Marrying while on B1/B2 Visa

[TBoneTX 48,516]

Appropriate posts returned to thread, minus inappropriate quoted comments:

To the op, it is fine for you to marry in the US and adjust status without leaving. Just make sure not to leave until you've received your advanced parole. You can follow the guides for your process here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

[inappropriate quoted comment edited out by VJ Moderation; rest of post returned]

People do change their minds once they are face to face after being apart for long periods of time. Long distance relationships are hard and it plays with one's emotions. When people finally get together after being separated for a long time it causes a full spectrum of emotions to flood over ones self. If you've never been in a long distance relationship, then perhaps you won't understand this. Other people have difficulties with POE upon entering and this causes them to look at things differently. This happened to me after my wife was denied entry one time. Once I finally got her in the country, I did not want her to leave, so I proposed, we got married and she adjusted without leaving. There was no intent and no fraud, it's just the way it played out.

Are there people who scam the system? Sure there are, but it's not our responsibility here on VJ to be pointing fingers and accusing people of things that we have no idea if they are true or not. If you don't want to help people, then maybe you shouldn't be here. It is against the VJ Terms Of Service to aid anyone in committing visa fraud, so we don't do it here. If you think someone may be committing fraud, then just don't post to them.

edited by VJ Moderation this is a forum and the primary reason for the creation of this forum is to give advice and help people in their immigration related issues. I personally understand the need not to condone visa fraud or to caution people not to engage in such activities BUT such criticisms should be constructive and not destructive. Unfortunately many people [edited by Moderation] disregard that and accuse anyone adjusting status from a non-immigrant visa of engaging in visa fraud without even realizing that it is completely LEGAL under immigration law and they are not breaking any law. Immigration only probes preconceived intent at the point of entry and it is the job of CBP to determine that and protect the borders. If they can not establish that, whatever intent the person has does NO LONGER matter and USCIS will only need today enter mine if the marriage was entered into on good faith because [edited] immigration is very essential to the development of the country and that is why the US dedicates vast amounts of resources to encourage it..albeit legally. That is also why every year the US gives permanent resident visas to over 50,000 to immigrate here because overall it helps the United States in SO many ways. I would want him to pick any sociology book and read on how important immigration is to the US.

How does participating or condoning AOS from a non-immigrant visa make you unpatriotic if it legal to do so? Not sure one's patriotism should be questioned, because they want to stay in this great country and not be separated from their significant other. Every case is unique and we do not know the specific details of why they decided to adjust status while in the United States. It's the USCIS's job to investigate on a case by case basis.

Edited January 27, 2014 by TBoneTX