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Originally Posted by Stapo
First of all thx to Thorhammer and Traveler
My question was just meant in a general sense; it's a bit hard to ask a "correct" question concerning this case, if one only has one article to learn about it and one is not really familar/hyperconcerned about the system.
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Okay in the general sense if he just comes over on a non migrant Visa (basically visitor or migrant worker, and VWP for elligable countries) it takes 5 years residency after marriage or combination of the 5 years residency and marriage to get a right to apply for citizenship.
A marriage visa is one of only 3 circumstances you can stay beyond 90 days on a VWP.
If you're already married then you get a 10 year visa to enter but before the 10 is up i don't think you can apply for citizenship.
However if you violate the law when you're here you will be deported irrelevant of your status if you haven't gotten citizenship.