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[JFH 12,190]

I know what you mean but OP might not be anywhere near that course of action. We all very well know that situations do occur that progress matters on a happy front and all legitimate too!

But she has given that as a reason for wanting to stay so one would assume that the relationship is pretty serious if she is considering not returning home. People don't usually do that for a casual relationship with someone they met last week.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

J1 visa is usually for Internship/Work; these are sponsored by a company and it costs that company quite a bit of money as they almost always use a third party agency to connect the company to the prospect for work.

To change this to a full on work visa would take same type of sponsorship and probably a lot more money from the company willing to sponsor you OP. If they are willing to then there should be no issue especially since you have no homestay rule and you're already in the US. Something you have to talk to the comapny about.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

The only "merit" I see for banning adjustment from work and visitor visas is the 'ole "I'm salty because someone else had an 'easier' time than me and now I feel entitled to take that away from them" line of reasoning.

Haha! This so nails an aspect of VisaJourney and some of it's members. Thx M&M.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Have you never seen the hussy fits people have in here with posters doing what you suggest? They go ballistic! The perception being that in some way they have cheated the system... jumped the queue etc etc.

I see no issue with anyone who initiates the AOS process due to getting married in the US. There is a thread currently going on discussung the merits for banning all AOS situations. Take a look as it's a lively little debate

Here it is http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/616272-why-not-scrap-aos-through-vwp-or-esta-b1b2-since-we-all-want-fairness/

To be fair, usually most of those people throw the hissy fit if someone were to get a J-1 or any other non-immigrant visa to avoid going through the lengthier immigrant visa process.

When someone comes in on a non-immigrant visa, then something happens while they're in the US to make AOSing an option, that's perfectly fine. No fraud occurred.