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In reply to the discussion: Syed Farook as American as apple pie [View all]LittleGirl
(8,999 posts)well. My spouse and I waited until we were married for 2 yrs before we started the visa program to get a green card before we moved to the states. He is non-muslim, a christian actually and the process to get him a visa was extensive. They checked his background addresses since he was 16 and being over 40 surely was hard for him to remember. He was checked by Homeland Security and whatever that foreign intel program is that I can't remember the acronym for. He's a British citizen so an ally country but it took months and months and cost a lot of money, over 2 grand. They had his passport for months and he couldn't travel for his job. He had to get a physical with xrays, blood work and peeing in a cup and had multiple immunizations on one day. The immigration office has it this way because so many Americans have had sham marriages to bring their foreign born spouses here only to let them loose after they got the Visa. I don't recommend anybody going through this process until they've been married for 2 yrs and wait like we did. I know of a young couple applying for a fiance visa right now and I don't see it going well for them either. Especially now.