Change Of Status
I have a very basic question.Probably somebody will answer it. If a person entered into USA legally on tourist visa but later on becomes out of staus for more than 6 months. If he now marries a US citizen. Can he change his status to permanent resident without leaving the country?
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Re: Change Of Status
"Kaleem" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]... > I have a very basic question.Probably somebody will answer it. If a person entered > into USA legally on tourist visa but later on becomes out of staus for more than 6 > months. If he now marries a US citizen. Can he change his status to permanent > resident without leaving the country? Technically it's "adjust" status - change of status is from one non-immigrant category to another. However, yes a person who entered legally may adjust status based on marriage to a US citizen, so long as other factors (medical, criminal, etc) are not an issue. Since he's been out of status for more than six months he will be stuck in the US during the processing because to leave the US would trigger a ban of three years on re-entering (this goes up to ten years when out of status for a year or more). However, he would be eligible to get employment authorization during this time. Andy. -- I'm not really here - it's just your warped imagination. |
Re: Change Of Status
Thank you any for the detailed and easy to understand answer.
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