Expired visa

[marinam 0]

Hello everyone. I am new to all this here, so i have some questions.

I came on a J1 in 2007 and it expired in july 2009. I married my long time boyfriend in June 2009, and we sent I-130 august 08, we havent sent our I-485. does anyone know if with an expired visa they will deny me? i heard you have to return back to your home country and get a new visa. Also, i am going back to Brazil in december with my husband and his family for our wedding with my family, i am very nervous about us being able to since my visa expired and they might not let me leave the country, does anyone know anything about it? I need to give an answer to my sister asap so she can book everything for my wedding. I was thinking about making an appointment with that infopass, but since i never heard of how they are and stuff i got a little scared if i say my visa expired and they arrest me or something, does anyone know if thats how they do it? last question, We realized yesterday that we wrote the payment for USCIS instead of department of homeland security like it said for our I-130, does anyone know if thats a problem?

Thank you so much!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Your time without a visa was almost none, so I do not foresee problems. Right now, you are "pending" as in, you're ok.

As far as to going to Brazil in December; make sure you have your Advanced Parole document (or hopefully your AOS completed). If you leave without the AP, you will not be allowed back in.

Best of luck menina.

[marinam 0]

Your time without a visa was almost none, so I do not foresee problems. Right now, you are "pending" as in, you're ok.

As far as to going to Brazil in December; make sure you have your Advanced Parole document (or hopefully your AOS completed). If you leave without the AP, you will not be allowed back in.

Best of luck menina.

Thank you! I will will send my I131 together with my I485 as soon as i get my receipt from I130. One question, is it a problem if i make an appointment to talk to infopass about if i will be able to go to brazil in december? I am freaking out because my wedding there is going to be on january 2nd but i havent booked anything since i dont want to waste money obviously. Im just not sure if they can help me with this kind of information. Let me know.

Thank you again!

[juli323 0]

Your time without a visa was almost none, so I do not foresee problems. Right now, you are "pending" as in, you're ok.

As far as to going to Brazil in December; make sure you have your Advanced Parole document (or hopefully your AOS completed). If you leave without the AP, you will not be allowed back in.

Best of luck menina.

Thank you! I will will send my I131 together with my I485 as soon as i get my receipt from I130. One question, is it a problem if i make an appointment to talk to infopass about if i will be able to go to brazil in december? I am freaking out because my wedding there is going to be on january 2nd but i havent booked anything since i dont want to waste money obviously. Im just not sure if they can help me with this kind of information. Let me know.

Thank you again!

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news but if I was you I would not leave the country without your permanent resident card in hand, or at least the appointment letter with the biometrics stamp on it. Not because they won't let you leave the US, but the airline company or the immigration itself when you land in the US might not let you in. Like you I am Brazilian. And my husband and I just had the chance to have our wedding in Rio recently. I left the country with an expired resident card but I had already showed up for the biometrics to remove resident conditions (I-751), so I had the I-751 receipt notice as well as the biometrics appointment in hand. I had no problems with immigration itself but the airline rep. at the counter made more questions than usual. You should file I-485 asap. You don't have to wait for the I-130 receipt. My hubby and I filed them together and had no problem. They will send you notice for the next step as soon as you complete the previous step. We even filed a work authorization permit --which I did not need since I had the permanent resident card -- and lost some money on the deal.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

She does not need the actual green card; but she does need the Advanced Parole.