Married outside US. Any other options aside from CR visa?

[Mariana2012 89]

Someone I know will get married to her American fiance outside US. For the past 5 years since they've been dating she spends a few months a year in the US on B1/B2 and she needs to be able to to enter US for work on her C1D visa . They are NOT in a hurry to get her a greencard. So the questions are will she have problems entering US with the visas named above after she gets married, Also if in the future if they decide they want to live the US, is CR her only option? Can she still enter on c1d or n

B1/b2 while she has a CR process started?

What about the infamous AOS from inside US, is that an option for someone who entered the country while already married?

Thanks

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

Using their tourist visa to enter the country with the intention of staying is visa fraud so no, that is not an option.

She can visit with either of her visas both before and during the CR-1 process.

[Darnell 8,479]

Don't forget EB-5 visa.

[Mariana2012 89]

Don't forget EB-5 visa.

He he . I think she can forget about that one

Edited April 14, 2013 by Mariana2012

[Darnell 8,479]

why? it's the best, IMO.

[Mariana2012 89]

why? it's the best, IMO.

It sure is, if you have a million dollars to invest what does IMO mean

Using their tourist visa to enter the country with the intention of staying is visa fraud so no, that is not an option.

She can visit with either of her visas both before and during the CR-1 process.

I am cofused about AOS with marriage outside US. Almost everyone can AOS successfully if they get married inside US. What about this case? Is there any chance or ALL cases get denied?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

It sure is, if you have a million dollars to invest what does IMO mean

I am cofused about AOS with marriage outside US. Almost everyone can AOS successfully if they get married inside US. What about this case? Is there any chance or ALL cases get denied?

Entering the US using a visitors visa with the intent of not leaving is considered fraud. The terms of service here say we can only help you with LEGAL immigration routes. Even if only one a year gets banned for life, do you want to ganble that it isn't you.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

The question is not can some people get away with it (some do, whether they marry inside or outside the country, though already being married when entering is certainly an extra "factor for suspicion") but whether it is legal (it is not). The only time you'd be allowed to adjust status after entering on a tourist visa is if something big happened while you were in the USA and that caused the person to need to stay- say the USC husband got sick and the wife needed to stay to take care of him (or a close family member), or the foreign wife heard she lost her job abroad while she happened to be visiting, that sort of thing.

[Mariana2012 89]

I see, I would imagine it to be complicated, their lawyer was like, yeah just get married wherever you want and then come to me and I'll take care of everything so of course she doesn't seem concerned since the lawyer makes it look like all is well no matter what. Oh well. Thanks for the replies guys

[hmh33 117]

She should have no problem entering on a C/D visa for work after marriage, either before or after consular processing is started. She probably won't have trouble entering in B-2 status either.