Married to USC overseas for 7 years but here now on B1 visa

[likenoother 0]

My sister got married in Russia to a USC around 7 years ago. They lived there since they got married.

Last week they arrived to the US because his Russian visa is almost expired and they can't live there anymore.

She has a B1 visa till September 2016.

What should they do? They want to live in the US now. How can she become a legal resident?

I studied all of the options and non of them seem to work while she is in the US. It looks like she has to go back for any of those options to work.

Last week when she entered the US at the border they asked her how long she was planning to be in the country. She said "maybe month or two".......

Does that make any difference?

Anyone has suggestions?

[Pitaya 2,576]

File for spouse visa.

If she came over on a visitor visa, with intentions of immigration, that is immigration fraud.

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Edited February 7, 2016 by Pitaya

[likenoother 0]

We just want to know what she needs to do in order to become a legal resident?

What are some options that she has?

Does she need to go back to Russia and apply for a spouse visa there?

What would be the right thing to do?

[JFH 12,189]

Did she arrive with a round trip ticket? Did she quit a job before coming to the USA? Does she maintain a residence in Russia or did she pack up her entire apartment and return the keys? If this is a genuine case of "she changed her mind when she got here" then she can adjust. If she arrived with the intention of staying, she should go home and start the process in full.

Only she knows what was going on in her mind when she arrived.