在美国境外申请common-law婚绿

本人现居加拿大，打算最近用旅游签搬去美国和住在Texas的男朋友（谈了4年）declare common-law，顺便申请个绿卡。请问大家有没有通过common-law申请绿卡的经历？以及境外consular processing的成功案例？我们的情况大致是这样的：

• 我计划9/10月要么回国，要么去欧洲，秋天呆在美国可能性比较小, 所以希望可以在这段时间不因为申请绿卡困在美国。
• 男朋友EB-1 两个月前提交了I-485， 以及做了fingerprint但是还在等travel permit和绿卡。如果绿卡顺利，今年下半年会在境外。
• common-law在texas和marriage应该是equivalent的，但是不知道如果在境外申请的话这样还行不行得通。毕竟我和男朋友这段时间大概率都在美国境外。
• 另外本人对美国绿卡申请不是很了解，这几天疯狂补课但是还是想确认一下：如果走adjustment of status是不是首先要等3个月，而且出境的话旅游签就废了然后只能等到绿卡下来才能再入境美国？
  

求大神分享，或者指条明路。感谢大家🙏

你想多了，美国移民局不承认common law

ltdy 发表于 2022-5-10 16:50
你想多了，美国移民局不承认common law

B. Common Law Marriage
The concept of common law marriage presupposes an honest good-faith intention on the part of two persons, free to marry, to live together as husband and wife from the inception of the relationship. Some states recognize common law marriages and consider the parties to be married. [16] In order for a common law marriage to be valid for immigration purposes:

The parties must live in that jurisdiction; and​

The parties must meet the qualifications for common law marriage for that jurisdiction.

Other states may recognize a common law marriage contracted in another state even if the recognizing state does not accept common law marriage as a means for its own residents to contract marriage.

USCIS recognizes common law marriages for purposes of naturalization if the marriage was valid and recognized by the state in which the marriage was established. [17] This applies even if the naturalization application is filed in a jurisdiction that does not recognize or has never recognized the principle of common law marriage.

The officer should review the laws of the relevant jurisdiction on common law marriages to determine whether the applicant and spouse should be considered to be married for purposes of naturalization and when the marriage commenced.

https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-2

现在adjustment of status 不止等待3个月吧，可能要6个月以上 I-131 (AP）才能下来，在这之前离开美国，AOS就作废

想问问lz的后续

总感觉不可能这么容易搞啊，如果很简单应该一大半人会整common law而不是结婚

lsdimagine1991 发表于 2023-05-03 16:59:54
总感觉不可能这么容易搞啊，如果很简单应该一大半人会整common law而不是结婚

问了一两个律师说common law在承认的state理论上就可以。重点还是要证明你的common law不是临时办的，而是基于长期的关系。

为啥要搞那么麻烦，领证不简单吗？  难道是为了离婚方便。 其实common law的一样也要离婚程序。

finallyreturn 发表于 2023-6-13 13:54
问了一两个律师说common law在承认的state理论上就可以。重点还是要证明你的common law不是临时办的，而是 ...

绿卡不行吧，我看条文说的是入籍才可以

Larry_cat 发表于 2023-6-13 14:17
为啥要搞那么麻烦，领证不简单吗？  难道是为了离婚方便。 其实common law的一样也要离婚程序。

都想耍流氓啊，common law听起来好听一点