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Hello all,

 

I am marrying my Fiance in the next week or two. She is from Venezuela and has overstayed her tourist visa (2 years now). She has her master hearing (final hearing) scheduled for Jan 8th, 2020. (We have already been to one hearing and she received a new court date in order to find a lawyer). We deiced the best route is marriage for us. 

 

I am going to bring the marriage certificate as well as proof of receipt of the appropriate USCIS documents.  Is there anything else I need?

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UPDATE:    We had our court date and everything went super smoothly. We have a continued court hearing in July 2020. This courtdate will most likely get pushed and only be in communication w

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Thank you. Me as well. I am sure it will. There may be some back and forth but all of it will be solved online since I e-filed. Should be straight forward. I made a check list and checked it twice. 

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Hello all,   I am marrying my Fiance in the next week or two. She is from Venezuela and has overstayed her tourist visa (2 years now). She has her master hearing (final hearing) scheduled fo

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Second the suggestion of a lawyer.

 

Marriages that happen while the (potential) beneficiary is in removal proceedings can tend to be presumed as one for immigration benefits only. 

You definitely will want to retain a rather good lawyer with experience in hearings.

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I did plan on going without a lawyer but I definitely understand your caution and I can definitely obtain one with good experience. I have met with a lawyer & she did mention if I do go the marriage route with my now Fiancé that I do it prior to the master hearing. 

 

 

 

I understand that she is in removal precedeings so that doesn’t make this situation any easier. From my understanding this will be the only hearing (Jan 8th 2020) I will need a lawyer in. Is that true? 

 

 

 

 

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Has anyone on this forum gone to court and filed for a change of status without a lawyer during removal precedings? (For the person you were marrying is from another country and has overstayed their 6 month tourist visa).

 

How was the process for you?

What did you do?

What do you recommend?

 

 

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10 hours ago, Orangatang said:

Has anyone on this forum gone to court and filed for a change of status without a lawyer during removal precedings? (For the person you were marrying is from another country and has overstayed their 6 month tourist visa).

 

How was the process for you?

What did you do?

What do you recommend?

 

 

 I am not fond of lawyers but the statistics are stacked against you. 89% of the people in removal without a lawyer get deported vs only 20% of the people with a lawyer. Get a lawyer even if it means eating once a day. Going up against an ICE attorney by yourself is suicidal.

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I recommend a Lawyer, not DIY.

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Hey! I am currently preparing my Fiance and I for her court date Jan 8th, 2020. This is her master hearing and we are going to file for AOS during the Master hearing. She has overstayed her tourist visa but has been in the USA since  Dec 2017 without leaving. I understand that we will need a lawyer but here are my two questions.

 

1. How long will it take her to get working papers once we get the paper work filed for the AOS?

2. Should I file the AOS paperwork prior to the court date or wait and pay the lawyer to work their magic so that we have more time to file that?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

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12 minutes ago, Orangatang said:

Hey! I am currently preparing my Fiance and I for her court date Jan 8th, 2020. This is her master hearing and we are going to file for AOS during the Master hearing. She has overstayed her tourist visa but has been in the USA since  Dec 2017 without leaving. I understand that we will need a lawyer but here are my two questions.

 

1. How long will it take her to get working papers once we get the paper work filed for the AOS?

2. Should I file the AOS paperwork prior to the court date or wait and pay the lawyer to work their magic so that we have more time to file that?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

AOS from what?  She cannot AOS if out of status.

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Did you retain a lawyer as was suggested in previous threads?

 

There's no AOS for a fiancee---first step before any AOS paperwork filing would be legal marriage.

 

Keep in mind any marriage during removal proceedings may be looked upon as for immigration benefits only---might be a bit uphill battle to climb later on depending on evidence.

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35 minutes ago, Orangatang said:

Hey! I am currently preparing my Fiance and I for her court date Jan 8th, 2020. This is her master hearing and we are going to file for AOS during the Master hearing. She has overstayed her tourist visa but has been in the USA since  Dec 2017 without leaving. I understand that we will need a lawyer but here are my two questions.

 

1. How long will it take her to get working papers once we get the paper work filed for the AOS?

2. Should I file the AOS paperwork prior to the court date or wait and pay the lawyer to work their magic so that we have more time to file that?

 

Thank you in advance.

 

May I ask how you are going to AOS when she has no conceivable way to AOS? Fiance(e)s cannot AOS unless they are on a K-1 visa. As well now that she has overstayed her visa and has no way of doing AOS she will probably get a 10 year ban for her overstay. In my opinion, y'all should have applied for the K-1 visa in December 2017 if you relationship was that serious. She would probably have been back to her country, back to the US and been close to getting a green card (GC). Now you are going before an Immigration Judge (IJ) without any way to AOS. In my opinion, IJ will probably deport her and then you guys either have to wait 10 years and apply again or have to get a waiver. This is going to be a lengthy process for you guys if she can immigrate in the future.

 

 

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On 12/3/2019 at 8:59 AM, Orangatang said:

I did plan on going without a lawyer but I definitely understand your caution and I can definitely obtain one with good experience. I have met with a lawyer & she did mention if I do go the marriage route with my now Fiancé that I do it prior to the master hearing. 

 

 

 

I understand that she is in removal precedeings so that doesn’t make this situation any easier. From my understanding this will be the only hearing (Jan 8th 2020) I will need a lawyer in. Is that true? 

You may want to retain a lawyer for this and other court dates, if necessary. 

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