J1 to marriage green card

[Under-the-sea 3]

Hi, 

 

I’ve scrolled through this website and don’t seem to see much with regards to AOS from J1 to marriage based green card. 
 

What forms do you need to fill in to make this AOS?

 

what is the current wait time?

 

Will my current j1 visa become invalid once I submit my paper work? Am I allowed to continue working? 
 

 

[payxibka 10,047]

10 minutes ago, Under-the-sea said:

Hi, 

 

I’ve scrolled through this website and don’t seem to see much with regards to AOS from J1 to marriage based green card. 
 

What forms do you need to fill in to make this AOS?

 

what is the current wait time?

 

Will my current j1 visa become invalid once I submit my paper work? Am I allowed to continue working? 
 

 

AOS from J1 is the same as every other AOS.  

 

Wait time depends on your local field office.   Could be 6 mos. to 2 years.  All depends. 

 

Your j1 expires when it is currently scheduled to expire or when your status is adjusted to resident.   Simply submitting paperwork doesn't do it. 

Edited October 27, 2020 by payxibka

[HRQX 4,145]

19 minutes ago, Under-the-sea said:

I’ve scrolled through this website and don’t seem to see much with regards to AOS from J1 to marriage based green card.

Are you subject to the two-year home-country physical presence requirement? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/study/exchange/waiver-of-the-exchange-visitor/eligibility.html

Some exchange visitors (with J-1 visas) are subject to the two-year home-country physical presence requirement. This includes current and former exchange visitors. You are subject if one or more of the following applies to you:

• Government funded Exchange Program - You participated in a program funded in whole or in part by a U.S. government agency, your home country’s government, or an international organization that received funding from the U.S. government or your home country’s government.
• Specialized Knowledge or Skill – You participated in a program involving an area of study or field of specialized knowledge designated as necessary for further development of your home country and appears on the Exchange Visitor Skills List for your home country.
• Graduate Medical Education/Training - You participated in a program to receive graduate medical education or training.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,483]

33 minutes ago, Under-the-sea said:

Hi, 

 

I’ve scrolled through this website and don’t seem to see much with regards to AOS from J1 to marriage based green card. 
 

What forms do you need to fill in to make this AOS?

 

what is the current wait time?

 

Will my current j1 visa become invalid once I submit my paper work? Am I allowed to continue working? 
 

 

 

By marriage based green card, I take it you married a US citizen?  If so, your spouse needs to submit an I-130 and you need to submit an I-130a.  Then you will file for AOS, I-485, along with EAD and/or AP (I-765, I-131).  Check out the AOS guides here on VJ. 

 

 

[itscarly 114]

AoS from J1 to marriage based green card is the same as the other AoS from tourist, student and work visas, so you should be able to find most of the information in this website.
 

I did Aos from J1 visa and posted my journey here: 

 

 

[Under-the-sea 3]

Thank you for sharing your j1 visa journey. Are there other j1 visa journeys on here that I can have a look at?