回复：婚姻绿卡（FB2）排期太遥远

我父亲和继母2010五月以B2来美探亲。 父亲11月拿到绿卡， 后马上为继母申请了I-130和B2延期。现B-2有效到今年五月。 但因排期倒退，在美期间递交I-485似乎遥不可及。请问除了再来一次B2延期（很可能被拒）还有什么办法能保持合法身份在美等候排期？另外I130批准现要多久？

-It is imposibble for your step-mother to keep her non-immigration status for several years. But one solution is that she may just stay in US illegally until your father becomes a US citizen and then, upgrade the I-130 from F2A to the Immediate Relative (wife) of a US citizen. Thus, she has no problem to get her green card because her unlawyful presence does not affect her I-485 as the US citizen's wife.

非常感谢。