Quoting mmadsen55 Yes, you can become a LPR through your marriage to another LPR Here is a link to the USCIS website and specifically immigration through a family member. Read carefully as it does get confusing. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...0045f3d6a1RCRD Thank you very much for this info, very interesting, however from reading this it seems unclear to me if persons who overstayed their visa are also eligible to apply, do you know?