Adjustment of Status after entering the US on a B2 Visa

[John Erd 0]

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

[Merrytooth 5,748]

How strange you come to this site and asking for suggestions to show that "You have not INTENT to stay and AOS"

You already show your intention here you are planning to exact to do that.

Edited September 18, 2014 by Merrytooth

[msbau764 245]

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

wait in line like everyone else. at least you have a vistor's visa. many people here don't even have that luxury.

[John Erd 0]

How strange you come to this site and asking for suggestions to show that "You have not INTENT to stay and AOS"

You already show your intention here you are planning to exact to do that.

First of all, it is not strange, cause I haven't made my decision about it yet. I might need to decide while I'm on my trip, otherwise I wouldn't be starting this topic.

Second, I said 4 months as I could have said 2, 3, 4, 5 or whatever. If I had it all figured out then again I wouldn't be posting this topic. My intention right now is to spend time with her, we haven't even

discussed where we were going to marry, or when, we are only engaged.

[Boiler 43,429]

Something to come back and ask about after your are in the US.

[S_R 148]

Sounds like a Clear intent to circumvent the Immigration process.

[Pickle 65]

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

Your intention is pretty clear. You are not "only engaged" like you state in your post, you are obviously pretty far in your relationship already if you guys have made the decision to get married. Of course you can visit with your B-2 visa, and of course there has been many people that has adjusted successfully from this visa. However, your intentions (from the sentences I highlighted in your post) are called visa fraud. Just wanted to make sure you know that.

Edit: just to clarify, I did not mean that you not wanting to say good bye ever again is visa fraud (obviously not). It just looked like you suggested that you do not intend to leave once you are here.

Edited September 18, 2014 by Pickle

[Torete 121]

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

Just curious, but you've already expressed what your plans are...namely, to "quit your job in November, go on a vacation to see her for about a month approximately." Most people don't make plans to quit their jobs and use their B2 visa as it was intended...for tourism purposes. IMHO, it sounds like you truly are making plans to later prove that your intent was not to get married and apply for AOS.

Example: If I were considering committing a crime, I wouldn't research/find out what the consequences of actually participating in it or exploring what the consequences of being an accessory to it would be. Wouldn't that be considered advance planning such as you seem to be?

Edited September 18, 2014 by Torete

[JohnR! 5,495]

Many tourists come in and change their minds once they are stateside. So long as you don't lie at the POE upon your arrival you shouldn't have any problems applying for a GC, if you were to decide to get married after you entered the country. People do it all the time.

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

[Boiler 43,429]

Many tourists come in and change their minds once they are stateside. So long as you don't lie at the POE upon your arrival you shouldn't have any problems applying for a GC, if you were to decide to get married after you entered the country. People do it all the time.

Exactly, but the comments were predictable and somewhat amusing.

[Pickle 65]

Many tourists come in and change their minds once they are stateside. So long as you don't lie at the POE upon your arrival you shouldn't have any problems applying for a GC, if you were to decide to get married after you entered the country. People do it all the time.

I also said in my post that of course it is possible and people adjust from B2 visas all the time. However, OP is not even in the US yet (like you say, people change their minds once they are stateside) and he is already making these plans. So not really any minds to be changed once he is here.

[Done--Really 331]

There is always a lot of emotion around this subject, but it is spelled out very clearly in the field manual...go to this link, and search for the 30/60 day rule and read every word of it, and your confusion about how it is implemented should evaporate. Actually, you should read this entire section of the manual, since it makes inadmissibility questions very clear, although it takes A LOT of words sometimes, and you have to plow through it.

Enjoy !!

http://www.state.gov...ation/87011.pdf

[Ning 619]

Hi all,

new user here.

Here is my scenario:

I have met my fiancee online (she is a US citizen, we met in April this year) and we met each other in person back in August this year, everything went spectacularly well for us. My plans are for the next couple months to quit my job in November, go on a long vacation to see her (I am a B2 visa holder) for about a month aproximately.

My question is, what would happen if I decide to stay longer with her and we eventually get married, 4 months after my arrival to the country, and apply for an adjustment of status? Cause to be honest I don't want to go through the whole 'saying good-bye' process ever again, it was so painful.

When the interview comes, how will I be able to prove my intent was NOT to get married and apply for AoS? Right now I live with my parents in my home country. I have bank and credit card accounts here in my country, together with services at my name and a small amount of debts.

Please I need advise for my situation, it would be highly appreciated. Also I invite anyone who did this and everything went just fine, to simply share his/her experience.

Kind regards and thanks in advance for all the feedback.

To be honest what you are planning is called visa fraud. Its also a TOS violation for members to assist you to do that. If you do this as stated so you don't have to say goodbye again and get caught it will be a long time before you say hello in the USA again. Its hard to believe you don't intend to abuse the B2 when we read these statements such as asking anyone that did what you are asking and " everything went fine ". Seems like you are trying to pattern your actions after theirs which indicates your real intentions.

You will just have to decide what you want to do once you are inside the USA. What becomes most important is your intentions prior to entering.

[msbau764 245]

Exactly, but the comments were predictable and somewhat amusing.

Yeah, people come and "change" their minds all of a sudden. One of the reasons it is hard to get a vistor's visa in some countries is exactly because of what the OP is trying to do. For every person that commits visa fraud there will be another person with a legimate case for a visa that will be denied because of the prevalency of such fraud.

[Boiler 43,429]

Yeah, people come and "change" their minds all of a sudden. One of the reasons it is hard to get a vistor's visa in some countries is exactly because of what the OP is trying to do. For every person that commits visa fraud there will be another person with a legitimate case for a visa that will be denied because of the prevalency of such fraud.

I doubt if this is a major factor, more likely people staying who have no adjustment opportunity. Or abuse their status or more often both.