Legal Immigrant Turned Illegal Wants to Get Married to a Citizen
I wish to get married to my girlfriend of 2 years
I came into the states legally with a R2 visa but was denied Green card a while ago
so currently i am illegal but i am in college right now and i'm 23 years old
are there ways for me to get married to my girlfriend?
if it makes a difference, i'm from Korea
Re: Legal Immigrant Turned Illegal Wants to Get Married to a Citizen
Getting married is easy. It takes two unmarried agreeable adults, in most states. Becoming legal, when you are illegal is a different story. How long have you been illegal?
Re: Legal Immigrant Turned Illegal Wants to Get Married to a Citizen
If you were here on an R-2, you were never a "LEGAL IMMIGRANT." You may have been legally present, but R-2 is an nonimmigrant visa.
You can marry your girlfriend, immigration status doesn't affect the ability to marry.
Of course, marriage isn't going to help your immigration status.
Being denied a green card doesn't make one illegal. What happened to your R-2 status (assuming since you're not married yet, you came here under the auspices of a parent's R-1 visa)?
Why was your green card application denied?
Your best bet would be to search out an immigration attorney who can ferret out the details that you are omitting.