Marry under the VWP, what will happen?

[Hydey 0]

Get this done so you can send it off with the AOS packet. I do not think it is a problem waiting to get money together as long as everything is done before you are out of status 6 months.

Once a person overstays the VWP, those privileges are permanently lost.

Not a problem if the adjustment of status is successful.

Yes, I was assuming that the adjustment would be successful, with the person really not intending to stay when they arrived legally in the US. I was not advocating that someone play the system, I was assuming the the OP really did change his mind.

Yes, i really did change my mind. I had no intention of staying here upon entry in to the US in May. I was just looking at the I-485 form, and in the I-485a, there is no option of a visitor with marriage on there, only beneficiaries. Did you leave those blank? If not how did you go about it?

Kind Regards,

- Rich

[rebeccajo 14]

Get this done so you can send it off with the AOS packet. I do not think it is a problem waiting to get money together as long as everything is done before you are out of status 6 months.

Once a person overstays the VWP, those privileges are permanently lost.

Not a problem if the adjustment of status is successful.

Yes, I was assuming that the adjustment would be successful, with the person really not intending to stay when they arrived legally in the US. I was not advocating that someone play the system, I was assuming the the OP really did change his mind.

Oh I didn't think you were advocating that.

Let me tell you a story of a K1 couple where the guy was a VWP citizen. He entred on his K1 but they didn't marry within the 90 days as they were having trouble getting along. Despite the fact they were considering NOT marrying at all, he stayed anyway in the hopes of reconciliation. So now he had also violated the terms of his visa.

They ended up marrying within 180 days of his original entry. This kept him from earning a ban and they were able to file I130 and I485 successfully.

But had they not married, even if he had gone home before 180 days lapsed thereby avoiding a ban, his VWP privileges were lost to him forever. Which would have been unhandy had ever been in an occupation which required international travel, etc.

I just think there are many wrinkles in immigration we don't consider when we play on the edges of what is legally 'doable' and what isn't. And I've seen those unfortunate things happen here and on other sites.

Edited July 5, 2008 by rebeccajo

[Wishes 2]

I was just looking at the I-485 form, and in the I-485a, there is no option of a visitor with marriage on there, only beneficiaries. Did you leave those blank? If not how did you go about it?

Kind Regards,

- Rich

You check A for Part II of the I-485. You are also submitting an I-130.

[Johnnie J 0]

Richard I also hold a European Passport but I got a noninmigrant visa B1/B2 before coming to the US. I entered in May with the intent to stay until November but the distance ( I was residing in Chile ) she was here in NJ. Back home I was living with my mother but the family situation was really bad. She was a pretty bad person and I decided to come for 6 months then go back home. Like you my mother just threw me out ( as she told me ) so out of the blue I told my gf at the time we should get married and we did. We got married July 11th here in NJ. Next week I'm sending my AOS Packet.

I know whats its like to have your gf side of the family all in favor and your family just turns their back on you.