Ardnnacht80
New Member
Good day, need some advice:
An F-1 Student Visa holder married a US citizen and is about to apply for Lawful Permanent residency (Green Card).
The F-1 Student is 3/4 of the way through a 4 year degree, and has been working for some months in a field related to her major, and submitted her Soc Sec # when she got hired.
It was arranged through a common student-related job program it seems, but it is possible that she has been working more hours per week than she was supposed to legally under the F-1 status, but this has all been due to a family hardship back home in her country of origin (a family member got cancer and needed out of pocket chemo therapy), which caused her family to not be able to support her anymore, which caused her to have to work more hours to support herself.
Nearly all of her income goes to her monthly payment plan for her tuition. The rest is for food and toiletries.
Based on everyone's expertise and knowledge, here:
If she applies for the Green Card now, married to a US citizen, what are the chances of her being approved if she is fully honest about her (likely) unauthorized number of hours worked per week?
Would her application be denied outright?
Would her family's hardship back home be a factor in giving her some leniency?
If she applies and they decide to dig into her unauthorized work because of applying, could this lead to her being deported now, before her F-1 visa is actually up?
Would any of the above change if she were to get pregnant and have a child before she applies for the Green Card?
Thank you in advance for any advice.
An F-1 Student Visa holder married a US citizen and is about to apply for Lawful Permanent residency (Green Card).
The F-1 Student is 3/4 of the way through a 4 year degree, and has been working for some months in a field related to her major, and submitted her Soc Sec # when she got hired.
It was arranged through a common student-related job program it seems, but it is possible that she has been working more hours per week than she was supposed to legally under the F-1 status, but this has all been due to a family hardship back home in her country of origin (a family member got cancer and needed out of pocket chemo therapy), which caused her family to not be able to support her anymore, which caused her to have to work more hours to support herself.
Nearly all of her income goes to her monthly payment plan for her tuition. The rest is for food and toiletries.
Based on everyone's expertise and knowledge, here:
If she applies for the Green Card now, married to a US citizen, what are the chances of her being approved if she is fully honest about her (likely) unauthorized number of hours worked per week?
Would her application be denied outright?
Would her family's hardship back home be a factor in giving her some leniency?
If she applies and they decide to dig into her unauthorized work because of applying, could this lead to her being deported now, before her F-1 visa is actually up?
Would any of the above change if she were to get pregnant and have a child before she applies for the Green Card?
Thank you in advance for any advice.