Where to begin?

[LoveTea 0]

Lot's of forums here, they all look great, but I am not even sure of where to begin or what process to start, and certainly not which forum to be posting in. So many acronyms to learn.

 

I am a 50 year old USA citizen, and just married a 37 year old Chinese woman.  She arrived on a tourist visa 18 months ago, she was married at that time, and filed as an aslyee with her and her daughter. We have dated almost a year, she did divorce husband sometime back, and we just got married in Vegas (we live here) last month.

She has a daughter who is also in the USA.  She has sole custody of the daughter. In the past year, she has learned English and I have learned a lot of Chinese (I have been taking lessons with a tutor). We spend anywhere form 12-14 hours a day together for the past year, with lots of documentation of multiple family trips together, etc. So proving a real relationship is a non-issue, the question is how do we switch from asylee for her and her daughter and to marriage immigration?   What forms do we need to file?  Where is the starting point?  Or do we just need to hire a lawyer?  

 Thanks for your help.

And thank you in advance for steering me in the right direction.

 

P.S. To answer the question "Where to Vegas people go on a honeymoon?" We went to Florida.

Edited May 30, 2017 by LoveTea
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[LoveTea 0]

She is legal with a current work permit and SS# for work only, because the asylum application in in process.  But the idea is to abandon the asylee process after we file whatever we need to as married.

[millefleur 5,046]

Sounds like your wife needs to adjust her status. You can check the steps necessary below:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

 

I honestly don't know if there would be any difference with the pending asylum case. It's a very good question. I hope someone here on VJ might know the answer. If not it might be necessary to seek legal help.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration to Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas forum.

[CaliforniaBMW 0]

13 hours ago, millefleur said:

Sounds like your wife needs to adjust her status. You can check the steps necessary below:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

 

I honestly don't know if there would be any difference with the pending asylum case. It's a very good question. I hope someone here on VJ might know the answer. If not it might be necessary to seek legal help.

Yes, went through the same.