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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"OP can I ask why you're not a citizen if you've been married for 12 years? I'm just curious because it seems like it puts you into a situation with this administration"

It is an urban myth that any foreigner here without proper documentation can marry a USA citizen and easily get citizenship. It doesn't work that way. A requirement is that the non-USA citizen entered the USA legally. You're SOL if you are here without a proper visa or if it expired. https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/marriage-based-green-cards-explained

And even if they did enter the USA legally, if they are from a country with a big backlog of people trying to come to the USA to join family, they'll wait for a LONG time.

"Over 1.17 million approved I-130 petitions were waiting for visa availability as of mid-2025
Countries with particularly high backlogs include Mexico, India, China, and the Philippines"

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Thank you for posting this. I get so frustrated when people ask "why don't you just get citizenship?" There is no legal pathway to citizenship for people who entered illegally as a child. This is why DACA was created and why it's absolutely inexcusable that neither party has done anything to help these people gain citizenship. You shouldn't be punished for something that happened to you when you were a child.[/quote]

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