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How hard is it for an alien with tourist visa to get it changed to permanent status?
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It’s rather difficult to change a tourist Visa to permanent.
the whole concept of a Tourist visa is that you’re leaving.
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For an employer to hire him, he’ll need a work permit. And to get a work permit, you need an employer to sponsor you.
Yeah, I know, it’s pretty much impossible.
Something I’m struggling with myself as I try to find a way to be with my boyfriend in the US, permanently.
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your “son” is not blood……… so you’re trying to sneak another foreigner in the country ?
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One of the rules about a turist visa is that it is a “temporary” one. It also specifically states that the individual seeking to enter under such a visa status is ineligible to study or work (or seek employment) while in the country on said status.
By definition – he cannot go from “tourist” status to “permanent resident” status or he’d be in breach of his visa requirements and therefore be forced to leave the country .. with a potential ban on re-entering at a future date.
Similarly, if he applied for or obtained employment while on “tourist” status, both he and the employer are likely to be prosecuted for breaking immigration rules (him for working, the employer for hiring an illegal alien).
For your “son” to enter the US with the intent to work and/or obtain permanent residency, he requires that a company sponsor him under the “employment” classification (based on his academic record and applicable skills and experience), or that his family (which may include you, as a US citizen or permanent resident) sponsor him under the “family” classification.
In both cases the application for his visa is made by someone else, not him.
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You know what you’re better off to have him work illegally. It’s really hard to do it the legal way. I kid you not! The problem is not if he can find a job the problem is will the US government grant him permission to work. Which they probably won’t, unless he decides to get married. Then he will have a better shot.
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It’s a bit more complicated than simply finding an employer who will hire him. H1b visa status can lead to eventual green card status, but those visas are for skilled workers. Skilled employment is defined as work requiring a university degree or its equivalent in training and experience. Assuming this kid has those credentials, he would need to find an employer who was not only willing to hire him but also do the required paperwork with USCIS and then wait for them to approve the paperwork. These visas are limited in number and disapear pretty quickly each year when they become available. So, the chances of getting one are not particularly good, even if he is qualified, and it can take quite a while even when it does work. You don’t say anything about him, so it’s hard to predict what his chances for getting a tourist visa would be to begin with. considering that his intention seems to be to live and work in the US, by definition he is an intending immigrant and should be denied a tourist visa. Maybe he should try getting a Diversity Lottery Visa as that only requires a high school diploma to qualify. However, registration for this year is closed and won’t reopen until next October. Check out travel.state.gov and take a look at the program.
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