So damn tough. My plan is to retire there with my wife, and you are correct, I’ll have to stay there with no job for years, regularly renewing my spousal visa before I even have a chance at permanent residency. Thus why our plan is to retire there, cause no way I’d sit around all day while she works to support both of us. Gives me time to get fluent in Chinese in the meantime at least.
I wish you all the best of luck. Every now and then, from what I gather, the marriage-to-citizenship pipeline gets brought up about making the process a little easier but so far nothing really has moved on it from what I can see. The other method is to go there on a work visa and get married and never bother with the marriage visa and do the process that way. It’s harder, though and I think for the last step you still need to basically set yourself up to be able to be jobless for a year or two for the final step.
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So damn tough. My plan is to retire there with my wife, and you are correct, I’ll have to stay there with no job for years, regularly renewing my spousal visa before I even have a chance at permanent residency. Thus why our plan is to retire there, cause no way I’d sit around all day while she works to support both of us. Gives me time to get fluent in Chinese in the meantime at least.
I wish you all the best of luck. Every now and then, from what I gather, the marriage-to-citizenship pipeline gets brought up about making the process a little easier but so far nothing really has moved on it from what I can see. The other method is to go there on a work visa and get married and never bother with the marriage visa and do the process that way. It’s harder, though and I think for the last step you still need to basically set yourself up to be able to be jobless for a year or two for the final step.