I am currently staying in the US under a BI visa or as a tourist status. I had been here since August 8 of last year and my stay is bound to expire on Feb 7. I wanted to extend my stay for another 5 months so I filed an application of extension to the immigration office last Decmeber 23. It's been more than a month and my stay will espire soon next week and there has benn no reply yet from the immigration. We track down my case number in their website and we found out that they are still processing the November application. Some of my friends are telling me that its alright to stay even if my status has expired as long as there is some pending papers from the imigration. So my question is, is it wise to wait and stay beyond Feb 7, take the risk of oeverstaying and wait for the Imigration reply or do i have to go home and not wait for the reply?
2007-02-04 17:55:19 · 5 answers · asked by astral 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Call Immigration and ask, this is the only way to get a true answer.
2007-02-04 18:00:44 · answer #1 · answered by m c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best answer is to contact someone within immigration and ask them (don't forget to get their name if there IS a problem later on).
Six months on a 'tourist visa'? Since you have that sort of money to not be working all that long - paying for a lawyer shouldn't be a problem - - cause we all KNOW that no one that would be working on a 'tourist visa', right?
2007-02-05 02:14:05 · answer #2 · answered by Toe the line 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you overstay, you will have to live in fear of being found out. And if you are found out, they will send you home and you will not be able to enter the U.S at all for a certain length of time. There is no indication that your papers are pending so I wouldn't bank on it. Better safe than sorry.
2007-02-05 04:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paperwork being backed up is rather common when it comes to the USCIS.
I'm curious, right before you came to the U.S. last year, how long did it take for you to get a response from the USCIS since the date you sent your application?
2007-02-05 02:09:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would contact a lawyer.........or uscis and ask them this is to serioous for you to mess up with people who really don't know what they are talking about..........oh_hell
2007-02-05 02:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by oh_hell_imagine_that 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋