Current Adjustment of Status Times for Student on F1 Visa

[countjulian675 0]

For a lot of reasons my girlfriend is thinking of leaving her dental program and she's here on an F1 visa. Assuming we got married and mailed in our paperwork tomorrow, how long would it take to adjust status from her F1 and get her greencard in hand? Where can I find this info here? 

[Timona 4,208]

1.5 years at a minimum 

[countjulian675 0]

Just for adjustment of status? Would she be able to work in that time???????????

[SalishSea 18,238]

10 minutes ago, countjulian675 said:

Just for adjustment of status? Would she be able to work in that time???????????

You haven't filled in your timeline, so I can't look it up for you.  Processing times for the I-485 by local field office are available on the USCIS.gov website, so have a look there.

 

For example, here in Seattle, we had to wait 15 months for my husband's interview.  Some offices are much faster than that, and some are even slower.

 

EAD/AP is processed separately (but filed concurrently) and is currently officially taking 5-7 months.

 

PS I ❤️ the name Julian.  Chose it for my firstborn.

[igoyougoduke 1,677]

1-2 years to complete the process.

12-15 months for I-130 approval 

3-4 months for EAD/AP 

[countjulian675 0]

56 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

You haven't filled in your timeline, so I can't look it up for you.  Processing times for the I-485 by local field office are available on the USCIS.gov website, so have a look there.

 

For example, here in Seattle, we had to wait 15 months for my husband's interview.  Some offices are much faster than that, and some are even slower.

 

EAD/AP is processed separately (but filed concurrently) and is currently officially taking 5-7 months.

 

PS I ❤️ the name Julian.  Chose it for my firstborn.

We haven't even decided we want to do this right now yet. So once she gets the EAD/AP, she can like any other citizen or permanent resident correct? 

[SalishSea 18,238]

2 minutes ago, countjulian675 said:

We haven't even decided we want to do this right now yet. So once she gets the EAD/AP, she can like any other citizen or permanent resident correct? 

The EAD enables her to work and the AP enables her to be paroled back into the US if she leaves.

[AffableAndy 107]

The AOS timeline will follow the I-485 processing timeline at your field office (assuming everything goes well). If we hadn't moved, it would have taken about 6 months to complete AOS, but because we did it took about 10 months. 

[countjulian675 0]

To resurrect this thread, my gf is definitely leaving her program, I have had a case of cold feet tbh, but if I do decide to marry her how long in advance would I need to marry her? She needs to leave by the 18th of next month, is it too late? 

[aaron2020 11,651]

7 minutes ago, countjulian675 said:

To resurrect this thread, my gf is definitely leaving her program, I have had a case of cold feet tbh, but if I do decide to marry her how long in advance would I need to marry her? She needs to leave by the 18th of next month, is it too late? 

If you're a US citizen, it's never too late.  She could overstay, and you could still file to adjust her status as your wife.

[countjulian675 0]

2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

If you're a US citizen, it's never too late.  She could overstay, and you could still file to adjust her status as your wife.

Thank you. If we wanted to keep her in status, when would we need to get the paper work mailed?

[aaron2020 11,651]

6 hours ago, countjulian675 said:

Thank you. If we wanted to keep her in status, when would we need to get the paper work mailed?

Her status has already ended if she has stopped going to school.  She has a grace period to leave. 

You're better off marrying and filing for AOS sooner rather than later.