My boyfriend’s visa expired after I got pregnant, what should I do in the United States?

I am pregnant, and my boyfriend who was here before has returned to his motherland because his 6-month visa expired. I want to marry him and file papers for him.

Answer: Assuming you are a U.S. citizen, if you want to get married, you and your boyfriend usually have two options. One option is that you can apply for a fiancé visa (Form I-129) for him from the USCIS. Once approved, he will be interviewed at the US Embassy in his home country, and then you will have to get married within 90 days of coming to the US, after which he can file the I- 485 application to adjust status to complete the entire immigration process.

The second option is that you go to his home country, marry him there, and then apply for the I-130 relative immigration form to the Immigration Bureau. He will be interviewed at the U.S. Embassy in his home country with an immigrant visa. Enter the United States. The first option generally takes 9 months and the second takes less than a year.