You can marry your girl anytime you want.  But it will be much much much faster to bring her over when you have the citizenship as opposed to just a green card.

Riten · Apr 3, 2009 3:01 PM

Exactlly, the current wait time for LPR is 4.76 yrs. on F2A category (when you petition your spouse with Greencard). For Citizens, it takes somewhere betn. 9-12 months after you have your naturalization certificate in your hand. But if you wanna marry your gurl and apply for non-immigrant visa (like B1/B2 or F1) then never ever apply for her immigrant visa. If you don't wanna apply for non-immigrant visa after you marry her, then simply go ahead and file I-130 for her. Don't wait until you get your Citizenship.    

ritthe · Apr 3, 2009 3:09 PM