Can I adjust status?

[Makayla 0]

Hello,

I am very new to all of this and have a question about adjusting status...

I am Canadian who met and married an American abroad. We have been living abroad for the past couple of years. We had to travel back to the United States to have some extensive dental work done that could not have been done in the country where we were living. We have been here in the US for the past couple of months getting the dentistry sorted out. I came into the country on a tourist visa with the intent of staying until the dental work was done and then going back again. In the last couple of weeks, my husband has been presented the opportunity to expand his business (which is based in the US). He would like to do that which would mean us living in the US.

My question is, is this an appropriate situation to adjust status? When we arrived, our intent was to stay for a couple of months to have all this dentistry done and then go back to the country where we had been living. The situation has now changed and we want to know if we can adjust my status so that we can stay in the United States together. I want to make sure everything we are doing is legal and truthful - I have heard that sometimes you can be charged with fraud and banned permanently from the US, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[Little_My 464]

Yes, you're fine. Just go ahead and file the AOS paperwork. You won't be able to travel out of the country for at least 3 months, and the process altogether will probably take roughly 4-6 months and set you back $2,000, give or take a few hundred. If you've been married for more than 2 years, you'll automatically get the 10-year greencard and won't have to worry about removal of conditions two years from now.

[Makayla 0]

Yes, you're fine. Just go ahead and file the AOS paperwork. You won't be able to travel out of the country for at least 3 months, and the process altogether will probably take roughly 4-6 months and set you back $2,000, give or take a few hundred. If you've been married for more than 2 years, you'll automatically get the 10-year greencard and won't have to worry about removal of conditions two years from now.

That's great, thank you so much for the info.