The green card through marriage helps you to sponsor your spouse. The sponsor can be a US citizen or a permanent residence. There are facts to green card through marriage that every year many United States citizens marry foreign born individuals and petition for them to obtain a green card in the United States, spouses of US citizens are considered immediate relatives under immigration law therefore they are excluded from all numerical quota limitations and the process of completing a request for green card through marriage can take long time.

In order to apply you will need to get an immigration medical exam from a qualified doctor and submit a number of documents verifying the marriage and your means of support. You will be finger printed and will have to attend an interview during which you will have to verify of your marriage. You will also have to proof that you did not marry just for the purpose of obtaining green card. You are allowed to live and work permanently in the United States after getting a green card through marriage. If you have an expired card, you may be considered out of status and may be denied entry into the

United States. Card renewal may be filed if your card was valid for ten years and is about to expire or has already expired. If your card is stolen or lost you should replace it.

K3 visa allows a spouse of a US citizen to come to the United States with children below the age of 21, they are entitled to work by filing form l-765 and may also apply for employment authorization based on the pending application even if the visa has expired.

In order to be eligible for a k3 visa you should be married to a US citizen, have a pending form l-130 petition for relative alien, filed by the US citizen spouse on his or her behalf and he or she must be unmarried and the child of a qualified K3 visa applicant. Once entered US you may apply to adjust status to a permanent resident at any time.

The k3 visa is valid for 2 years and can be renewed in 2 years increments as long as the form l-130 is still pending. Once the form is approved you may apply for adjustment of status. You may travel in and outside United States with K3 visa as long as it is valid.