Can an US citizen marry someone who came into the US legally but his/her visa has been expired for several years therefore that person is living in the States without a legal status?
2007-07-12 06:24:43 · 23 answers · asked by Buggaboo 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Of course you can marry him, but it's not the free path to non deportation status that it used to be. Plus, if the marriage is found to be done for purposes of staying in this country, he'll be deported and you'll face criminal charges and prison time.
2007-07-12 06:28:29 · answer #1 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Have him go back to his native country. You send him notarized affidavit of your engagement and intent to marry on such and such a date, (Give yourself enough time to see if it's love or lust), and have him apply for a Fiancee' Visa to come to the US. Then when you are married, he can take his fiancee' visa and marriage certificate to immigration and have his status changed to resident alien by marriage to a US citizen. If he can't get a fiancee' visa, there's probably a reason that you don't know about yet and are better off without him. This is not a fast process, but it is a legal one.
2007-07-12 06:41:07 · answer #2 · answered by Jim 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can, all they need is their birth certificate, and an Id of some sort it can be their consulate card, or their passport. By marrying him though it does not guarantee he can stay here with you. Your best bet is to marry him in his home country and then start the process. That way the two of you are not separated from each other. I have a friend who married a Mexican and they have been separated for 5 years while waiting for some sort of an answer. Good luck, it's not easy.
2007-07-12 07:36:44 · answer #3 · answered by Lil's Mommy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your ultimate wager is to have her return to her united states of america, then be conscious for a fiancee visa. as quickly as this is authorized, she will legally re-enter the rustic, and you 2 could have ninety days to get married or she would be waiting to be deported. Please do no longer make the blunders of marrying her right here whilst she is in an unlawful status!! this could merely make each and everything just about impossible to end. additionally, once you be conscious for a fiancee visa, you ought to coach how and once you observed her IN person. SO, my advice to you is: take a sprint holiday to bypass to her in her abode united states of america-this provides you with documentation which you have seen her in person (that's needed), and it is going to additionally provide you documentation that may not prepare she became into in the US illegally. have faith me in this, i'm begging you. If something proves she became into in the US illegally, it's going to be a minimum of 10 years previously she would be waiting to be allowed to be in the US legally, if not extra. What i'm asserting could sound complicated, yet in the long-term, it is going to be lots much less complicated than in case you marry her right here in an unlawful status, and then attempt to get documentation for her to stay. solid success!
2016-10-01 11:14:54 · answer #4 · answered by rickey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I say go for it if you really love this person- he was honest enough to tell you his status.
For the record he is not a criminal since most people who take up residency in the US illegal normally are seeking better life. If he just wanted his papers and green card he wouldnt have wasted so many years and waited for his visa to expire. He obviously was searching for Mrs. Right.
Good Luck.
2007-07-12 07:32:08 · answer #5 · answered by mellay 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can marry almost any 1 you want, but why would you,He is a criminal an wanted for Numerous laws broken.The Amnesty bill failed all hope gone. When caught he could or will be jail & deported.An if your married to him than are ready to move to the country he came from.It's won't be a vaction. Best find out if they will execpt you like we do here, Or will they reject you.There are a lot of issues you need to look into before commiting youself.
2007-07-12 06:47:42 · answer #6 · answered by 45 auto 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can marry an Illegal Alien. This grants no rights to your new spouse. you can then apply for a green card for your spouse. Be aware, if you sponsor your spouse you legally have to support that person for ten years even if you get divorced.
2007-07-12 07:30:39 · answer #7 · answered by tucker p 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
of course you can. But...your partner may still get deported!!! Sound grim?? Its possible. So if you marry someone who is illegal...then that the risk!!!
What you do is...do the paperwork to make them legal..pay the bill...and walk the staright and narrow path to legality!!!
You can get an immigation lawyer too..but they're expensive.
2007-07-12 06:28:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
yes, but I would reccomend that they leave the US voluntarily, and then you and him get married wherever he is from. You have to do the paperwork, and sponsor him. He will have a process to go through. Getting married won't make him legal just because you are.
2007-07-12 06:35:25 · answer #9 · answered by Jessa 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you can marry him but that does not mean that will not give him legal status.
2007-07-12 06:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋