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B1 is for Business Visitors.

...Then she had B2 visa for tourist.

It is immigration fraud to enter the US on a B-1 visitor visa with the intent to immigrate by adjusting status.

Where is your sister right now? You are using conflicting tenses - one part you state that "we are going to bring my sister here" and then you later statue "she came to visit us at the beginning of this year."

If your sister is outside the US right now, then entering with the B-1 with the intent is immigration fraud.

If your sister is inside the US right now, then your mother can file to adjust her.

Thanks!

She is in China right now. She came here short-termly at the beginning of this year, just to visit me.

Now we want to bring her here again to let her live here, go to high school and college.

You said it would be immigration fraud to enter the US with B1 visa. Then you stated if my sister was in inside the US right now, my mother could file to adjust her?? Will USCIS take it as a fraud??

Your mom needs to petition for a child of a Greencard holder and get a family immigrant visa for the sister.

Thanks~ How long would it normally take for her to get a family immigrant visa then??

My mom got her greencard through me. We are going to bring my sister here. She is 15 years old. She had a B1 visa when she came to visit us at the beginning of this year.

But if we want to bring her here to live, study and get a greencard. What kind of visa She would need? Does she need a student visa, or B1 is fine or other kind of visa?

When she comes over here, can she go to public school? Will that be free for her?

Thanks for your time and help.

B1.

Although my educated guess is that you have a B1/B2.

Yeah! It's a B1/B2. But in the airport when I entered USA, the officer in airport wrote a "B1" on my passport. So what should I write? Bi, or B1/B2???

What should I fill in under "Current USCIS status"? B1 or visitor or something else?

Can I change my name in the AOS application forms?

I want to add my husband's surname. Is that acceptable by China Government???

You really should list the question, not just the number. I had to go and look at the form to answer your question and often people won't bother so you'll get more replies if you list the entire qn...

If you read Qn 17 it says "If you entered the eligibility category (c )(3)(c ).." that's as far as you need to read because I told you previously you fill in (c )(9) so this Qn 17 doesn't apply to you and you don't fill anything in.

No effect filing AOS after your I-94 expires. I did it, doesn't change anything FOR YOU. For people entering on the VWP (which you didn't) then it would be an issue.

Thanks thanks! Really help me a lot! I will list the question next time. ;D

Please helphelphelp...

1. No. You will need to do a legal name change. You can't change your first name via marriage. If you like you can do your AOS with your real name (with your husband surname) then before you apply for ROC (which is 2 years after your get your GC) you could do a legal name change so that your new 10 year GC has Lilly on it... or if you think you have time you can try now... I don't think you have time though.

2. C9 "adjustment applicant"

3. No you don't need to live together. Proof of residency means proof of US residency or US citizenship. Can be a friend or relative. You don't need to count your fiances father unless his income is required to help meet the income requirements. The mother would complete and I-864 and the father an I-864A. Your fiance (then husband) will also need to complete an I-864

4. His annual income can be calculated as what he is earning now annually, not what he DID earn. If he works X number of hours for X amount per week then you would calculate how much that means he WILL earn this coming year

5. You might not send it on the 10th April because it depends how long it takes to get your marriage certificate. You also haven't mentioned when your I-94 expires. If your I-94 has expired before you apply you are out-of-status. You said you entered on a B1 so you won't have any issue with the overstay. You CANNOT leave the US without AP or the GC or your AOS application will be considered abandoned.

Thanks Vanessa&Tony,

I still have questions here:

Item 2: If I put in C9, should I fill item 17 in I-765?? What is E-verify?? I was hired by a company in China, and I came here to visit my client headquarter and take training. In this case what should I do???

Item 4: He quit his job on Feb. And is looking for a new job now. So we should put in 0.00???

Item 5: My I94 expired date is 20th Apr. The judege said they could give us a certificate when we get married. Then after 2-3 weeks we could get the formal copy. We are going to get married on Apr 1st. I am afraid if we send documents late and make me overstay here, it will be hard for me to get the greencard. Is there no effection???

Hey everyone, I entered US with B1 visa on 21st Oct, 2010. My fiance and I will get married on early Apr. Then we will apply to get me a greencard. I am now working with the documents for AOS.

And I got several questions here, pls help:

1. Can I change my name in the application forms?

For example, my Chinese name is "Yue Wang", now I want to change it to English name "Lily Wang", then plus my husband family name "Cooper". So I will change it to "Lily Wang Cooper". It will be no relations with my Chinese name on my passport. Is that acceptable by USCIS? Is there any effections for me to get greencard??

2. Question about I-765, item 16:

"Go to part 2 of the instructions, Eligiblity Categories. In the space below, place the letter and number of the category you selected from the intructions".

Intruction: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-765instr.pdf

Which one should I select and fill in??

If they request I provide any documents -- I quit my job after 1.5 months after I came here. And I have no invitation letters on my hands now. But I still have the contract signed with my China Company in Chinese. Can I use that? How??

3. Question about I-864:

My Fiance's mom will be joint sponsor. Is that Ok if we live in different cities or houses? We will move out to other state soon. But in the instruction, they require "Proof of their residency in your household and relationship to sponsor". What documents are we supposed to provide?

Her tax return is with her husband's, is that Ok to provide it or should we count him in?

4. Question about I-864:

My Fiannce's just graduated last year and started working for 1 year till now. But he worked when he was in college. So how to culculate his annual income? Just count last year in or several years together?

5. We are going to send all the documents out on 10th Apr. What will happen if USCIS process it later than 20 Apr?? Will I become illegal?? :-| My I-94 valid till 20 Apr.

Thanks for help!!!!!!!!

suggest you write up an evolution of relationship letter, include it with the I-130 and I-485.

Since you not know her prior to her coming to USA, you have good shot (but document, la)

Thanks a lot!!

Yes. Make sure you have everything prepared so when you do get married, you will be able to file the next day. It took my application 6 days to be accepted. Some others still have not received their first receipt notification for their AOS cases even having sent their paperwork in three weeks ago. You need room to move especially if you plan on using the AP which which allow you to travel in and out of the US whilst your visa application is pending.

Sorry, I just type wrong. I am with B1 visa...

What are you adjusting from? What status are you currently under? And is there a specific reason for leaving the submission of AOS to literally the last day?

From B1. I was going to leave on Mar. But I met my Fiance on Jan. We don't want to stay away from each other. And we just decide to marry now. So we just start prepare all the doc. Is there any way we could explain that to USCIS?

What Visa did you enter the USA?

I would file now. Dont wait until the 20th of April.

F1. We are still preparing all the documents...

And we went to get marriage certificate today. We will get married on Apr.

You mean we need make sure they get all of our doc. before 20th??

My I-94 expired date is Apr. 20th. If I send AOS documents out on 20th, may i still stay within the U.S legally until i receive a response?

I will fly to San Francisco and go to Consulate of China there next week. Just want to make sure before I am going to. I need to fill a 委托书, authorize my family in China to get "Birth Certificate". They will get me a Chinese Version with a English Translation. And send them to me together.

After I get it, do I need to take them to Consulate in US for noterization again?

Besides, is there any other certificates I need to get in China? It's for marriage and AOS in US.

Thanks.

BTW, how should we prove that when she entered US, she got no intention to stay??? Should we explain when we mail all the things??

In addition, should we mail all the supporting documents out together with I-130, I-485 & I-765? Or we just need to provide when when interview??

Thanks all.

a possible method - is to marry now, file an AOS package to USCIS, forget about I-94 extension.

It's very risky - you have to be able to prove up that you had no intention to marry when coming into USA on yer B-1 visa.

We met each other after 3 months she came here. She had no plan to stay. She was thinking about going back to China on Mar.

Thanks all! We decide to get marry now and do AOS.

Got it! No Chinese again.

Darnell 谢谢 想问一下如果去旅行的话 我们现在结婚会不会对再次入境有影响？？另外我现在是b1签证 也没有回国的机票 在国内也没有财产 加拿大的签证好办吗？不知道您清楚吗 非常感谢！

would it make it difficult for her to re-enter the country if we married now? can she extend her b1 to b2?

hey, i have a question in regards to renewing the I-94. my fiance's b-1 expires in april and we are trying to renew it so she can stay in the country. we were wondering if marriage would help extend her stay or she could renew it by traveling to either canada or mexico. can anyone help me answer these questions? thankyou