Moving to US from UK
Dec 27th 2016, 6:58 am
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Re: Moving to US from UK
The problem is, in a nutshell, that a visitor to the US doesn't have "a status" to adjust from.
If you were in the US on a work visa, such as an L-1A, an F-1 student visa, or a P-1 athlete visa, among others, then you would have a basis to adjust from, but as a visitor you're starting in the wrong place.
Be aware that if you try to adjust you may end up in an extraordinary long process, perhaps 2-3 years, during which you will be unable to work and you may become trapped in the US - if you try to leave you may be subject to a ban on reentry for 4-10 years which can be extraordinarily hard (meaning expensive, in terms of legal fees) to overturn.
If you were in the US on a work visa, such as an L-1A, an F-1 student visa, or a P-1 athlete visa, among others, then you would have a basis to adjust from, but as a visitor you're starting in the wrong place.
Be aware that if you try to adjust you may end up in an extraordinary long process, perhaps 2-3 years, during which you will be unable to work and you may become trapped in the US - if you try to leave you may be subject to a ban on reentry for 4-10 years which can be extraordinarily hard (meaning expensive, in terms of legal fees) to overturn.
Rene
