I have a B1/B2 VISA and I currently hold a 180 days permit that allows me to be in the USA until February 2014 (not working).
I’ve been living in New England for the last year (not working). I support myself with a business I own in Mexico and with some family business money (which is not enough but it lets me live in the NE area with no poverty whatsoever).
I’ve been dating a US citizen for 1 year and a half now and since I’m 27 and my life clock is ticking, I was thinking of proposing early next year to get married mid/late 2014 (I do care for her). My visa expires on 11/2021 and I’ve been renewing my permit for the last year so is not the I-Want-Papers-To-Stay kind of thing.
One of the questions is; If I come from a B1/B2 visa, should I leave the country and apply? If I’m married should I stay in the US and apply?
I come to Mexico every 3 months (right now I’m here for Mexican holidays) cause I can always find cheap round trip tickets (250-280$). And, basically I would like to get a green card cause eventually I wanna open a Mexican restaurant (I know there is a VISA for that, but I just don’t think I will be able to save what I’m supposed to save $500k-$750k ?? for E2 VISA I guess?) in the next years without going crazy for not working (I’m done with my day usually by 12pm and I have to sit around and do nothing until I go to bed and by 12pm, I mean done by working through e-mail and skype and going to the gym for 1 and a half hour), so yeah I will go crazy if I keep doing this for many years, I need something to stay busy for at least 8 hours and with a green card I plan on opening a restaurant as soon as possible so, technically, I won’t be stealing any US jobs, if anything, I would be creating.
So with my story being told, being from Mexico, getting married to a US citizen (by birth), having a B1/B2 visa, having a permit every time I go further the place I’m supposed I can be without a permit, should I be eligible to have a GC within the first year or less? Cause I don’t wanna wait many years until I come with the $500k-$750k savings I’m supposed to have for the E2 VISA I think it is?, and literally, I will go crazy if I don’t start doing something and I really don’t see myself living in Mexico. I don't wanna discuss this with family or lawyer cause I'm afraid GF will find out and is supposed to be a surprise
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Oh, btw, they don't know I'm living in the US. I do always have my permit, I do always get my permit, (they only ask me why I'm going and where I'm stayin at, I use real data) and I never fail to get a permit, and since there is no scanning when I'm exiting the USA, I don't really think they know I'm up there living, I don't know if I should say even tho I'm not working (I'm afraid I will have problems) or I should just stay quite and simply apply like nothing ever happened.