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British citizen, on b2 visa wants to marry a us citizen and live in the usa

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malc07   0

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Can someone help me please. I am a British citizen, am in the usa on a b2 visa at present. I want to marry my US Girlfriend,there is so much conflicting information out on the web...can someone tell me the easiest quickest way that I can marry my girl here,and stay and live and work in the USA...My I94 expires in November. and would really appreciate some easy to understand help

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Can someone help me please. I am a British citizen, am in the usa on a b2 visa at present. I want to marry my US Girlfriend,there is so much conflicting information out on the web...can someone tell me the easiest quickest way that I can marry my girl here,and stay and live and work in the USA...My I94 expires in November. and would really appreciate some easy to understand help

Harpa Timsah Grand Master

Harpa Timsah   13,258

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First things first: You really have a B2? Are you sure you are not a visitor on the Visa Waiver Program? You really went to the embassy and applied for a visa when you can just travel to the US with your Uk passport?

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

Little_My Proficient

Little_My   464

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Nevermind, you have already been moved to the corrct forum!

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Adjustment of Status from F-1 to Legal Permanent Resident

02/11/2011 Married at Manhattan City Hall

03/03/2011 - Day 0 - AOS -package mailed to Chicago Lockbox

03/04/2011 - Day 1 - AOS -package signed for at USCIS

03/09/2011 - Day 6 - E-mail notification received for all petitions

03/10/2011 - Day 7 - Checks cashed

03/11/2011 - Day 8 - NOA 1 received for all 4 forms

03/21/2011 - Day 18 - Biometrics letter received, biometrics scheduled for 04/14/2011

03/31/2011 - Day 28 - Successful walk-in biometrics done

05/12/2011 - Day 70 - EAD Arrived, issued on 05/02

06/14/2011 - Day 103 - E-mail notice: Interview letter mailed, interview scheduled for July 20th

07/20/2011 - Day 139 - Interview at Federal Plaza USCIS location

07/22/2011 - Day 141 - E-mail approval notice received (Card production)

07/27/2011 - Day 146 - 2nd Card Production Email received

07/28/2011 - Day 147 - Post-Decision Activity Email from USCIS

08/04/2011 - Day 154 - Husband returns home from abroad; Welcome Letter and GC have arrived in the mail

("Resident since" date on the GC is 07/20/2011

Anh map Grand Master

Anh map   2,098

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*Moved from K1 forum to Adjust Status Work, Student, Tourist visa forum*

You won't be able to work for several months. If that is an issue then marrying and returning to your home country where you can work while processing takes place is the wise move.

If your intention is to marry and stay then you would want to look at the VJ guide for adjusting status. >>>> http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

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CALL THIS NUMBER TO ORDER IRS TAX TRANSCRIPTS >> 800-908-9946

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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Unlike in the U-kay, there is no special visa required to get married in the U-ess-Ay. All she needs is a valid, government-issued photo ID, which her passport is. Afterward you file an I-130 for her while you guys enjoy your honeymoon. The I-130 takes about 5 months and then makes its way to the National Visa Center and then to the U.S. consulate in London. A short 3 months later she'll be able to immigrate, will enter the U.S. as a Green Card holder and can get driver's license and work from day 1 on.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

Little_My Proficient

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Unlike in the U-kay, there is no special visa required to get married in the U-ess-Ay. All she needs is a valid, government-issued photo ID, which her passport is. Afterward you file an I-130 for her while you guys enjoy your honeymoon. The I-130 takes about 5 months and then makes its way to the National Visa Center and then to the U.S. consulate in London. A short 3 months later she'll be able to immigrate, will enter the U.S. as a Green Card holder and can get driver's license and work from day 1 on.

Erm.. isn't He the foreigner and She the USC? And if he is already here and now plans to marry her, why wouldn't they just AOS from his tourist status (probably VWP and not B2)? This is of course assuming that he did not originally use the VWP to immigrate.

Also, Mods - two threads in the same forum about the same topic could be merged to avoid confusion..

Edited by Little_My

Adjustment of Status from F-1 to Legal Permanent Resident

02/11/2011 Married at Manhattan City Hall

03/03/2011 - Day 0 - AOS -package mailed to Chicago Lockbox

03/04/2011 - Day 1 - AOS -package signed for at USCIS

03/09/2011 - Day 6 - E-mail notification received for all petitions

03/10/2011 - Day 7 - Checks cashed

03/11/2011 - Day 8 - NOA 1 received for all 4 forms

03/21/2011 - Day 18 - Biometrics letter received, biometrics scheduled for 04/14/2011

03/31/2011 - Day 28 - Successful walk-in biometrics done

05/12/2011 - Day 70 - EAD Arrived, issued on 05/02

06/14/2011 - Day 103 - E-mail notice: Interview letter mailed, interview scheduled for July 20th

07/20/2011 - Day 139 - Interview at Federal Plaza USCIS location

07/22/2011 - Day 141 - E-mail approval notice received (Card production)

07/27/2011 - Day 146 - 2nd Card Production Email received

07/28/2011 - Day 147 - Post-Decision Activity Email from USCIS

08/04/2011 - Day 154 - Husband returns home from abroad; Welcome Letter and GC have arrived in the mail

("Resident since" date on the GC is 07/20/2011

Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Erm.. isn't He the foreigner and She the USC? And if he is already here and now plans to marry her, why wouldn't they just AOS from his tourist status (probably VWP and not B2)? This is of course assuming that he did not originally use the VWP to immigrate.

Also, Mods - two threads in the same forum about the same topic could be merged to avoid confusion..

I'm not gender biased. Yes, he is the furrinner, she's the USC.

I am reluctant to advise for AOS in cases like this. If he didn't have any intention to stay, he probably has a job, a flat, a cat, and plenty of "stuff" in the Ukay after all, which means he would have to return anyway. Right?

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

malc07 Newbie

malc07   0

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Yes I have the B2 Visa..I went to the embassy and was granted the b2 visa. My Girlfriend is American.we want to marry...my I94 expires in Nov 16th 2011. I dont want to return to the UK,the cost etc!! I would like to know the easiest way to stay here and marry my GF

Thankyou for your help

Harpa Timsah Grand Master

Harpa Timsah   13,258

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Did you get your B2 visa with the intent to move here and marry your gf? What reason did you give for needing the B2? Were you asked about a gf at your interview?

AOS for my husband
8/17/10: INTERVIEW DAY (day 123) APPROVED!!

ROC:
5/23/12: Sent out package
2/06/13: APPROVED!

malc07 Newbie

malc07   0

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Did you get your B2 visa with the intent to move here and marry your gf? What reason did you give for needing the B2? Were you asked about a gf at your interview?

My Intention on getting my B2 was that i was invited to the USA to visit friends, and see as many states as I could, I have many friends in the States,I told the interview nothing about my Girlfriend. I do have a friend in the States who is willing to sponsor me if needed. I have a place to live,I have job oppertunities here,

Little_My Proficient

Little_My   464

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Bob brought up a valid point earlier.. If you had no real intention to stay here, what happened to your job and belongings back in UK? What people are getting at with all these questions is that if you obtained a B2 tourist visa and entered the US with that visa with the intent to marry your US girlfriend and proceed to AOS and stay here, that is essentially visa fraud. Obviously, whether or not you'd "get caught" in the process is another matter - however, it is risky business that can carry serious and long-term ramifications.

The questions people are asking here might very well be questions you will be faced with if you do decide to file for AOS and eventually have an interview with an immigration officer, so it's better to get your ducks in a row first. If you sincerely had no intent to permanently stay here when you applied for the visa an came to the US, you could marry and adjust your status. If this is not the case, then you can marry your GF here, stay until your visa expires and start the CR-1 spousal visa process here, return to the UK once your current visa expires and wait out the remainder of the process there, as advised by Bob earlier. What route you decide to take is ultimately a decision you will have to make with your wife.

Also, just a curiosity question - why did you apply for the B2 instead of just using the visa waiver program to come to the US?

Edited by Little_My

Adjustment of Status from F-1 to Legal Permanent Resident

02/11/2011 Married at Manhattan City Hall

03/03/2011 - Day 0 - AOS -package mailed to Chicago Lockbox

03/04/2011 - Day 1 - AOS -package signed for at USCIS

03/09/2011 - Day 6 - E-mail notification received for all petitions

03/10/2011 - Day 7 - Checks cashed

03/11/2011 - Day 8 - NOA 1 received for all 4 forms

03/21/2011 - Day 18 - Biometrics letter received, biometrics scheduled for 04/14/2011

03/31/2011 - Day 28 - Successful walk-in biometrics done

05/12/2011 - Day 70 - EAD Arrived, issued on 05/02

06/14/2011 - Day 103 - E-mail notice: Interview letter mailed, interview scheduled for July 20th

07/20/2011 - Day 139 - Interview at Federal Plaza USCIS location

07/22/2011 - Day 141 - E-mail approval notice received (Card production)

07/27/2011 - Day 146 - 2nd Card Production Email received

07/28/2011 - Day 147 - Post-Decision Activity Email from USCIS

08/04/2011 - Day 154 - Husband returns home from abroad; Welcome Letter and GC have arrived in the mail

("Resident since" date on the GC is 07/20/2011

 
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