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Planned marriage during OPT

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nicopico   0

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Hi everyone!

It's been almost 4 years since I came to the United States from Europe. My intention was only to earn my undergraduate degree and then move back home. What I didn't know then was that I would meet the love of my life and I would find myself wanting to live here with her. We have been together for 3 years now - She is a US citizen. We live together, we share bills together, you name it. I want to ask people with more knowledge about my future situation:

I have already found a work place where they will hire me during my OPT (I am not working illegally now) in case anyone wonders why I would want to wait until summer and risk not finding a job when we could just get married earlier.

1. My girlfriend wants to get married during Summer 2011, she wants a summer wedding, I graduate december 2010 and I will be doing my OPT starting from Jan 2011. Do I need to have a valid VISA before filing any papers or is it enough with my then VALID F1-status? The reason I am asking is because my VISA is expiring December 2010 and I see no reason to renew it unless it is endangering the filing process summer 2011.

Also, I did speak with my college's international advisors about just my VISA part and they told me that all they know is that for the sake of my OPT I do not need a valid VISA since my status will still be valid, assuming I have found work which I have, they were not sure regarding the marriage part since this is not really their field.

All answers are much appreciated!

Thank you in advance!

Nico

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Vijay   0

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You status should be fine with OPT even though your F1 visa expires. You cannot re-enter the country if you leave with a expired F1 visa.

05/06/09 - Mailed I-751

05/15/09 - Check cashed by VSC

05/18/09 - Received I-751 Receipt Notice

05/30/09 - Received Biometric appointment for 06/08 (dated 05/22)

06/08/09 - Completed biometrics. Still unable to access case status online. Now the real wait begins!

06/09/09 - Finally case status showed up online!. Touched today

09/21/09 - Approved (Letter from USCIS Vermont, dated 09/16/09)

09/23/09 - Card production ordered

09/30/09 - Card received!. USCIS done until citizenship!

05/21/10 - Mailed N-400

05/24/10 - N-400 received at Dallas, TX Lockbox

06/01/10 - Check cashed

06/04/10 - Received N-400 receipt notice (NOA dated 05/27)

06/29/10 - Placed service request for not receiving biometrics. Transferred to immigration officer, who confirmed that the Biometrics

letter has been generated and I would be receiving it shortly.

07/01/10 - Email and SMS case update stating that the Biometrics letter has been sent on June 29'th 2010.

07/06/10 - Received Biometric appointment for 07/23 (dated 06/30)- DONE

08/02/10 - Received yellow letter reminding me to bring my state ID (dated 07/28)

08/05/10 - Case touched. Email and SMS case update stating that the case has been transferred to the local office for interview.

08/06/10 - Case touched

08/06/10 - Received interview appointment for 09/10 at 9:20AM in Philadelphia, PA

08/07/10 - Case touched

08/10/10 - Case touched

09/10/10 - Interview completed and recommended for approval

09/17/10 - Oath ceremony scheduled for Sep 29!.

09/29/10 - Oath completed. US citizen as of today. Journey complete!.

 
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