Orange County Immigration Attorney

Generally, it depends on what type of petition you file. If you file it as a spouse of a US citizen, it should take about 1 year, assuming that the petition is done properly and all other requirements are met.

Normal rule is 7-12 months assuming you are a U.S. citizen and there are no issues of inadmissibility such as prior overstays, criminal records, etc. In order for his case to process in Mexico he will need a legal basis to be there otherwise his case will be set for the U.S. consulate in his country of birth r nationality. You can however, marry him wherever you want. Just check on the requirements for marriage in that country.

The relative petition and the immigrant visa process typically takes about 6-8 months.

If you are a US Citizen, the process typically takes one year. The hurdle for your boyfriend is whether the US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez will agree to process his case. Typically, the State Department will only process visas for citizen and nationals of the country where the post is located.

That depends on whether you are a citizen or resident. If you are a permanent resident, the process would take many years. If you are a citizen, you must file a petition with USCIS first to prove the bona fides of the marriage. When that petition is approved, it would be sent to the national visa center for consular processing and there would be a number of forms you would have to complete before the case was transferred to the consulate for an interview. Once the case is transferred to the consulate, your husband would be interviewed and if the consulate is satisfied with the marriage, he could enter the U.S. The timing on such cases is generally 1 year to 2 years and largely depends on whether you are able to get the documents to the USCIS and national visa center in a timely manner.

The timing depends on your circumstances. That said, if you marry an African citizen in Mexico you may petition to bring him to the U.S. if you are a U.S. citizen. The first step is to file a Petition for Alien Relative with your local USCIS office. Next, the petition will be processed and forwarded on to the U.S. Embassy or consulate where your spouse resides. Following an interview process and medical examination (amongst other procedures and processes) your spouse will then enter the United States as a LPR. I recommend contacting an immigration attorney to handle such matters on your behalf.

It depends upon your immigration status. Assuming you are a United States citizen, the process takes approximately 1 to 1 years depending upon requests for evidence and your responses. This also assumes your fiancé has no prior negative immigration history. If your fiancé has a prior negative immigration history or you are not a citizen the process will take longer as you may need to wait for waivers to be approved and/or visas to be available.

If there are no complications and everything is filed correctly between 6-9 months. You will want to work with an immigration attorney to make sure everything goes smoothly.