The attorney said to expect 8-9 months after marrying to get the green card (and not to worry about international travel issues).
You’d think that someone on a unexpired ongoing student visa who got married would now have two good reasons to be here, but apparently it sets up a conflict that hostile bureaucrats like to exploit. Return from the honeymoon on your student Visa, and they can reject your green card application for fraud (and deport you) because as a newlywed, you have an intention to immigrate that is in conflict with entry on a visa.
Figure $3000-4000 for legal and filing fees to get the green card.
I didn’t come over on a student visa. I came over on a permanent visa. My husband brought me over and we already had been married over 3 years