Help!

[odiegirl 0]

Hi there, my name is Odette, i'm from Australia Melbourne, and my fiance *as of last week.. very impromptu* is here in the states. We've been together for near 3 years come this August and we're in love with each other more than you can say. He's come down to Australia two times and the last time he brought his mum to Australia to spend Christmas and New Years.

I had two jobs, one i quit and one that i have stayed with for 6 years. I applied for holiday leave back in october and it got approved and now i'm due to go back to work next week.

However, we've decided to get married on the last minute and we're due to get married on Friday. However we don't want to be separated, i want to stay here and believe me.. I didn't intend to get married when i flew over here. In fact if i had the whole world would've known because I'm the type of person.

If i stay here though beyond the day that i was meant to fly out, my visa waiver ends officially on the 17th of this month. Could i stay beyond that point ? Apparently the marriage certificate will take a month to be processed before we can start applying.

Help!

It's only a few days away and very much spur of the moment. Any help would be much much much appreciated.

[Kar98 0]

Some people are known to have overstayed their visa waiver for 9 years and had no problems adjusting status later.

[odiegirl 0]

Could i then? I mean seriously I just want to be with this man... and I don't know.. i mean if i get declined would i get deported? Would i be banned from coming back to visit my then husband?!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

If you had no intention of getting married when you arrived - and you appear to have evidence that you didn't - you can get married and apply to adjust status from within the US. The only down side of this is that if they deny your application you have no right of appeal so have to leave the US and start the process for a spousal visa from outside the US. That being said, many people adjust successfully from a visitor's visa. Read the guides on Adjustment of Status, get all of the paperwork and attachments that you will need (medical exam, security checks, etc.) ready so that when you get the marriage certificate back you can send the package off right away. Now you want to read up as much as you can on the process so you can understand what it is you are undertaking.

[odiegirl 0]

Do you think it's best to see an immigration lawyer?

[BermyCat 1]

Unless there is something odd about your case, you shouldn't need an immigration lawyer. By odd I mean a criminal background, previous overstays, anything that could make it seem like your marriage isn't legitimate, etc. There's more than enough information on this site to help you with a straightforward AOS.

~ Catherine