K1

[MissWorld 0]

I arrived using K1 visa and got married within 90 days. I've been staying here for 9 months and not yet file for adjustment of status. Can I still file for adjustment of status?

Is there any maximum time given to adjust status after marriage?

Mark,

[TBoneTX 46,213]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the main AOS/Family-Based forum -- OP is at the AOS stage. ***

(Organizer hat off)

Yes, you can still file (you need to).

There's no set deadline to file, but it's best that people do it during the 90-day validity period of the I-94. Because you're well past that, don't leave the U.S. until you receive your green card (the result of successful AOS), or you won't be allowed to re-enter.

Also, avoid traveling within a 100-mile radius of either U.S. border. The agents at the internal CBP checkpoints will give you grief and could detain you.

[jomike3104 0]

Yes you can. It took us 8 months to file for my AOS because of finances. And it is expensive. Good luck

[MissWorld 0]

To TBone TX

Thanks for that info.

I'm planning to leave here this Sept 2013 and stay in Ph for 2years But I havent yet process my AOS. Can I re-enter using K3/spouse visa?

[MissWorld 0]

Yes you can. It took us 8 months to file for my AOS because of finances. And it is expensive. Good luck

We really panned not to fie the AOS beacuse I'm planning to go back to PH after the wedding because I need to finish my Theology course in Ph.

Planning to re-enter maybe after a year then stay here for 2 months and back again to Ph. Can I use the spousal visa for re entry?

[MissWorld 0]

*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the main AOS/Family-Based forum -- OP is at the AOS stage. ***

(Organizer hat off)

Yes, you can still file (you need to).

There's no set deadline to file, but it's best that people do it during the 90-day validity period of the I-94. Because you're well past that, don't leave the U.S. until you receive your green card (the result of successful AOS), or you won't be allowed to re-enter.

Also, avoid traveling within a 100-mile radius of either U.S. border. The agents at the internal CBP checkpoints will give you grief and could detain you.

Thanks for that info.

I'm planning to leave here this Sept 2013 and stay in Ph for 2years But I havent yet process my AOS. Can I re-enter using K3/spouse visa?

MissWorld here

[KayDeeCee 4,896]

We really panned not to fie the AOS beacuse I'm planning to go back to PH after the wedding because I need to finish my Theology course in Ph.

Planning to re-enter maybe after a year then stay here for 2 months and back again to Ph. Can I use the spousal visa for re entry?

If you were planning to leave, then you should not have wasted time and money on the K-1. You can leave whenever you like, but you cannot re-enter without filing for a spousal visa. It is a whole separate visa process and you will pay all the fees and wait for it too, same as you had to do for the K-1. If you would have married first and filed for the spousal visa to begin with, then you would have received your permanent residency upon entrance to the US and been able to work and travel right away. However, as a green holder, you still have to maintain residency in the US and cannot be outside the US more than you are in it without getting a re-entry permit. A K-1 entrant cannot leave without filing for AOS and receiving AP or their green card. And you still would not be able to be out of the US for a year or 2 with AP or the green card. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=3f443a4107083210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

Your best choice would have been to get married and finish school, then have filed for the spousal visa when you were ready to enter the US to live permanently. As it is now, you can go back, finish your schooling and file for a spousal visa when ready to re-enter and stay. OR, you can stay here, file for AOS and continue your schooling in the US.