Quote Quoting Dogmatique
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Additionally, the timing might be key. If she entered on the VWP and got married within that 90 day period...there might be a big problem. Very big.
The marriage isn't an issue, as such - it's whether she petitions to adjust her status based on marriage within a time frame that suggests to the USCIS that she misrepresented the purpose of her visit and intended to immigrate when she entered the country. If she marries, leaves, and petitions to reenter on a spouse visa, the fact that she married while present on a tourist visa isn't a problem as it's not inconsistent with the purposes of that visa.
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First off, don't believe rumors, usually they are just speculations by people who don't understand the system.
Like... you?
Quote Quoting livinskey
Basically the USCIS starts from the assumption that you have a legit marriage.
You have that exactly backwards. The USCIS starts with a presumption that the marriage is fraudulent and the burden of proving that a marriage is valid lies with the petitioner.
Quote Quoting livinskey
The most important piece of advice would be to do everything by the books, she should pay her taxes properly, work only 20 hours a week on campus if that is all her visa allows her and so on.
What she should do is abide by the terms of her visa, and not work at all unless authorized to do so under her visa.