redtapenightmare

Hello,
I follow immigration law and enforcement pretty closely (I work for an immigrant rights non-profit).
Jojo is correct.
I would say do whatever you can to find another type of visa. Overstaying your student visa is an option, but the problem is that if your friend leaves, the risk is very high that she will never be able to come back (so this decision means, no visits home, ever).
I would also get married in a state that permits it. This gives you some level of protection if you ever get detained by ICE and picked up into deportation proceedings. Obama is really going back and forth every week about whether or not he is permitting deportations of homosexual spouses of US Citizens. At this point, it appears he will not be deporting them, but also not adjusting their status... so they just stay in immigration limbo (i.e. having a deportation case 'open' with ICE, but ICE just kind of ignores it to pursue other 'high risk' undocumented folks). If you do a google search you will see recent articles about this- we're really unsure of what the policy will mean for folks.

Hello,
I follow immigration law and enforcement pretty closely (I work for an immigrant rights non-profit).
Jojo is correct.
I would say do whatever you can to find another type of visa. Overstaying your student visa is an option, but the problem is that if your friend leaves, the risk is very high that she will never be able to come back (so this decision means, no visits home, ever).
I would also get married in a state that permits it. This gives you some level of protection if you ever get detained by ICE and picked up into deportation proceedings. Obama is really going back and forth every week about whether or not he is permitting deportations of homosexual spouses of US Citizens. At this point, it appears he will not be deporting them, but also not adjusting their status... so they just stay in immigration limbo (i.e. having a deportation case 'open' with ICE, but ICE just kind of ignores it to pursue other 'high risk' undocumented folks). If you do a google search you will see recent articles about this- we're really unsure of what the policy will mean for folks.

Hello,
I follow immigration law and enforcement pretty closely (I work for an immigrant rights non-profit).
Jojo is correct.
I would say do whatever you can to find another type of visa. Overstaying your student visa is an option, but the problem is that if your friend leaves, the risk is very high that she will never be able to come back (so this decision means, no visits home, ever).
I would also get married in a state that permits it. This gives you some level of protection if you ever get detained by ICE and picked up into deportation proceedings. Obama is really going back and forth every week about whether or not he is permitting deportations of homosexual spouses of US Citizens. At this point, it appears he will not be deporting them, but also not adjusting their status... so they just stay in immigration limbo (i.e. having a deportation case 'open' with ICE, but ICE just kind of ignores it to pursue other 'high risk' undocumented folks). If you do a google search you will see recent articles about this- we're really unsure of what the policy will mean for folks.