Greencard process/ flying domestic while AOS

[irishking89 0]

Im brand new to this so forgive me if there are already topics on this! I just got married to my boyfriend fiance of 2 years and we were wondering where to begin with the whole green card process? I am very worried about it as my husband is in quite alot of debt and hasnt paid his taxes in awhile. is it even possible for me to get my greencard with these problems or will we have to get someone else to sponsor me? One other thing, i have been here out of status for 3 years, i need to fly to the east coast in a few months and then back to California. I will have a new passport to the one i entered into the usa on. Is it safe to fly domestically or will i have to get there another way?

hope this all makes sense, thanks in advance!

[grrrrreat 109]

Im brand new to this so forgive me if there are already topics on this! I just got married to my boyfriend fiance of 2 years and we were wondering where to begin with the whole green card process? I am very worried about it as my husband is in quite alot of debt and hasnt paid his taxes in awhile. is it even possible for me to get my greencard with these problems or will we have to get someone else to sponsor me? One other thing, i have been here out of status for 3 years, i need to fly to the east coast in a few months and then back to California. I will have a new passport to the one i entered into the usa on. Is it safe to fly domestically or will i have to get there another way?

hope this all makes sense, thanks in advance!

The process is called adjusting status. For help, read the Step-by-Step Guide on How to File an I-130 for a Spouse Inside the US http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2.

U.S. Citizen spouses always have to sponsor their alien spouses and file Form I-864, even if they do not have sufficient income or assets to qualify as sponsor, in which case an additional person also must sponsor and file Form I-864. A requirement of Form I-864 is that the sponsor must have filed income tax returns for the previous three years. So, you need to get your husband to focus on doing that if he has not done so. You should note that he should file tax returns even if he can't afford to pay what is due now. In any event, that is preferably in the long run to ignoring the problem. Assuming you can find another sponsor, his failure to pay taxes will not prevent you from adjusting status, but his failure even to submit tax returns will.

Being out of status will not prevent you from adjusting status as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and it doesn't have anything to do with flying domestically, as long as you stay within the United States. It doesn't matter what ID you show to fly domestically either, as long as it's current and valid.

[Ryan H 3,798]

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