Tourist visa to green card

[tonynsx3 0]

Hello VJ members,

My wife is becoming a U.S. Citizen soon. My question is, her mother (my mother in law) is coming to visit us on a tourist visa. Now that my wife is a U.S. Citizen, can she sponsor her mother so she can stay with us?

How would we change my mother in law's status from tourist visa to green card?

We didn't think my wife will get her citizenship so soon.

Thank you very much,

Tom

[Teddy B 17,251]

Entering the US on a tourist visa with the intent to immigrate is considered fraud. No one here can help you with that. Legally your wife can sponsor your MIL for a greencard but she must follow the proper procedures.

Please see the VJ guides.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents-overview

http://www.visajourney.com/content/immigration-parents

Edited June 24, 2016 by Teddy B

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

It only takes about a year to petition for a parent; she can visit during that time on her tourist visa, but she cannot live here. Best do things the legal way.

[KierenHby 897]

Your MIL cannot.. repeat cannot.. enter on a tourist visa with the intent to immigrate.

The legal way is for your wife, as soon as she's a USC, to petition her mother for an immigrant visa. Your mother awaits Consular Processing, about a year. In the meantime, MIL can visit the US for durations authorized by the CBP.

[tonynsx3 0]

Thank you all.

I've been contacting some immigration attorneys and they're saying it can be done legally while my ML is still here. Have anyone here gone through an attorney?

This is what an attorney said

Yes, we can n definitely have your mother-in-law apply for her green card without having to go back home. If after she gets here, she decides she wants to stay, we can file the paperwork after she has been here for at least 60 days.

Edited July 5, 2016 by tonynsx3

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Remember to tell your MIL to inform the CBP that she is coming to USA to change status to get green card.

Best if she carries all her relevant documents with her while traveling.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

The lawyer is lying to make money off you.l

[KierenHby 897]

Yes, we can n definitely have your mother-in-law apply for her green card without having to go back home. If after she gets here, she decides she wants to stay, we can file the paperwork after she has been here for at least 60 days.

That's what's known as a shady liar..er...lawyer trying to make money off of you. It's your responsibility to understand the legal fine print!!

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Thank you all.

I've been contacting some immigration attorneys and they're saying it can be done legally while my ML is still here. Have anyone here gone through an attorney?

This is what an attorney said

We see a lot of lawyers give this advice

[Unlockable 7,306]

I always knew there were a group of people on the board who lurk and send private messages on on ways to "work around" the system or down right commit fraud.

But now seeing there are lawyers who are doing it as well makes it 100 times worse. The are suppose to represent the high standard of legal representation. Many rely on the word of lawyers and when they advise on shady processes, then immigrants go on thinking it is ok.

We are a group of people who have experienced or experiencing this difficult process and are trying to contribute back to the immigration society. The posters here are not asking for money. They are asking for you to play by the rules because actions like what the lawyer is suggesting contributes to making the process even more difficult.

So please thank this lawyer for helping make this process the way it is.

Edited July 6, 2016 by NuestraUnion