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my girlfriend is here in the us on a tourist visa would it be just as easy to marry her since she is here a?

my girlfriend is here in the us but on a touriste visa and i want to marry her her since shes here so is there lots of red tape i have to go through or less

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  • Alie
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    You can marry her on the tourist visa and have her adjust status to permanent resident, (this option is only legal if she had no intentions of marrying and staying when she entered the US), but it still requires lots of paperwork. There is no avoiding the red tape if you want her to become legal in the US.

    Just be aware that if you marry on a tourist visa and her greencard petition is denied for some reason, you will not be able to appeal it. The option to appeal a denial is only given for applicants adjusting status from a valid non-immigrant visa.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If she is here on tourist visa, then marry her......My husband came on a tourist visa also and we got married.....It took him about 6 months to get his green card, and then about a year and half to get his residency.....But, the good thing is, we got to be together during the whole process.....Best of luck to you....

  • 4 years ago

    extremely. each marriage is criminal, in spite of status and no matter if her Visa has expired or not. the basically human beings marriage to a US citizen does not help is those who entered the country illegally. Marriage is unable to modify their status in any respect. when you marry, you be conscious for adjustment of status, alongside with some thing else of the workplace artwork (employment authorization, shuttle permission, and so on) on her behalf, as you'd be her sponsor.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Marry her now as opposed to what??

    Less paperwork/red tape as opposed to what??

    And which country is she from?

    Sorry, I would need a little more info to answer this properly

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    If you want to marry her then go ahead. All that she will need to get married is her orginal birth certificate and a photo id.

  • scruff
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Love should know no borders. Marry her. Then maybe even go live in her country, it couldn't be any worse than the US.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Check with a Christian Lawyer and a competent Pastor and see all the options available.....

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    that doesnt mean it would be easier.....she still might have to go

    back home before she's allowed to stay...

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