Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: married on a vistor visa

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Re: married on a vistor visa

Although normally, immigration may question your dual intent of your visitor visa if you get married within the 1st 90 days of your visitor visa, you shouldn't be that worried if you can prove that the marriage is legitimate and that your intention wasn't necessarily to get married while visiting.

As long as you have documentation that can show the marriage is real, your husband can apply for a petition for you and you can adjust status if you are in the US. You should get a work permit 90 days after you file the petition.

If you are not in the US, then this process may take up to 2 years, since your husband would be applying with the consulate in Ciudad Juarez.

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Re: married on a vistor visa

Dear Inquirer:

You would not want to file for "adjustment of status" if you got married in the US less than 30 days after admission as a visitor. The reason is that marrying a US Citizen and filing for adjustment of status so soon after entry would suggest that you intended to stay permanently when you presented yourself as a visitor, which is a fraud.

The safer alternative is to apply for an immigrant visa or K-3 visa from outside of the US.

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