# I'm probably getting maried. Immigration problems ahead.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-probably-getting-maried-immigration-problems-ahead/198456>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 29, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-probably-getting-maried-immigration-problems-ahead/198456 "2003-08-29T16:48:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Oy\_Vey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dbc845/32.png) [@Oy\_Vey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy_Vey)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-probably-getting-maried-immigration-problems-ahead/198456/21 "2003-09-01T17:37:58Z")

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Somewhat related to the OP hijack:

My wife is a Bahamian citizen who has been a permanent resident for the last 25 years. We’ve just had our 4th anniversary, so I was wondering what the statutes were as far as her becoming a citizen. Looking at the links above I only really found stuff applicable to green card holders, and seeing as how she has a driver’s license and SS number I’m curious to find out whether or not the hoops we’d have to jump through are in any way reduced.

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-probably-getting-maried-immigration-problems-ahead/198456/22 "2003-09-01T21:35:07Z")

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The the newsgroups too, they are full of people who have done it:  
alt.visa  
[alt.visa.us](http://alt.visa.us)  
alt.visa.us.marriage-based

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**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-probably-getting-maried-immigration-problems-ahead/198456/23 "2003-09-02T08:00:18Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Oy Vey \*  
> \*\*My wife is a Bahamian citizen who has been a permanent resident for the last 25 years. We’ve just had our 4th anniversary, so I was wondering what the statutes were as far as her becoming a citizen. Looking at the links above I only really found stuff applicable to green card holders, and seeing as how she has a driver’s license and SS number I’m curious to find out whether or not the hoops we’d have to jump through are in any way reduced. \*\*

Permanent resident = green card holder.

She’s been eligible for citizenship for a long time.

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