Can a change in marital status affect an ongoing immigration case?
Certainly, it can not only affect it, but depending on the circumstances, it can end it. Fortunately, it won’t end your case. Since your mother is a US citizen, your petition falls into the F1 category as the adult son of a US citizen. If you marry, it will change to F3, married son of a US citizen. The primary difference from your point of view is that the change in category, changes the priority date. At the moment, the priority date for an F1 petition for citizens from most countries is 22 Feb 02. That means that only petitions filed on or before that date are valid for use. If you marry, the priority date for F3 petitions is now 22 May 2000, which means you would have to wait almost 2 more years to use that petition. If you are from the Philippines or Mexico,, the wait would be considerably longer. however, since your fiancee is an American citizen, she could file a fiance petition for you now, assuming you are ready to marry, and that could be processed in 8-12 months. Or, after y
