Pls help me adjust status; I don't want to lie on form G-325A

[rooster 1]

Kaitee, I commend you on your honesty in your post. I am glad you have come here being forthright and accepting of your past disgressions. We have others showing up with somewhat similar stories who say "I have done nothing wrong" and they get met with attitude and resentment from members on here, including myself, because they refuse to admit thier mistakes. As you can see, your honesty in this situation, has brought forth some honest and genuine advice. There could still be some azz come in here and start giving you #######. Just ignore them. Just like everywhere else, there always has to be a few of those.

That being said, I agree with RebeccaJo. She has shown to be a pretty trustworthy source of info on here. Also as others here have said, be honest in your paperwork and interviews during this process. It will get you much further than trying to lie your way through.

[trillium13 84]

I think the advice about not lying is good advice. I also think you should at least consult with a lawyer, or a few of them even.

As far as the overstay, my husband overstayed his VWP by several years. It never even came up at our interview, and we were approved in less than four months. It is my understanding that in most cases, when you marry a USC, overstays are forgiven (as well as illegal work). This is assuming of course that you give the USCIS no reason to think that your marriage is in any way fraudulent, or give them any other reason to be suspicious of you. Given that you have both of these "strikes" against you so to speak, I urge you to do a lot of research and get some good legal advice before you proceed.

I wish you luck!

[seldommseene 0]

Hello everyone,

I know some of you will start judging me right away but pls don't, i'm in need of help right now so i don't really want ppl telling me that i haven't made the wisest decisions in the past. I already know that and I would really appreciate it if I can get some answers

I came to the US approx. 6 years ago, i entered the country as a tourist and decided to overstay (i got 6 months to stay).

I don't want to type a huuuuge thing so i'm just going to say i went through a lot of stuff and decided to start working ilegally (using fake documents). <-- I know that was very stupid.

A few years ago i met my husband (we just got married last month) and now we're trying to adjust my status so i can become a resident.

I'm not currently working (i quit last year when my husband (back then boyfriend) and i decided to move in together and i had to move far away from where i was working at that moment).

Back when i was working, Even though I was doing it ilegally, I always did my taxes, every single year (I got an ITIN number form the IRS).

My husband and I are currently working on the whole package to send to immigration and I don't know what to do regarding the question about employment history on form G-325A.

I don't want to lie but I'm scared. And sadly we can't afford an immigration lawyer since their rates are extremely high; we decided to take care of the whole thing by ourselves and luckily i found this great site.

I asked a person that works with immigration lawyers (she's like an assistant or secretary) and she told me I shouldn't tell them I've been working ilegally because they could deport me and that it doesn't matter that I'm the wife of an US citizen.

She claims that's what the lawyers she works for always tell their clients.

I told her that i don't want to lie, what if they find out (they could check with the IRS and see I've been doing my taxes, right?) and I'm not able to adjust my status?

Basically I'd like to know if any of you have gone through this and what did you guys do? What's going to happen when i send my G-325A with my ilegal employment history? Should i also send my taxes transcripts? How do i attach them? or should i wait and see if they ask me to take them to the interview?

I'm really lost because I don't know if I should lie about working ilegally or just give them my employment history and expect to be forgiven for being the wife of a US citizen.

Any pointers?

Thank you all for reading and for trying to help me!! I really appreciate it.

I was in the same situation and I would advice you not to lie. Make sure you list all the places that you have worked at. It is very easy for them to find that information out and then you would really B be in trouble. They will only be looking for the Tax records since you and your husband started filing together. For my husband and I it never came up about either of our history before we got married.

I would never deal with a lawyer that tells you to lie to the government.

[GhanaMade88 0]

hi i have a question...my friend came here on a visitors visa in 1995 and she has been working and living here since (expiredin 1996) but now she is married to a permanent resident. Does she have a chance? does she have to file an I-601? pls help

[NArocks 13]

Marry an LPR does not give the right to adjust in the US. When will the LPR become a citizen?

hi i have a question...my friend came here on a visitors visa in 1995 and she has been working and living here since (expiredin 1996) but now she is married to a permanent resident. Does she have a chance? does she have to file an I-601? pls help