mytotoro

Ah I see what you mean. And yes, I already had a flight out of the US (mid January). And I was clear about that and showed him the booking on my Air Canada app.

I'm currently unemployed (but I have enough money to go for several years without work as I did pretty well in my previous job). I'm looking to do a tech startup and have been making a lot of sales pitches and calls ( I'm very cognizant of not breaking employment laws so it's all just relationship building and hypothesis testing - no money or transactions have happened). I was pulled into secondary and they just asked about my pattern of being in the US. I was very transparent that I was just taking a break from work. The discussion never turned to marriage or potential of marriage. My gf and I were not planning to consider marriage until after next summer (partially due to the travel restrictions and just wanting our relationship to grow further). Yeah, I finally found clarification on this : https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-3#footnote-17. My interpretation is that if someone goes through AOS and it's approved successfully, this rule basically makes it so that the visa overstay did not break any laws. I wanted to do my own research but I'll probably find and retain a lawyer to assist with our process.

ah sorry, I should have been more specific - I am currently in the US so we would be sending the I-130, I-485, & I-131 concurrently. I've been told that once the I-485 is submitted, my status would automatically adjust to 'authorized stay' upon receipt. I'm looking for where I can find that confirmation or more details (DHS or USCIS website) - the reason is that I don't want to overstay my current B visa.

Hi, I am a Canadian citizen and my partner is an American citizen. We have discussed marriage (and the visa process) but haven't made any concrete plans because we were planning to do it next summer. I recently entered the US and the immigrations official stopped me for secondary and was about to deny me entry into the United States. I have never overstayed any visas but my pattern of being in the US for periods of time and only leaving the US for a couple of days for travel is very similar to 'living' in the US and the customs official said that with this pattern, it would be a matter of time before I was denied entry. They allowed me entry this time but gave me a shortened limited stay B1/B2 visa status until late Janurary. My question is - if my girlfriend and I proceed to get married and send in our package, what happens to my personal B1/B2 status? Would I need to leave by the late Jan deadline (otherwise I overstay my visa?) How do I keep my application active if I leave the country? I thought leaving the country = automatic abandonment of the application Thanks