K-1 Fiance Visa Question

[queenmaab 0]

Hi all,

Not sure that this is the appropriate place for this question, but here's the situation. A friend of mine has brought his girlfriend over from Colombia on the K-1 Visa, all legal and everything. My question is, they aren't married and the time limit is up, I haven't asked, but I think some how she has managed to get a new visa by becoming a student, is this legal? I just don't know if I should report this or not because they are my friends, but I also don't want anything to come back to me for not saying something if they are found out.

Help!

[canadian_wife 1,831]

Why would you consider reporting someone without all the facts known? Perhaps you should find out the whole story.

Good luck

[arken 4,203]

How you came up with the thinking that she has managed to get a new visa? Just your guess or it's a truth??

First of all, to get a visa, one has to apply for it at a US embassy/consulate outside the US; one doesn't get a visa while inside the US.

People can change from one nonimmigrant status (like visitor status) to another nonimmigrant status (like student) in some cases. However, USCIS does NOT allow the change of K1 status to another nonimmigrant status. So your friend's GF(fiance) cannot change from K1 status to student status.

Are you sure she came on K1 visa? If she came on B2 visa, she could have changed from visitor status to student status by getting acceptance from a college and applying for the change of status to USCIS (provided USCIS approved the application).

Seems like either you have wrong information on her initial entry status or her current status.