Married To A U.S. Citizen - Do I Have To Go Back To My Country To Get Green Card?
hallo
my problem is....
i was au pair for 2 years... this july my visa expired so i overstayed right now.. my fiancce is usa ciztizen...
me and my fiancce just have a baby girl in november 2007 and we are going to get married in 2 weeks since now....
my quastion is: do i have to leave usa and go back to my country to wait there for my green card or i can wait for it here in usa? and how long that take? can i go visit my family in my country after i will get married?
we heard that the immigration law change lately so i get very worried....
we've been 2,5 year together, i came here legal with j1 visa and have my ssn.... never had conflict with the law....
please help me...
Re: Married To A U.S. Citizen - Do I Have To Go Back To My Country To Get Green Card?
Did your J1 have a 2 year foreign residency requirement? If so, you need to get that waived or honor the requirement. Marriage does not excuse you from compliance with a foreign residency requirement.
Be careful about leaving the country, as you apparently have overstayed by more than six months and appear subject to a three-year period of ineligibility to reenter the United States even if the foreign residency requirement does not apply. (After a year-long overstay, that becomes ten years.)