JimS.

they hire lawyer, I think is best too. wish they best of luck on their journey

I don't know how stringent USCIS is going to be, but these are two Qs I would have as a layperson. First, how did the couple meet? If on a dating site, I would be more suspicious that this whole thing was planned, i.e., that it was an abuse of the "tourist" visa. Second, how exactly did her situation change? To get here, she supposedly proved she had strong ties to China that would force her to depart the USA at the end of her visa. ok . they are friends for 3 yrs ,met on some chatting tool..,he has his own gf. and she has her bf they are just friends . about the tourist visa, she got her own visa all by herself even without her bf's help. cuz she is quite talented girl who works in a foreign company. got some money in her bank account .and showed house certificate to the VO. meanwhile she got a good job with fair pay and speaking almost fluent english...her first intent is to come to visit her bf. but after she arrived in the states.her bf told her he already got somebody else and kick her out of his house...so she got no place to stay..the guy (friend she knew yrs)has her stay with his family member. before all that.the guy's gf also cheated on him..so he became single.. and for some time later,he found out he fell in love with her.she is the only person who understands him well,keeping him company all yrs and helping him emtionally in different ways.. he loves her..so he asks her to marry him..and she was shocked and thinking for somewhile and later said yes..that is the whole story....you know The adversity sees the true feelings...it is unplaned at all !

If ou go to Mexico, take body armor. I say go for the tourist visa, worst thing that can happen is it is denied. Have her get a letter from her work showing she is employed there and if it is on a long term contract. That will help.

They have decided to marry and take their chances, it's a bit complicated as how this come about. They started chatting as friends for some time and become good friends, She come for a visit and her situation changed, He realized how much he really cared and popped the question. Now they are just trying to figure out the best way to move forward. OK so they need to file a I-130 and I-485 together, I'm guessing this is like filing a CR-1 and would be summit to her POE (LAX) Reading thru the I-130, it says "routing will be based on the petitioner’s place of residence". Ok here is a good twist, his residence is in another state than the one she is in. She is staying with one of his family members. I have only researched DCF mostly, as this is the route I was going to take. I guess I deleted my files...dang it. I'm putting together a interview question sheet for them. If anyone has a good one, I sure wouldn't turn it down. Any one have a basic outline of a evolution of relationship letter I can give them. Crap can not believe I deleted all that stuff..... Thanks again for the help.

I've got to say that I never laugh so mush as reading your post...my side hurts now

Thanks guys, with the advice here they are moving forward with the right choices I think. Just wish I was in the States to sit down with them to help them thru this process. Or come here. Any suggestions for a good immigration lawyer??? I gave them one, but he has not return their message they left him. I tried doing a search, but keeps erroring out on me... If can not post here, send me a PM with the info. Thanks again

Posted 01 November 2011 - 04:47 AM I have a friend that is in America on a visit visa. She just had someone she has been friends with for a long time ask her to marry him. This was not planned and she had no idea he felt that way about her. But can they marry and change her status on her visa since she is already in the States? Or would she have to return to China and start the paperwork there??? Thank for all your help. i need more help from you guys. so this friend again. is it easy for her to change visa status from B-2 tourist visa to F-1 student visa, then marry easier ? or just marry in the state with risk ? her friend is thinking to get her advance parole/asylum(don't really know the differences between these two words) to make her remain in the states cuz she wants to stay in the united states , start over ,have a new life with her guy....she doesnt wanna leave now.. so which options is the best to make her stay in the states 1: marry with risk (unplaned) 2: change status from B-2 to F-1 ( have to enroll language school or university to obtain visa ,which one is better and faster? will it work to change the status?) 3: get advance parole ? (i heard if get this thing,she can stay in USA as long as she could. she could get a work card to work legally,but she might stuck here if failed) what if she do student visa first,failed then marry, will it effect her to get a marrige visa later or same here,if she do the advance parole first,it failed, then she try to marry then ,will it possible for her to get marriage visa ? cuz she doesnt really wannt to risk to marry on a tourist visa..so here are the other options she got from friends .. what to do ?? Thanks very much for all your help.

Hopefully, you meant immigration lawyer. Just to clarify - they can marry, anytime, anywhere they want provided they meet the legal requirements in effect. If she returns home after the wedding, he can file an I-130 and get a visa for his wife just like anyone else. The complications (may or may not) come in to play ONLY if she decides to stay in the US and apply for a green card after the wedding. Yes that was what I meant. Still getting use to using the iPad and it auto filling in words. I only typed Immg and it must have filled in the rest.

Thanks guys, this really helped allot. I will have them get in connect with a immersion lawyer. I think that is best for them.

I have a friend that is in America on a visit visa. She just had someone she has been friends with for a long time ask her to marry him. This was not planned and she had no idea he felt that way about her. But can they marry and change her status on her visa since she is already in the States? Or would she have to return to China and start the paperwork there??? Thank for all your help.

Spent it shopping and eating all day, plus family trying to get me drunk that night.

Not if it involves saving money. We all know how much saving a buck is to them. I can't tell you how many times I went out shopping with mine and spent so much time looking in different stores. Then back and forth between stores until she got the price she was happy with. She would be so giddy like a kid getting their favorite candy.

Yep, you talked about it, So it's "YOUR FAULT" I tried talking about "If something should happen to me" and before I could even finish, she said "DO NOT TALK ABOUT THIS"

Hmm I must really be a pervert because I was thinking something totally different before I read this... Good story and funny..

Thanks guys, Put TOR on both the Mac and the PC, can log into QQ homepage on the Mac but not the PC. I'll check out Wi