pgardener

I have been in the USA from the beginning of December but I am here LEGALLY. I came in on
a visa waiver at the end of November. The waiver is valid for 3 months.

Can I take advantage of the new 245 bill or would I have had to have been here ILLEGALLY
to qualify? I am quite prepared to stay in the USA and not return home if this would
eventually give me permanent resident status here.

Paul Gardener

Andrew M. Wilson, Esq.

Paul,

If you are here on the visa waiver program, you can not take advantage of 245(i). In
addition, you can not change your status while in the U.S. If you have plans to live and
work in the U.S., you will have to first go back to your home country.

For information on U.S. visas and issues surrounding how to come to the U.S., please feel
free to check out my firm's web site at:

www.srs-usvisa.com

Regards,

Andrew M. Wilson, Esq. [email protected]

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] wrote:
> I have been in the USA from the beginning of December but I am here LEGALLY. I came in
> on a visa waiver at the end of November. The waiver is valid for 3 months.
>
> Can I take advantage of the new 245 bill or would I have had to have been here ILLEGALLY
> to qualify? I am quite prepared to stay in the USA and not return home if this would
> eventually give me permanent
resident
> status here.
>
> Paul Gardener
>

>

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