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peterbainham   0

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Wasn't sure what forum to post this in but here goes.

I arrived in the States on a I-94W in August 2005 and got married to a US citizen on 18th October 2005. I want to change my status to lawful permanent resident but my I-94W ran out on October 31 2005. I've heard that I can't change my status since I came on the visa waiver program. Is this true? If so what can I do?

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We had no intention of getting married but after a few weeks we thought, why not? Even then, we didn't know if we were going to stay or go back to Spain where we'd been living together for over two years. It was only after we married that we both decided to make the States our permanent home and begin the immigration process.

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You're here now... and married. So there's no point in worrying about it. Yes you can file for AOS but you'll have to show them that you did NOT come to the US to deliberately get married and you had every intention of returning home at the end of your visit...

Karen - Melbourne, Australia/John - Florida, USA

- Proposal (20 August 2000) to marriage (19 December 2004) - 4 years, 3 months, 25 days (1,578 days)

STAGE 1 - Applying for K1 (15 September 2003) to K1 Approval (13 July 2004) - 9 months, 29 days (303 days)

STAGE 2A - Arriving in US (4 Nov 2004) to AOS Application (16 April 2005) - 5 months, 13 days (164 days)

STAGE 2B - Applying for AOS to GC Approval - 9 months, 4 days (279 days)

STAGE 3 - Lifting Conditions. Filing (19 Dec 2007) to Approval (December 11 2008)

STAGE 4 - CITIZENSHIP (filing under 5-year rule - residency start date on green card Jan 11th, 2006)

*N400 filed December 15, 2011

*Interview March 12, 2012

*Oath Ceremony March 23, 2012.

ALL DONE!!!!!!!!

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