Planning to marry in Vegas but there are some problems.

[Juno22 0]

Im an American citizen with a Brazilian fiance we want to marry in Vegas because its the easiest place to marry, she is on her J1 visa, she is here working as an au pair but she will return to Brasil in a few months. Her visa is a J1 without the two year bar . Im not sure what steps we need to take so she can stay here in the U.S or atleast be able to go back and forth here from her country, but the problem is I just completed college and was not working for sometime but now I am looking for a job and one of the forms for a green card is the affidavit of support which will be difficult to get approved since im not working. Is there any other way I can get her to stay here in the U.S legally for about a year or so until I start working again?

Also we are planing on going to Brazil to visit her family there in a couple months. I'm not sure if there is a way for her to be able to legally stay here with only the adjustment of status form. I have an appointment to talk with immigration soon I am just trying to find anyway around the affidavit of support because I dont want her to get denied her green card because of that. When the form's need to be sent is it possible to send one by one and hold off on the support form until I find work or do they all need to be sent in at the same time? Are there some cases where an affidavit of support is not required?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thanks!

[Bobby+Umit 161]

You can't "hold" off the affidavit - it has to be submitted with the AOS request.

You will probably need a co-sponsor to cover your income level.

You will have to wait for the AP before you can travel out of the US, since you state her J1 expires in a few months. (and your thinking of going back in a few months)

One thing you can do, is marry her, send her home, then apply for her when your ready to support her yourself. Then she can come back, and your good to go.

[YuAndDan 153]

Why would an affidavit of support be a problem approving? Have you heard you can use a "Joint Sponsor"?

If you marry, aand she returns home it may be a problem returning.

If she entered the country with NO INTENT of staying, and then met you and decided to marry, she can adjust status.

Start here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

She WILL need an AP to travel even though the J-Visa may be multi-entry. Leaving the country without AP will cancel the AOS process.

MOVING to AOS from Visitor/Work/Student visa forum

Edited March 5, 2009 by YuAndDan