how soon I need to file for AOS

[jonandros 0]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

[Dakine 26]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

No deadline. Sooner you file the better tho. For one the 3 year time requirement for applying for US Citizenship starts on the date of your GC.

Also you can't work without GC or EAD or travel home and return until you have AP or GC.

[Kiki&me 0]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

No deadline. Sooner you file the better tho. For one the 3 year time requirement for applying for US Citizenship starts on the date of your GC.

Also you can't work without GC or EAD or travel home and return until you have AP or GC.

Does a K3 visa holder need AP as well to travel?

[Dakine 26]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

No deadline. Sooner you file the better tho. For one the 3 year time requirement for applying for US Citizenship starts on the date of your GC.

Also you can't work without GC or EAD or travel home and return until you have AP or GC.

Does a K3 visa holder need AP as well to travel?

NOPE! Ooops

[katiushka 1]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

I thought you have to apply before your K1 expires...... if you dont have enough income you can ask somebody to sponsor your case. check the I-864 instructions.

[Dakine 26]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

I thought you have to apply before your K1 expires...... if you dont have enough income you can ask somebody to sponsor your case. check the I-864 instructions.

OP is a K3!

At the same time K1s no need file before K1 expires!

[mendeleev 68]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

No deadline. Sooner you file the better tho. For one the 3 year time requirement for applying for US Citizenship starts on the date of your GC.

Also you can't work without GC or EAD or travel home and return until you have AP or GC.

Everything Haole said about OP situation is true, except for the part about travelling home and returning ... which OP (or the spouse) may do she we are talking about a K3 visa. Also, there is no particular deadline for filing for AOS.

My wife entered (as my wife) in November and just re-entered the USA in July. We will file for AOS later this month.

[pushbrk 13,000]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

I thought you have to apply before your K1 expires...... if you dont have enough income you can ask somebody to sponsor your case. check the I-864 instructions.

OP is a K3!

At the same time K1s no need file before K1 expires!

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

For a K3 visa the I-94 expires in two years and the visa lives on for use in multiple US entries.

[jonandros 0]

From the responses it sounds like I dont really have to apply for a green card for her right away. The I-94 expired in July and the K1 expires in late September. Ill just wait until I get the funds. And no, Im not low income. But a wedding and several trips to another country are not cheap.

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

I thought you have to apply before your K1 expires...... if you dont have enough income you can ask somebody to sponsor your case. check the I-864 instructions.

OP is a K3!

At the same time K1s no need file before K1 expires!

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

For a K3 visa the I-94 expires in two years and the visa lives on for use in multiple US entries.

[adekin 0]

Awwwwwwwwwwww mine expires in 9 days and I havent done anything yet.. We just got married i1 week ago..

Am I gonna be in troule or denied if I don't send everything by the 17th ( expiration date of my I-94)

PS: I came to visit my bf, so as tourist, and he proposed me while I was in the US.

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

[pushbrk 13,000]

Awwwwwwwwwwww mine expires in 9 days and I havent done anything yet.. We just got married i1 week ago..

Am I gonna be in troule or denied if I don't send everything by the 17th ( expiration date of my I-94)

PS: I came to visit my bf, so as tourist, and he proposed me while I was in the US.

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

Apples and oranges, since you didn't come on any K visa. If you read carefully, you'd know already that you don't have to file by the I-94 expiration date.

I'm only reminding people that for K1 visa, the visa's expiration date is meaningless once the single entry visa has been used.

As the spouse of a USC, overstays are forgiven but you won't have work authorization until you file AOS and EAD and should not leave the US without Advance Parole and even that's risky. If you're comfortable being out of status and unable to work or leave the US, you can take your time filing to adjust status.

PS: Undoubtedly, somebody will be along shortly to tell you what you did was illegal and you must go home. You can just ignore them.

Edited August 8, 2008 by pushbrk

[payxibka 10,047]

...... and should not leave the US without Advance Parole and even that's risky. ..........

I will advise just a little stronger than pushbrk... With any accrued overstay, do not leave the USA even if you have advance parole. In my opinion it is not just risky... it is WAY risky.

[adekin 0]

Awwwwwwwwwwww mine expires in 9 days and I havent done anything yet.. We just got married i1 week ago..

Am I gonna be in troule or denied if I don't send everything by the 17th ( expiration date of my I-94)

PS: I came to visit my bf, so as tourist, and he proposed me while I was in the US.

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

Apples and oranges, since you didn't come on any K visa. If you read carefully, you'd know already that you don't have to file by the I-94 expiration date.

I'm only reminding people that for K1 visa, the visa's expiration date is meaningless once the single entry visa has been used.

As the spouse of a USC, overstays are forgiven but you won't have work authorization until you file AOS and EAD and should not leave the US without Advance Parole and even that's risky. If you're comfortable being out of status and unable to work or leave the US, you can take your time filing to adjust status.

PS: Undoubtedly, somebody will be along shortly to tell you what you did was illegal and you must go home. You can just ignore them.

I knew for people with a K visa that the xpiration was not a problem, I wasn't sure for my situation as I only had a I-94.I as tourist.

I know it was not the legal way to do it, but My husband and I didn't plan on it. He has been in Irak for 2years and a half and just Finally retuned when I came visit. Then we figured out that we couldn't stand being appart anymore.

We love eachother, that's what matters for me, even if some people may think we did it the wrong way, I don't mind

Thanks for your answers!!!

I'll send the AOS ASAP, just needed to be reassured

Edited August 8, 2008 by adekin

[timhber 0]

We got K1 in March and married in May. It is August and we havent filed for AOS yet. Bottom line is

that I am just not financially able to file right now. Is there a deadline for getting AOS? If I wait until

Sept/Oct before filing is that ok?

No deadline. The sooner the better so you can work and travel. You can also work and travel after your AED and AP cases have been approved.

[pushbrk 13,000]

Awwwwwwwwwwww mine expires in 9 days and I havent done anything yet.. We just got married i1 week ago..

Am I gonna be in troule or denied if I don't send everything by the 17th ( expiration date of my I-94)

PS: I came to visit my bf, so as tourist, and he proposed me while I was in the US.

Once in the US, a K1 visa's expiration date is meaningless. If a K1 visa actually expires, it means there was no entry at all. K1 visas are dead on US arrival. The 90 days of legal status is derived from the I-94. That's the expiration date to be concerned with.

Apples and oranges, since you didn't come on any K visa. If you read carefully, you'd know already that you don't have to file by the I-94 expiration date.

I'm only reminding people that for K1 visa, the visa's expiration date is meaningless once the single entry visa has been used.

As the spouse of a USC, overstays are forgiven but you won't have work authorization until you file AOS and EAD and should not leave the US without Advance Parole and even that's risky. If you're comfortable being out of status and unable to work or leave the US, you can take your time filing to adjust status.

PS: Undoubtedly, somebody will be along shortly to tell you what you did was illegal and you must go home. You can just ignore them.

I knew for people with a K visa that the xpiration was not a problem, I wasn't sure for my situation as I only had a I-94.I as tourist.

I know it was not the legal way to do it, but My husband and I didn't plan on it. He has been in Irak for 2years and a half and just Finally retuned when I came visit. Then we figured out that we couldn't stand being appart anymore.

We love eachother, that's what matters for me, even if some people may think we did it the wrong way, I don't mind

Thanks for your answers!!!

I'll send the AOS ASAP, just needed to be reassured

You don't understand. You can ignore the people, including yourself, who say what you did wasn't legal because it WAS legal. It was legal because the decision to marry occurred after you entered the USA.