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Canadian male with work Visa looking to marry US female citizen

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bhennig21   0

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I am a Canadian citizen with an L-1B work Visa currently living and working in the US. I am engaged to a US Citizen (I met here while working in US) and we are looking to get married in Oct 2010 in the US. What steps need to be completed before we are married? Will I have a hard time leaving the US for our honeymoon even though i have a work visa to be here? Is this a fairly simple process, or should I look into getting an immigration lawyer? When I am married does that automatically terminate my work visa? Or will I still be authorized to work?

Any help would be great, as I am lost and am not sure what should be my first step in this process.

THANKS!!

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Bobby+Umit   161

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I am a Canadian citizen with an L-1B work Visa currently living and working in the US. I am engaged to a US Citizen (I met here while working in US) and we are looking to get married in Oct 2010 in the US. What steps need to be completed before we are married? Will I have a hard time leaving the US for our honeymoon even though i have a work visa to be here? Is this a fairly simple process, or should I look into getting an immigration lawyer? When I am married does that automatically terminate my work visa? Or will I still be authorized to work?

Any help would be great, as I am lost and am not sure what should be my first step in this process.

THANKS!!

You would get married then file for the AOS (see guides)

Since you have a L-1 visa, you are not required to have advanced parole to travel, however, you are still under the same visa entry restrictions (with the L-1). (Read the I-131 instructions).

Pretty straight foward, you probably will not need a lawyer.

Getting married does not terminate your visa, however, once you file for the AOS, it may be similar to the H-1 type visa, if the AOS is denied, your H-1 status may be forfeited. (if you didn't maintain your current status)

Once you adjust your status to LPR, you will not need the L-1 to work.

Edited by Bobby_Umit

My Advice is usually based on "Worst Case Scenario" and what is written in the rules/laws/instructions. That is the way I roll... -Protect your Status - file before your I-94 expires.

WARNING: Phrases in this post may sound meaner than they were intended to be. Read the Adjudicator's Field Manual from USCIS

 
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