Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Hi,

You must maintain underlying nonimmigrant visa status when an immigrant petition in the F2A category is filed by your permanent resident spouse. You cannot remain legally in the U.S. solely based on the sponsorship. Additional information is here: www.h1b1.com/sponsor.htm

It is going to take quite a while for you to obtain U.S. permanent residency through your prospective spouse, if he only has a greencard. Once your F-1 visa status ends (due to graduation, dropping out, or other circumstances terminating your D/S), you need to consider how you are going to maintain your non-immigrant visa status.

Also, how soon can your prospective spouse apply for naturalization? If you are going to marry him, it would be to your utmost benefit if he was a U.S. citizen!

Please contact me if you have any further questions. Thank you!