You should not intentionally use a visitor visa to enter the United States to marry a U.S. Citizen and then pursue adjustment of status. There is a specific kind of visa for that purpose. It is called a K-1 fiance(e) visa. If you do as you indicated was your intention, to enter on a visitor... View More

If you apply for naturalization soon, the receipt notice for that case generated by USCIS will have language on it extending the validity of your expired/expiring permanent resident card by 24 months. So, there should be no need for you to seek an I-551 stamp. See generally... View More

Given the age of the alleged crime and given that U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services will be focusing on the past 5 years (or 3 years if basing your case on marriage & cohabitation with your U.S. Citizen spouse) for evaluating good moral character, you should be ok if that is your only... View More

There are within U.S. immigration law 3 and 10 year bars to reenty for one who, prior to departing the United States, overstayed by more than 6 months or by more than 1 year, respectively. In Matter of ARRABALLY and YERRABELLY, 25 I&N Dec. 771 (BIA 2012), however, the Board of Immigration... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Typically, one who has entered using a visitor visa is admitted for 6 months. If you were hoping to marry on a date that is more than 6 months from her entry date, she would necessarily enter a period of... View More

A valid foreign passport should suffice to board a domestic flight in the United States. This is not to say, however, particularly if you have no valid underlying immigration status or that status has expired, that immigration officials would not question you if called over by the TSA agent who is... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. If you are no longer with the spouse through whom you acquired your conditional permanent resident status or intend to file as a battered spouse, then USCIS will accept your untimely Form I-751 without you... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. If your alien number has only eight (8) digits, try inputting a zero (0) at the beginning. Nowadays, alien numbers are nine (9) digit numbers. As to marriage, are you going to be using a new surname? That... View More

If USCIS approved your petition and forwarded it to the National Visa Center, you would not direct your inquiries to USCIS. You should direct your inquiries to the NVC using its public inquiry portal. When you do so, make sure to give the NVC your up to date contact information, including a valid... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate thoroughly all of the facts in your case to determine what the best course of action may be and whether any pitfalls exist. For example, if your boyfriend is currently visiting using ESTA/Visa... View More

It may be possible to extend your status notwithstanding that your visa is expired. You did not identify the specific visa type and status, but assuming you are speaking of B-2 visitor status, then so long as you did not violate the terms of your visitor status, can demonstrate nonimmigrant intent... View More

The answer depends on what is the nature of the criminal offense. You and your fiancé(e) should consult with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate your criminal history to determine whether any ground(s) of inadmissibility exist and, if so, whether that/those ground(s)... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. In addition to evaluating what was your husband's intent at the time he entered as a visitor, it sounds as though he entered the United States using the Visa Waiver Program. Although one who enters... View More

You should consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. In addition to evaluating your daughter's criminal history for immigration purposes, a good immigration attorney will also want to know about your and your daughter's father's... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Whether your husband had the intent to immigrate when he entered the United States as a visitor, presumably as a U.K. Citizen through the Visa Waiver Program; this could affect the method by which he should... View More

Part of your question implies that you are asking about adjustment of status through the Cuban Adjustment Act. Notwithstanding a recent Board of Immigration Appeals case saying otherwise, there is ongoing federal litigation about whether issuance of an I-220A might constitute a grant of... View More

Consult with a competent and experienced immigration lawyer. If you have overstayed your status and are not the "immediate relative" of the petitioner in question ("immediate relative" being defined as "spouse of U.S. Citizen", "minor child of U.S. citizen"... View More

Consult with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. A basic eligibility requirement for adjustment of status is that you were originally inspected and admitted OR paroled. If you entered without inspection, were placed in removal proceedings and now have an unexecuted order of removal,... View More

If you are asking whether you can get a green card as a visa overstay based on your marriage to a U.S. Citizen, it may be possible. However, additional details are needed, including whether you have any other past negative immigration history or criminal history. What might be best for you and... View More

If the two of you marry while he is in the United States in H-2B status, in addition to you filing a Petition for Relative on his behalf, he, barring any possible ground of inadmissibility for which there is no waiver available, could file contemporaneously an Application to Adjust Status, an... View More