Wasn't sure what forum to post this in but here goes.
I arrived in the States on a I-94W in August 2005 and got married to a US citizen on 18th October 2005. I want to change my status to lawful permanent resident but my I-94W ran out on October 31 2005. I've heard that I can't change my status since I came on the visa waiver program. Is this true? If so what can I do?

when you cam to the states in August 2005 did you come to get married and stay??? or did you come on vacation and ended up getting married and not going home????


Kezzie

We had no intention of getting married but after a few weeks we thought, why not? Even then, we didn't know if we were going to stay or go back to Spain where we'd been living together for over two years. It was only after we married that we both decided to make the States our permanent home and begin the immigration process.

You're here now... and married. So there's no point in worrying about it. Yes you can file for AOS but you'll have to show them that you did NOT come to the US to deliberately get married and you had every intention of returning home at the end of your visit...

hi