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| Change of Nonimmigrant Status |
| There are times when you may want or are required to change your status. If you are required to change your status and do not, you will be violating the immigration laws of the United States and are subject to removal.
You may not change your status if you were admitted on the following visa categories:
- Visa Waiver Pilot Program
- C- Alien in Transit or without a visa
- D- A crewman
- K- fiancée of U.S. citizen
- S- Informant
The government is more likely to grant your petition to change status if you are in status with your current visa. If you file after your status expires, then you must prove:
- the delay was due to extraordinary circumstances beyond your control
- the delay was of reasonable length
- you have not done anything to violate your nonimmigrant status
- you are still a nonimmigrant and
- you are not in deportation (removal) proceedings
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