Adjustment of Status Basic Questions

[b&c 0]

Here's my situation: My Filipina fiancee arrived in the USA on September 18; therefore her visa expires on December 17. I feel like I need some answers to a few basic questions about the AOS process:

1. Are we required to be married BEFORE we apply for AOS for her?

2. We have only about one month left on her visa; do others wait until this late date to go to the next steps or are we just really late?

3. What happens on our December 17th (end of visa) date if we have not applied for AOS before that?

4. Exactly what documents should we complete?

I'm sure I have a million other questions, so if there is anything else anyone can think of to help us along, please let me know. Maybe many of you that have completed the K1 process successfully feel like I do ... I feel like we just completed so many documents for her K1 that I can't believe it's time to do it all again. Thanks for any help you can give us!

[joeyjoey 1]

Here's my situation: My Filipina fiancee arrived in the USA on September 18; therefore her visa expires on December 17. I feel like I need some answers to a few basic questions about the AOS process:

1. Are we required to be married BEFORE we apply for AOS for her?

2. We have only about one month left on her visa; do others wait until this late date to go to the next steps or are we just really late?

3. What happens on our December 17th (end of visa) date if we have not applied for AOS before that?

4. Exactly what documents should we complete?

I'm sure I have a million other questions, so if there is anything else anyone can think of to help us along, please let me know. Maybe many of you that have completed the K1 process successfully feel like I do ... I feel like we just completed so many documents for her K1 that I can't believe it's time to do it all again. Thanks for any help you can give us!

1) Yes. The K1 Visa was about getting married. Adjustment of Status comes afterwards.

2) It's up tp the individual. Some file right away. Others wait a bit. Think we waited 2 months before applying for AOS.

3) The Beneficiary will be legally "out of status". But once AOS is filed, all is good again.

4) Please Read the Guides for AOS before doing anything. The forms are not difficult and the guide has great examples. We used them and simply substituted our info. We were approved in 57 days -

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=guides

Edited November 8, 2007 by joeyjoey

[vnoe 0]

Here's my situation: My Filipina fiancee arrived in the USA on September 18; therefore her visa expires on December 17. I feel like I need some answers to a few basic questions about the AOS process:

1. Are we required to be married BEFORE we apply for AOS for her?

2. We have only about one month left on her visa; do others wait until this late date to go to the next steps or are we just really late?

3. What happens on our December 17th (end of visa) date if we have not applied for AOS before that?

4. Exactly what documents should we complete?

I'm sure I have a million other questions, so if there is anything else anyone can think of to help us along, please let me know. Maybe many of you that have completed the K1 process successfully feel like I do ... I feel like we just completed so many documents for her K1 that I can't believe it's time to do it all again. Thanks for any help you can give us!

First of all get married before the Visa expires!!! Then apply for AOS. Read the guides for AOS. When in doubt...Ask questions!!!

[ELW 5]

Hello! The others gave good advice. K-1 visa means you HAVE to get married within 90 days of arriving in USA. You can just register with a short, sweet and simple ceremony at a local county clerk's office, and later do a bigger wedding with family, if you want. Many couples get married just before the 90 days expires, so don't worry about that, just do it as soon as you can!

As soon as you get married, it is good to file for AOS immediately, although some people even have waited a year or more before filing; your wife will be "out of status" but still legal. The sooner AOS is filed, the sooner your wife will be able to get a job, get a driver's license/ID card, get a bank account, etc.

We all know it is a hassle to again be immersed in paperwork but just think, after AOS is filed and approved, your wife can have all the privileges of being a (conditional) permanent resident of USA, and you can happily relax with no more paperwork! YEA!