If there is no marriage you have absolutely no rights under US immigration law. US immigration grants no rights to friends, associates, partners, common-law spouses, etc. You are going tohave to marry him to have any legal standing.
That said, if your partner gets a student visa (an F visa) to study for an MBA, you can be issued an F-2 visa (spouse of student). This gives you the right to live with him in the US for as long as his visa is valid. A student visa does not lead to citizenship.
If your partner obtains an MBA it may be possible for him to be petitioned for an H-1 visa (expert in field). This will extend his stayin the US and allow him to work for the company that petitioned him. After a few years in that status, the company could petition him for legal permanent residency (LPR status) in the US. As his wife, you would also gain LPR status if he is granted it. Five years of LPR status gives one the right to apply for US citizenship.
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Possibility of living legally in USA with partner doing MBA
Dear Webanswers,
I'd like to know what my options are for living legally in the US if my partner does an MBA there (for 2 years). I am English, he's French, we're not yet married. We could get married if that would help me to get a green card. I wonder if an MBA gives him citizenship or not. Would he have to finish his course and get a job to become a legal citizen, then marry me in order for me to live there permanently/legally. This would mean I'd have to wait two years for him in Europe. Or, if he's considered a citizen, could I live there legally with him when he's still a 'student' on an MBA program? Do we need to be married first?
Thank you very much in advance for your response.
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Submitted 93 days ago...
Thanks for all your advice. I am also reminded by my potential to-be husband that I would need enough money to live in the USA and that I couldn't work on an F2. I wonder if this is true too.
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