Getting married to us citizen on a j-1 visa, questions please help

[Tyler and Sara 0]

I am in the united states on a J-1 visa working as an au pair and I met my boyfriend here. My visa is good until February of 2012 but I lost my host family and my agency might cancel my visa. My boyfriend asked me to marry him and we are getting married tomorrow. I was wondering if we are going to have any problems if my agency cancels my visa or will I be ok? We have been together for 4 months and we are currently living together and share some bills but they are hard to prove because we are renting from his brother and have no lease. I would love to hear if anyone has any ideas on how this may go. Him and I are kind of going a little crazy. Thanks!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Is your J-1 visa subject to a 2-year home residency requirement?

[Tyler and Sara 0]

No it is not.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Then you should be able to adjust status to that of permanent resident through marriage to your fiance. Here is the guide http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

Keep in mind that you cannot travel abroad until you obtain a temporary travel permission called Advance Parole. When your greencard is approved you do not need the travel permission anymore - the GC gives that permission. Good luck!

[Tyler and Sara 0]

It says "not subject to the two-year rule"

[Tyler and Sara 0]

We don't plan on traveling abroad very soon but I do want to work, so I'm going to have to fill out the work permit papers right? I will be able to travel back to brasil though right? That's my home country or will I need the travel papers?

[Tyler and Sara 0]

What if my agency cancels the sponsorship before the marriage?

[milimelo 4,505]

Moving to AOS from student, work, tourist visa.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

If the agency cancels your sponsorship then you will be out of status. If you then marry and adjust status to permanent resident, and are approved, then your out of status days will be forgiven/irrelevant. The marriage itself does not give you any benefit.

In order to work, you will apply for temporary work permission too with your whole AOS package, in the guide I linked. Both the temporary work permission and the temporary travel permission are free when you file a CONCURRENT I-130/I-485 package. That is the guide I linked.

You cannot travel abroad to any country, including Brazil, until you have your travel permission. It usually takes 90 days from when you send in the papers.

If you need to travel home right now, then you can go home and pursue a fiance visa if you stay unmarried or a spousal visa if you get married now. If you do the AOS you will have to stay here for a while.

[Tyler and Sara 0]

Thanks so much Harpa for your information. We are getting married tomorrow and hopefully everything will go well. My biggest worry is that we havent been together for all that long and how they will look at that when they decide on my green card. I dont need to go back to brazil anytime soon, was just wondering so that's ok.