What is the fastest way to bring my boyfriend to the US if I am a green card holder? 12 Answers as of March 09, 2012

Green card holders cannot immigrate fiances. You will have either marry him first in order to immigrate him or naturalize first and then bring him over as your spouse or as a fiance if you remain unmarried at that time. Once you naturalize, you can either bring him over on a K-1 Fiance visa or get married and then bring him over on a K-3 Fiance visa. Which one will be faster depends on a number of circumstances and on when you might be able to marry/naturalize.

You are not able to petition for a fiance visa until you become a U.S. citizen. Even if you got married at this time, he is unable to obtain a green card now since you are not a U.S. citizen. You may petition for him as a spouse, but he will have to wait for his priority date to apply for an immigrant visa (green card).

There is no fast way to bring him to the US on the basis of your relationship since you are only a green card holder. He may want to explore either student visa or employment-based options, if he is otherwise qualified and eligible.

Wait until you become a citizen and then marry him.

I would need additional information regarding how you obtained your green card to assess the case thoroughly. As a general rule, the fastest way to bring someone to the United States is through marriage. Since you only have a green card, you cannot file a fiance visa on behalf of your boyfriend. You would have to marry and file an immigrant visa petition on his behalf. This will be a preference petition so he will wait 2-3 years for an immigrant visa to be available. If in the meantime, you become a U.S. citizen, his petition can be upgraded to an immediate relative, which means an immigrant visa will be immediately available.

Better first become a U.S citizen and then apply for a fiance visa for your Filipino boyfriend. Otherwise, you could be waiting for years.

Impossible to advise without knowing a lot more details - when are you eligible for citizenship? A non immigrant visa may be an option but would need to know his work and educational background, does he have money to invest in a small business, lots of options so a consultation would be best.

Start by applying for an I-130 visa petition after you marry him. Otherwise, there is nothing for you out there since boyfriends don't matter in Immigration Law. Good luck!

The fastest way would be for you to become a U.S. citizen. It would take 8 to 12 months. If you file for your boyfriend as permanent resident it will take 2 to 3 years once you filed a visa petition before he can apply for an immigrant visa.

Unfortunately, there is no way for you to sponsor your boyfriend as an immediate relative even if he is your fiance. The only way you may sponsor him is by marrying him and then you will have to wait for his visa priority date to become current which will be several years.