Seadrift, TX Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Regrettably, the State of Georgia still does not recognize same-sex marriages (although a lawsuit is now pending to challenge that restriction). In the meantime, same-sex couples living in Georgia may marry in another state and return to Georgia to process marriage-based applications for adjustment of status, since they are governed by federal, rather than state, laws.

Your questions raise multiple significant immigration legal issues, including what the USCIS is likely to consider the fraudulent use of the Visa Waiver Program to enter the U.S. with the intention of promptly getting married and staying in the U.S. permanently. It would be a mistake to proceed as you outlined, and instead I strongly recommend that you and your fiance engage an immigration attorney who, upon learning all of the relevant information about your fiance could advise about immigration-related eligibilities, options and strategies. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.