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Commonly Asked Immigration Questions From Users Near You

This information is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. It is provided for general informational purposes only. If you need legal advice you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.

If my visa expires today how long do I have to leave the country

Alan Lee
Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
To DHS, an individual whose visa expires should leave the country immediately. For certain classes of individuals on working visas, they are given a 10 day grace period to leave. Those on J exchange visitor visas are given a 30 day grace period and those under F-1 student status a 60 day grace period. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
To DHS, an individual whose visa expires should leave the country immediately. For certain classes of individuals on working visas, they are given a 10 day grace period to leave. Those on J exchange visitor visas are given a 30 day grace period and those under F-1 student status a 60 day grace period. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
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Is it true if you leave the US soil for a short period (less than 6 months), we have to wait for an addition of 2 years before we can get a US citi

Alan Lee
Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
There is no such rule. The general rule for residence in naturalization cases is that the individual must be a US resident for five years and have physically resided in the country for at least half of the time. Periods of time that you are outside of the country generally have no effect as long as they are short in duration. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
There is no such rule. The general rule for residence in naturalization cases is that the individual must be a US resident for five years and have physically resided in the country for at least half of the time. Periods of time that you are outside of the country generally have no effect as long as they are short in duration. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
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How can she stay here to have baby and will baby be US citizen if born in the US to a Guatemalan mother and dual Guatemalan/US citizens father?

Alan Lee
Answered by attorney Alan Lee
Immigration lawyer at Alan Lee Arthur Lee, Attorneys at Law
The potential difficulty here is that the couple was married prior to her coming to the US and U.S.C.I.S. may think that she came to the US with the intention of never going back. On the other hand, good things in your friend's favor for arguing that she did not try to circumvent regular US immigration procedures of waiting overseas could be that she was not petitioned for permanent residence prior to coming to the country (if that is true) , an intervening event occurred that made her reluctant to go back home (the pregnancy), and if she had the 10 year visa previously and not just for this trip. (Kindly note that I assume that you mean that she has a B visa instead of a D visa. The latter type of visa is for crewman such as a flight attendant and such individuals are not eligible to adjust status in the U. S.) Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
The potential difficulty here is that the couple was married prior to her coming to the US and U.S.C.I.S. may think that she came to the US with the intention of never going back. On the other hand, good things in your friend's favor for arguing that she did not try to circumvent regular US immigration procedures of waiting overseas could be that she was not petitioned for permanent residence prior to coming to the country (if that is true) , an intervening event occurred that made her reluctant to go back home (the pregnancy), and if she had the 10 year visa previously and not just for this trip. (Kindly note that I assume that you mean that she has a B visa instead of a D visa. The latter type of visa is for crewman such as a flight attendant and such individuals are not eligible to adjust status in the U. S.) Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.
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