Recently Engaged

[OSUPreVet 0]

I've been living in America and going to school here since July 2009. My father is a H-1B visa holder and I'm a F-1 visa holder due to me being over 21. My fiance and I just got engaged over New Years and want to know where to go from here with papers. My family does have two lawyers so would they be able to do it for us? If not, I need to know where to go from here. We already have a date (July 20 2013) and the venue is paid for. I read the guidelines but they're all for those fiancees who do not live here in America. I do live here, have been here for going on 4 years, I have a social security number, I pay in-state fee's at my school etc, I have a tax number, bank account everything an American would except the right to vote and of course citizenship. So I have no idea what to do.

Edited January 13, 2013 by OSUPreVet

[Darnell 8,478]

if your fiance is a USCitizen, you qualify for filing an adjustment of status case,

after marriage. No need to chase a visa of any type, even a K-1 visa, as you are HERE in the USA on a visa type that allows for adjusting to something else.

We've a guide for that - have you found it in the Guides section? Train yer eyeballs up, click the word 'Guides', and go forth.

Best when done on a PC, as handphone webbrowsers SUCK for VJ usage.

Edited January 13, 2013 by Darnell

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I've been living in America and going to school here since July 2009. My father is a H-1B visa holder and I'm a F-1 visa holder due to me being over 21. My fiance and I just got engaged over New Years and want to know where to go from here with papers. My family does have two lawyers so would they be able to do it for us? If not, I need to know where to go from here. We already have a date (July 20 2013) and the venue is paid for. I read the guidelines but they're all for those fiancees who do not live here in America. I do live here, have been here for going on 4 years, I have a social security number, I pay in-state fee's at my school etc, I have a tax number, bank account everything an American would except the right to vote and of course citizenship. So I have no idea what to do.

since you are in country and, you have legal status, you are allowed to adjust status after marriage (provided that your fiance is a USC). The guide that would help you in this case is the one that says : adjusting status. Your case will be quite simple, you can do it yourself without and attorney.but, if you use a lawyer, make sure is an immigration attorney since, immigration law is complicated.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Everybody wants to make you go hunt for it.

The link to the guide you were looking for is in the section titled US Citizen and Spouse both live/reside in the US:. The guide page is I-130 Petition and Adjustment of Status Guide

[Darnell 8,478]

Jim, yer evil!.