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    Default Became Engaged During Visa Waiver Stay

    Hi

    I need a definitive answer....

    I am from the UK and whist here on visa waiver program I met a woman and we are engaged and plan to marry...

    It is a nightmare and I need to know what I should do to be able to stay here with my future wife, I don't want to go back to the UK..

    My VWP time will expire soon, so should I

    1) go home and come back

    2) stay here past time and then marry

    When we marry what do I need to do??

    Thanks

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    Default Re: Became Engaged During Visa Waiver Stay

    You came to the U.S. as a tourist for 90 days? Met somebody for the first time and got engaged? This type of situation invites serious scrutiny from the USCIS if you don't return home, marry, and attempt to adjust your status, as they're likely to start from the premise that you knew her before your vacation and that you had the intent to immigrate when you entered the U.S. as a tourist (thus misrepresenting your intentions when you entered, a serious immigration violation).

    Your safest bets are to return home and petition to reenter on a fiancé visa (then, once you have the visa, return and marry within 90 days of reentry) or marry and seek to reenter under a spouse visa (although the fiancé visa approach will likely be faster and easier.)

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