Out of stutus F1 married to an US citizen questions?

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greatdealcbus

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Hello,
I came here as F1 visa but I'm out of stutus now. Here is some background:
I came here in september 2006 as F1 visa. I took 2 english quaters at the university then tranfer to another school in april 2007 ( Let calls them MSU). MSU gave me I 20 and it expried on March 2010. But due to financial problem, I did not register class at MSU after april 2007 so I was out of status. After that, I started register class at MSU in september 2008 and stoped in april 2009. I did not register any class after april 2009. I talked to my advicesor and she said, since I have been in school on and off so no matter that i went back to school some, I still out of stutus.

I have been dating my boyfriend for almost 3 years now and we want to get married ( He is an US citizen). I really dont know if i will get trouble because of my stutus or where to start? like what files do we have to fill, etc....
Any advice would be appreciate! Thank you so much for your time!
 
Thank you everyone for your reponds. We are going to have a wedding in August, 2010. Can we fill the I30 and other forms now or we have to wait after the wedding?
 
TheRealCanadian said:
You can't file the I-130 until you are married.
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Real Canadian I think what she meant is that she is going to have a ceremony in August, 2010, but greatdealcbus could be able to file for I-130 before that time if you get marry in court before your ceremony, Ceremony and getting marry in court is two different things. That way you can accelerate your immigration status process.
 
Thank you everyone!
We want to get married in court ( simple) in late may, 2010 so we can fill all of the paper work but we are going to las vegas for the real ceremony again in late september 2010. Do you think the USCIS will get suspicious?
 
I'm in similar situation (quit school before I was supposed to). We had a quick civil ceremony instead of wedding. If you're on this forum for awhile, you'll see how my case turn out as I'll keep updating. Some people here got lucky and passed despite being out of status for years. But I think it varies from case to case and depends on the interviewer too. I'm nervous about my situation... Sorry can't give much of an advice.
 
I was out of status for almost 10 yrs. I still don't have GC on hand but I got welcome letter this Saturday.
 
Lightcz said:
I was out of status for almost 10 yrs. I still don't have GC on hand but I got welcome letter this Saturday.
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Is your case based on marriage based? If so could you please let me know a bit more details? Like how long it all took you get this stage. What they asked from you after you filed & so on. I have a friend who just applied for his out of status ( over 8 yrs) wife & I'd like to find out the process. All your feedback will be highly appreciated.
Thanks.
Atique.
 
Thank you everyone,
I just get married a week ago. Can i apply for SSN now? SInce i'm here as international student but my I 20 is expriced 3 months ago so I dont know if i can apply for SSN or not. Or Do I have to fill the I765 form first to get employment authorization card then apply for SSN?
 
greatdealcbus said:
Thank you everyone,
I just get married a week ago. Can i apply for SSN now? SInce i'm here as international student but my I 20 is expriced 3 months ago so I dont know if i can apply for SSN or not. Or Do I have to fill the I765 form first to get employment authorization card then apply for SSN?
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Why didn't you apply for SSN while your F-1 was valid?
 
Thank you, ya i missed the change to get SSN when my F1 was valid. DO you guys know how long does it take to get the EAD card after I filled the I765?
 
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