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Does filing for any green card permit me to stay in USA?

Submitted by Chief Editor on Jan 27th 2009

I am here on L1b visa from x company. My sister sponsored me Immigration visa in 2006. (File is still in processing). My assignment is going to over here.
Is there any work around or change of status through which i can stay here?

So, the questions is does filing for any green card permit me to stay in USA?

The answer is no.

Only those green card application in which there is no wait for a visa number (example: spouse or parent of a US citizen or EB1 category currently) permit you to stay in USA but only if AOS (I-485) is filed in a timely manner.

That is the reason spouses of green card holders have to wait OUTSIDE USA for many, many years.

Unless the context shows otherwise, all answers here were provided by Rajiv and were compiled and reported by our editorial team from comments and blog on immigration.com

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GC through mother

Submitted by Guest on Dec 15th 2011.

my mother is US citizen, i am married, my mother submit petition as sponser for me, please tell me how many years i have to wait for the immigrant visa.