Marrying an illegal
Hello! My boyfriend and I want to get married but he is not legal here. We would live together and I would keep going to school and he would keep working. How could I legalize him? What are the requirements? He has been living here for 13 years illegally. He does not have a criminal background what so ever. Please reply back.
-Muranda
Re: Marrying an illegal
This depends upon whether he entered the U.S. legally with a valid visa/visa waiver program or not. If not, he'll need to eventually return to his home country to get his permanent residence through marriage to U.S. in conjunction with an extreme hardship waiver.
You may find detailed information here:
http://www.msclaw.com/What_are_the_lega_requirementsGC.html
It's probably best to discuss this over the phone to get additional details.
Re: Marrying an illegal
This depends upon whether he entered the U.S. legally with a valid visa/visa waiver program or not. If not, he'll need to eventually return to his home country to get his permanent residence through marriage to U.S. in conjunction with an extreme hardship waiver.
You may find detailed information here:
http://www.msclaw.com/What_are_the_lega_requirementsGC.html
It's probably best to discuss this over the phone to get additional details.
