What is the length of time USCIS need to process I-130, I-485 and G-325a Forms in order to change status/stop visa expiration?

It is always preferable to file your adjustment papers before your visa expires. However, where your immigration application is based on marriage to a US citizen, you will still be able to attain a green card even if you have overstayed your visa.

Filing the adjustment of status will not stop the expiration of your visa. But, as the other attorney stated, you will still be eligible to adjust status even with an expired visa. However, as you entered into the States on a B2 visa, you are supposed to leave when it expires. If you fail to leave you are immediately deportable with no right to a hearing. If USCIS finds that your intent upon entry was to get married and remain in the US thereby bypassing US immigration laws, you could face deporation. You should get an experienced immigration attorney to file the paperwork for you so that you will not have any problems.

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