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03-05-2018, 11:20 AM
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Welp, I've decided to adjust my status via marriage.

We've been seeing each other for a good year now. Not sure if the duration is long enough for the ppl reviewing my case.

Anyway,

How should I go about doing this...

1)Get married first and then talk to a lawyer or vice versa?
Why do you need a lawyer? I recommend doing it yourself unless you have a criminal background or entered EWI. If u do go with a lawyer, talk to a lawyer after marriage.

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2)We dont plan on having a ceremony (financial reasons), will that be an issue for the people reviewing the case?
Seems fishy. It will look like you're doing it for papers. But you can say you are saving it for another day. It is a flag but not impossible. Just come up with a good excuse.

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3)We don't live together currently. Plan on moving in together at the end of the year. Again, will this be an issue.
Yes, it will be harder to prove the marriage is real if you two dont live together. I am not saying it will be impossible to prove the marriage but it is a big red flag. Are you two really marrying because of love? 1 year seems fishy to me.

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Any input would be great! I would call Melania for tips, but i don't have her #.

Seriously though, thanks in advance.


Any input would be lovely
I dont think Melania would have given her number out for anything.


All I have to say is becareful with what you doing. Trump admin is a lot tougher now.

Come to think about it, since you only been with her for a year, I recommend talking to a lawyer and getting his input on it. Your case seems very shady.
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I would say get married and send in the application first and worry about moving in together later. I'm saying this because it will take around 8 months to hear anything back from USCIS now. You can work on proving your "bona fide" marriage while you are waiting.

Are you overstay or EWI? The process and wait time are very different.
I'm an overstay.

Thanks to everybody for their responses. Much appreciated!
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It's a legit situation. As far as living with each. We pretty much do live together - she is at my apt 99% of the time - but just not on paper. We're in a tricky situation where my lease ends in 1/19 and her ends in mid 2018 or we we would move into our own apartment immediately.

So I'm thinking if adding her to my apt lease would be a viable option? Like I said, we do live together, just not officially on paper..


I do live with another roommate though.
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Welp, I've decided to adjust my status via marriage.

We've been seeing each other for a good year now. Not sure if the duration is long enough for the ppl reviewing my case.

Anyway,

How should I go about doing this...

1)Get married first and then talk to a lawyer or vice versa?

2)We dont plan on having a ceremony (financial reasons), will that be an issue for the people reviewing the case?

3)We don't live together currently. Plan on moving in together at the end of the year. Again, will this be an issue.

Any input would be great! I would call Melania for tips, but i don't have her #.

Seriously though, thanks in advance.


Any input would be lovely
1. Doesn't matter.

2. Usually it isn't. They might ask why but you can just tell them it's financial reasons, neither of you is religious, etc.

3. This one is a huge red flag because married couples tend to live together, and you will need a very good reason as to why you aren't. For example something like "we plan on moving together and in the meantime we're rushing in this adjustment application" just screams fraud. If you live together and then split up because you got a job out of state and visit every weekend or every other weekend that'd fly.


Basically when things aren't normal you need a good excuse as to why they aren't.


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It's a legit situation. As far as living with each. We pretty much do live together - she is at my apt 99% of the time - but just not on paper. We're in a tricky situation where my lease ends in 1/19 and her ends in mid 2018 or we we would move into our own apartment immediately.

So I'm thinking if adding her to my apt lease would be a viable option? Like I said, we do live together, just not officially on paper..


I do live with another roommate though.
Changing her address on her ID would be a good first step here, she can always change it later. You can always just tell the truth, you're bound by leases so she maintains a de jure address elsewhere until that expires and mostly lives with you. Adding her to your lease would also work.
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