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Submitted by Chief Editor on Apr 27th 2010
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I got married to a US citizen in Mumbai under the Special Marriage Act about a month back. He is currently in the US and I am also planning to immigrate there with him. I have a tourist visa & am planning on going to the US on that visa and then apply for change of status. Will it be ok to do that? & once I apply for change of status, am I allowed to stay in the US beyond the regular tourist visa timelines (meaning the stamp given at the immigration counter at the airport showing the last permissible date of stay in the current visit)?

This may sound silly, but I think you should reapply for a tourist visa and tell the consulate what you are planning to do. They may not require a new visa or they may even deny you entry and ask you to wait for your green card. But that, I think is the right thing to do. Once you arrive in USA and file for adjustment of status, you can stay beyond your tourist visa/I-94 duration.

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go ahead and travel on tourism visa

Submitted by Guest on Nov 21st 2011.

this is no silly ! isnot better than waiting for 10 months or 12 months or may be 18 months or more separated, its obvious that U.S.A doesnt care about families, iam married to USC and we wanted to do the right thing but what did i get now long period of separation and suffering and several e-mails and calls, believe me nobody care and we r trying to contact acongressman or asenator now to expedite this,we have been waiting for more than 9 months now and the funny thing is that we got everything approved and submitted all the documents in the world & still keep us waiting 4 schedule interview

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