Greetings,
I'm a U.S. citizen dating a Japanese woman. I'm not savvy with all this immigration red tape, only from what she has told me. She has been here in the states for several years where she obtained a college degree. She is currently working professionally with a H-1 visa, her green card status is still pending with no signs of being approved yet. I believe the six year expiration date is up this month. She has filed an H-1 extention with her employer. She may have to leave the country at the end of this month depending on whether or not her H-1 visa will be approved as well. I don't want her to leave...this is stressing us both out tremendously!
Also I'm not working because of an injury, I'm recieving benefits, live alone and intend to go back to school to obtain a degree right away.
I wish to marry her, but not just because of the situation. We have talked about marrige briefly. She would like to be married, but said even getting married would be complicated with our current circumstances. She pointed something out to me about an "avidavit of support". Can I marry her even though I'm not employed, but intend to go back to school? She is financially self supportive. What are our options at this point? Will getting married solve this dilema?...can I even marry her at all? How will this affect her H-1/green card status at this point if we do, or don't marry? Will she have to leave if for some reason her H-1/green card is denied at the end of this month? The clock is ticking so to speak, I can't stand to see her streesed out over all of this immigration red tape. Please help!
USA

