and documents may be required. But remember to include a check for filing fees, which are between $600-$700, when you file your application.I need advice to get the green card. I'm an international student, I'll get married with my girlfriend.
On a student visa, a condition of admission is that you go home upon termination or completion of your studies. It is not transferable to an immigration-class visa. If you marry when you are not here on a fiance visa, you must return to your own country and wait for a spousal visa to be issued.





August wedding? School gets out in May, June at the latest, unless you are carrying at least a half-time load in summer school. Remember that if you overstay your student visa, you are NOT eligible for the spousal visa. And if you marry, you are no longer eligible for a student visa, plus your spouse must support you, including paying for school if you are a student. This will not pass muster with the authorities!





The only way you can remain in the US while awaiting processing of the spousal visa now is to enter on a fiance visa. You have to go home, wait until your intended gets the fiance visa for you (about a year). Then you can enter, get married and apply for the spousal visa within 90 days, and be allowed to stay during the processing.





If you try any other way, you have to go home! And it flags your file for marriage fraud, which means you are not likely to get any visa ever, and your intended could get a nice long stay in prison and big fat fine while you are deported and barred.





Do it right or don't do it at all. Things have changed and what you think you want to do won't work. You have absolutely no choice but to return home.
Lori K is correct in her answer.





- As always, ignore ibu, nothing but bullsh!t in his answer.