My girlfriend is in the country illegally and we want to get married. What should I do.?

Question

She is 18 yrs old. Her family (mother,father,2 brothers) have been in the states for over 5 years.

She is from Mexico

She is from Mexico. Her and her family (mother,father, and 2 brothers) have been in the states since 2000

What legal steps can I take to correct this, and not put her in her family in danger of legal action by the US

Answer 1

Ok Most of the answers above are wrong and Hate Speech.

Thins to do to be with her:.
1. You cannot marry her here and get her legal status here. She needs to go back to apply for visa in any scenario.

2. Lets assume, you married her here. Then you submit I-130 on her behalf. Whixch is denied and forwarded to Cuidad Juarez consulate. At this point she needs to go there. She will have interview there - denied and need I-601 waiver of inadmissability. Yuo need to write it (yu can do it beforehand - its difficult) and submit. Once approved, she comes here.

3. You can go with her to mexico, and get married there and submit papers. It will be similar.

4. Once she will be returning back, make sure she has some evidence that she is marrried to you, papers filed on her behalf, or else. This is in the case if she will be stopped by border patrol - she wont get deported, once they see that she is going back to do everything proper way. If caught and deproted - more headacke.

5. Father, brothers and so on likely will never be here legal. She wont be able to sponsor them, and overcom all inadmissabilities.

Answer 2

The ignorance of people never ceases to amaze me.
I'm sure everyone who answered this question with a statement rather than an answer are all native American decendants, otherwise in my opinion you have as little right to be here as this girl.
It was your Immigrant ancestors that earned the right to be here, not you. You were just lucky enough that you parents, when they made the mistake of creating you, did it here.
The amount of people born here that have a million opportunities in the palm of their hands just by possessing a social security # and they waste their lives looking for handouts and thinking they're so entitled to something more without ever working for it sickens me.

I'm Irish and I'd safely say that the Mexicans are the most descent hard working nationality that you have in this country. You're lucky to have them.

Why don't you deport these Bums who can't see how lucky they are? Or better yet, suggest a replacement that will do the job half as well as these so called Illegal Aliens.

Answer 3

I do not think there is a way she can be legal in the country even if you marry her. An amnesty would be the only solution for her to become legal. You will just have to wait for the president to forgive illegal aliens who sneak in the country.
Her mother, father and 2 brothers are illegal too?
if so, good luck to you and tell them to go back to their country and to do things the RIGHT way.

Legal immigration is possible no matter what people may say.

Answer 4

My best advice is to seek a consultation with a competent immigration attorney. Much is forgiven when married to a USC but this only applies if one was inspected and granted entry to the US. As your fiance wasn't inspected on entry and is now 18 years of age she is not eligible to adjust status through marriage to a USC. Once she turned 18 her illegal status came into play. There is a very reputable and well known lawyer (Laural Scott) that specializes in those from Mexico. Have a read of her website below. Your fiances only choice may very well be that she has to return to Mexico and a petition filed on her behalf. A K-1 fiance visa would be the go as there is a almost a 12month wait for interviews for an immigrant visa if you get married and file an I-130 petition as your spouse.

Answer 5

Is she the following on an expired Visa? Is she the following through coyote? I advise getting a legal professional or talking to an immigration rep. they may well be in a position to help you higher advantageous than us on YA. make certain the child is born the following and not in any respect in Mexico...that way the "anchor" infant will be an American citizen. and for that one poster.....even once you adult men get married your female friend basically isn't seen a citizen till she fills out the workplace paintings and is going through the technique. there is not any computerized citizenship.

Answer 6

Do the right thing and report them to immigration. You are an American, right? The law is there for a reason.

Here's how they work; They marry you and have a kid. This gets them citizenship. Then they divorce you, sue you, and are free. It happens all the time. Don't be a fool by falling for this old scam.

Answer 7

Have her go through the same steps that my grandparents (and many, many other immigrants did) to become a legal citizen. And while she is at it, have her learn English like my grandparents (and many, many other immigrants) did. People that come here from countries that use entirely different alphabets learn (example: Chinese). She is at least as intelligent as them, isn't she?

As for her family - same thing. If they want to dance here, let them do the right steps.

And about your worry about legal action - if a citizen commits a crime, do you think they should get away with it? Then why should those that are here illegally.

Answer 8

Persons from her culture tend to get pregnant and married too young in my opinion. Stand back and take a good look at YOUR situation. Remember you are not only getting involved with her but her whole family as well! Why is she pushing marriage so soon any way. Think about what YOU truly want in your life?!

Answer 9

All of you guys have completely avoided the question asked and instead expressed your own personal beliefs. Steve C your response althought the question was not directly answered it was one of the best respones I've have ever seen on these forums (kudos).

Quick answer to the question: See an immigration lawyer.

Answer 10

Go to Mexico, get married and live in Mexico. Only thing is, that would make you an illegal alien in Mexico, and they would throw you in jail, not give you tax money.