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    Does a family based adjustment of status application make you legal even if overstayed?

    After some more digging it seems it is possible just need to get valid visas for them while waiting for I-485. I guess a work visa for her and a student visa for him. Maybe best to get guidance from a lawyer. Here's some info I found in case anyone needs...
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    Does a family based adjustment of status application make you legal even if overstayed?

    The visa is not overstayed yet. Maybe I wasn't clear sorry. My sister and her son are visiting the US on a tourist visa, she liked this country and would want to immigrate here. Her visa is a nonimmigrant visa. I was researching immigration procedures and found about AOS. I am a US citizen so...
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    Does a family based adjustment of status application make you legal even if overstayed?

    So when an adjustment of status / AOS is filed, they would need to leave the country and return when the immigration visa is ready like in 15 years? Are you sure there is no way to become a permanent resident if a visa is overstayed? I've heard of people getting green cards while in the...
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    Does a family based adjustment of status application make you legal even if overstayed?

    If someone with a child came to the U.S. on a B2 tourist visa and then wanted to immigrate, and a US citizen sibling applied for permanent residency on family basis to adjust status, but the tourist visa is overstayed while waiting for the green card (I guess ~15 years), does that make the...
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