F1 visa holder marry to U.S. Citizen overseas

[ssgao 0]

Posting for friend here. Could the following situation jeopardize their AOS process?

F1 visa holder marry to U.S. Citizen overseas, and then come back file AOS with a copy of marriage certificate from abroad.

 

[Just Paul 4,595]

1 hour ago, ssgao said:

Posting for friend here. Could the following situation jeopardize their AOS process?

F1 visa holder marry to U.S. Citizen overseas, and then come back file AOS with a copy of marriage certificate from abroad.

 

Entering on a F1 with the intent to Adjust would be fraud.  They could marry overseas, file the petition stateside and do consular processing.

[aznhouston 132]

Not a fraud if they can prove their marriage is bona fide. We don’t know the whole story. 
 

[belinda63 3,038]

Entering on a non-immigrant visa with the intent to immigrate is fraud. 

[payxibka 10,045]

21 minutes ago, hoangthaihuy said:

Not a fraud if they can prove their marriage is bona fide. We don’t know the whole story. 
 

Bonafide marriage is not the issue 

[RandyW 149]

The word 'fraud' is tossed around too easily on boards like this. Nobody is talking about lying about anything, but, yes, they could be accused of fraud if they had met before the visa was acquired.

 

Talk to a local immigrations attorney about your best strategy towards immigration - one whom you're willing to discuss the entirety of your circumstances with.

[Oliversmom 250]

Coming to the US with INTENT to AOS IS visa fraud.