I will be marrying my fiancé soon and have a few questions I hope you all can help me with. She is an Au Pair (J1 Visa) from Czech Republic and her Visa expires some time next month. Our plan is to ultimately move to Europe together in 2-3 years, but for now we want to make sure she stays here in a legal way and is able to work legally.
We figured going through I-130, I-485, and I-765 is the only way, is this correct? Or is there some other way since we don’t plan to stay here and it would be nice to save all the form fees!
Based in Maryland, any estimates on how long this process takes? Specifically to get work auth.
Also, I thought I read somewhere that after marriage the J1 becomes invalid/expired...is this true/what exactly does that mean?
Thank you!
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