Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 30, 2019 1. I Am Married to a U.S. Permanent Resident. Do I Need to Wait 3 or 5 Years to Apply for Citizenship? 2. Can I Apply for Asylum in the USA If I Have Poland’s Temporary Residence Card and Citizenship of Ukraine? 3. Can I Bring A Boy I Met on Facebook to the U.S.?

1. I Am Married to a U.S. Permanent Resident. Do I Need to Wait 3 or 5 Years to Apply for Citizenship?

I got my green card Jan 2019 and I am currently living in the states. I am married to a permanent resident 7 years ago with 3 kids who were born in the States. My wife got her green card back in 2008.

Mr. Lee answers: 
Regardless of the time that you have been married to a permanent resident and the number of children that you have with her, the amount of time to apply for citizenship is five years unless your wife becomes a US citizen. Then you can count three years from that date and can file 90 days before the three years as long as you have both been living together without significant break during the three-year period.

2. Can I Apply for Asylum in the USA If I Have Poland’s Temporary Residence Card and Citizenship of Ukraine?

I would like to ask is it possible for me to apply for asylum in USA if I have Poland’s temporary residence card and citizenship of Ukraine?

Mr. Lee answers: 
Persons who have some type of legal status in a country other than the homeland of persecution would find it difficult to obtain asylum in the US. That is because no country wants to give an individual the choice of applying in that country when he or she could have applied in the first country. In your situation, you have a temporary residence card in Poland and unless circumstances exist such as your also having a fear of persecution in Poland, it is doubtful that you would have a successful case for asylum in this country. Other factors that could affect a decision could be whether Poland allows individuals to apply for political asylum and whether your status in Poland ended and you have no right to return to that country.

3. Can I Bring A Boy I Met on Facebook to the U.S.?

I’m a 58 years old man and I have this boy 19 years in Ghana that I met on Facebook we’ve been talking for 2 years now. We haven’t met physical but we always video chat. I see him as a son to me and I want to help him get here to live in the states with me probably continue his education here. How do I go about this to bring him here?

Mr. Lee answers: 
If the boy is a student at this time and you wish to have him continue his education in the US, you could possibly find a school for him that would issue an I-20, and send the I-20 to him with your affidavit of support including the form I-134 affidavit of support, job letter, banking statement, last year’s tax return, and a statement to the consulate or embassy concerning your relationship with the boy and why you would be willing to sponsor him for schooling in the US.