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Hi,
My mother-in-law is a resident of spain and holds Indian passport. Me and my wife are citizens of US and want to apply for her Green card. She had applied for visitor visa for US from US consulate in Spain but has been rejected twice in the last 2 years siting reasons of not having immovable property in Spain.

Which consulate should we pick when applying for her green card? Can we pick the consulate in Spain or will we have to pick a consulate in India? I am also curious how the police checks etc. would work.

Also, is it preferrable to apply for green card of father-in-law at the same time considering that he is working in Spain and even if he gets the green card, he will not be able to stay for long periods in USA?

Regards
Deep

Me and my wife are citizens of US and want to apply for her Green card. She had applied for visitor visa for US from US consulate in Spain but has been rejected twice in the last 2 years siting reasons of not having immovable property in Spain. Does your MIL want to reside in the US, or merely visit?

Which consulate should we pick when applying for her green card? Can we pick the consulate in Spain or will we have to pick a consulate in India? I am also curious how the police checks etc. would work. If she has legal residency in Spain, she can apply from there. Shell need police certificates from Spain and India.

Also, is it preferrable to apply for green card of father-in-law at the same time considering that he is working in Spain and even if he gets the green card, he will not be able to stay for long periods in USA? Where does he want to live?

Mother-in-law wants to visit but if the visitor visa route is not going to work then we are ok taking the green card step and also understand that adds burden on her to stay in US for longer periods to satisfy the green card requirements. How would you get police clearance from India if she lives in Spain? Is this a form that you need to take to the police deptt.?

Father-in-law wants to live in Spain but is it better if we apply for them together and then he can take the decision on whether he wants to keep the green card.

What are their prospects for becoming citizens of Spain? With a Spanish passport they could visit the US with the visa waiver program.

Would obtaining a green card and/or spending lots of time in the US jeopardize their Spanish residence status?