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If you have seen your fiance in the past two-years, you can petition to bring her here on a K-1 visa. After she arrives, you and she will have to marry within 90 days. After marriage, she can apply for her permanent residency.

Getting a Texas ID card does not give your fiancee "permission to be here" nor does it authorizes her to work either. In most cities, you only need one valid form of ID in order to get married. It should not matter that your fiancee does not have any immigration status yet. After you have been married, you can start the immigration process by submitting an I-130 relative petition on her behalf to the USCIS. If she entered the US illegally and you are a US citizen, she will eventually need to apply for and get approved a provisional waiver on form I-601A before returning to her home country for the visa interview at the US consulate. In order to get an I-601A waiver approved, she will need to establish that you would suffer extreme hardship in the event that she is not allowed to return to the US within 10 years.

At this point, you might want to actually consider DACA" Dream Act - Deferred Action" As you may have heard, the DREAM ACT Deferred Action has now given the opportunity for numerous people to apply for the deferred action. This is not residency and it is not citizenship. However, if done properly, it does permit the issuance from U.S. Immigration of the approval of the Deferred Action, which in turn will allow you to get a work permit, remain legally in the U.S. for the duration of the approval of the deferred action and to be assured that you will not be placed into deportation proceedings. Additionally, this procedure will allow for us to apply for the DREAM Act Deferred Action even if you are in deportation removal proceedings. Additionally, if you already have a removal or deportation order, we can apply for this relief. Finally, even if you or somebody you know is outside the U.S. that has been deported, but would have qualified, that person also is eligible to apply for the DREAM Act Deferred Action. Keep in mind a few advisals: 1. If President Obama is not re-elected, this form of Deferred Action may be denied and/or revoked; 2. There are no derivative beneficiaries that can apply for this type of Deferred Action. Therefore, there is a risk that you may get the approval, but your parents may be targeted to be placed into Removal Proceedings. However, at that point, depending on the particular case, we may be able to be retained to prepare and submit a Request for Prosecutorial Discretion. 3. If your DREAM Act Deferred Action is denied, there is always the risk that you will be placed into Removal Proceedings. However, the option for you to submit the Request for Prosecutorial Discretion is also open.