LPR Marrying a Visitor

[jackrob]

Hello Everybody,

I am a LPR , and i am in a relationship with someone who is in the united states on a visitor visa (B1/B2) and we plan on getting married, she has been in the us for the past 4 months legally and is planning to apply for an extension of her I-94 so we can stay together longer and because we are planning on getting married soon!

My questions are:
- Will they give her a 6 month extension of her i-94? (her visa expires in 7 months, and she still currently have 2 more months for her current i-94, so would the new i-94 be longer than her visa expiry date?)

- Can we apply to I-130 after we go to city hall and register marriage?
-how long does the whole process take? I know visa bulletin is currently set for March 2013
-can i file i-130 and i-485 concurrently?
because her visa expires in 7 months and i do not know how long would this take and i really want to stay with her!

- What are the chances of her getting an extension of her current tourist visa after i file for i-130 for her? and if she does, will she be able to visit me?
- If she overstayed her visa, will she be eligible of obtaining form i-601a approval due to the extreme hardship of leaving a husband (she is also applying for colleges to do a masters degree currently)
- If she overstayed, would that affect my future naturalization application??

Thank you everyone

[immihelp]

Whether she will get an extension of her visitors visa status really depends upon the USCIS officer.

She can't apply for I-485 until the priority date is current.

Please check the visa bulletin at http://www.immihelp.com/visa-bulletin-tracker/ for priority dates.

Leaving a husband in such situations is not an extreme hardship as that is something she chose to do by coming to the US on visitors visa and marrying him.