There is a young girl I know who is in the US on a Student Visa. It expires later in 2004 and all her efforts to get a Work Visa has failed as she has a degree, but not in a specialized industry. She has close family here in the US she lives with and they support her and would gladly keep doing so forever as she has no family or home back in her original country.
If she finds no way to extend her visa or get a new one, her only choice to stay in the US is to simply overstay her Visa. I have read alot on these boards and am left with questions:
1. If she overstays her Visa, is she an "illegal alien"?
2. If she never tries to leave the US and doesn't get arrested, what are her real chances of getting deported?
3. If someday she gets a removal letter, has a good lawyer (her family here has money) and plenty of people to appear in court on her behalf and write letters about her character, could she be allowed to stay??
4. If someday, even 10 years from now, she is still here and marries a US Citizen (for love, of course) will her overstay be forgiven?
If she finds no way to extend her visa or get a new one, her only choice to stay in the US is to simply overstay her Visa. I have read alot on these boards and am left with questions:
1. If she overstays her Visa, is she an "illegal alien"?
2. If she never tries to leave the US and doesn't get arrested, what are her real chances of getting deported?
3. If someday she gets a removal letter, has a good lawyer (her family here has money) and plenty of people to appear in court on her behalf and write letters about her character, could she be allowed to stay??
4. If someday, even 10 years from now, she is still here and marries a US Citizen (for love, of course) will her overstay be forgiven?
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