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Old 05-09-2004, 02:57 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Default Re: UK on "holiday" in US for 20 yrs, How can he get legal?

ray6 <member9793@british_expats.com> wrote in news:1413270.1084113853
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    >
    > Originally posted by wisewallet
    >> My friend came to the
    > US almost 20 yrs ago on holiday and never left. His vacation visa
    > obviously expired many years ago. What are his options to become of
    > legal status here? Is marriage a solution? The only solution? What
    > steps should he take. He doesn't know where to start. It seems like
    > all info on marriages that we find are when one person is still
    > overseas. Is there any other way that he can stay here without getting
    > married? I do not think that he wil be able to be sponsored as an
    > employee to anywhere, because he doesn't have a college degree etc.
    > WHat are your thoughts and advice? TIA
    > Get a lawyer.....
    >
    >

If he has been getting away with it for 20 years, what has changed now?