[header] How to adjust immigration status through marriage [title] Speak with your spouse. [step] To adjust your immigration status through marriage, your spouse must file form i-130, petition for alien relative, with uscis on your behalf. Make sure your spouse understands this requirement, because you can't proceed until a petition has been submitted.
[header] How to adjust immigration status through marriage [title] Speak with your spouse. [step] To adjust your immigration status through marriage, your spouse must file form i-130, petition for alien relative, with uscis on your behalf. Make sure your spouse understands this requirement, because you can't proceed until a petition has been submitted.
[substeps] This petition begins your adjustment of status process. If you are currently in the u.s. [substeps] One week before immigration is scheduled to begin, notify uscis that you are applying for a immigrant visa. This petition will be valid to allow you to immigrate to the u.s. [substeps] Call your city and take the petition to either uscis, the processing office where your spouse resides, or the u.s. department of homeland security, in the city you live in. [title] Make a decision about a marriage certificate. [step] Once you have been designated resident alien, you can get a marriage certificate from uscis.