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If you overstay your visa, then you're absolutely right, you're in for a world of trouble. However, ONCE you have entered the US on a B2, you can file an I-539
by suthakamal 16y ago
If you overstay your visa, then you're absolutely right, you're in for a world of trouble.
However, ONCE you have entered the US on a B2, you can file an I-539 to permit you to extend your stay and apply to change your status to another class of visa.
As it happens, this is precisely the process I've gone through to go from B2 -> TN-1.
That said: Ben's right that you should seek legal counsel from an immigration attorney on all things related to the visa process.
- dotBen 16y agoSo I have a TN (as it happens). If you are looking to get a TN as a Canadian citizen (rather than Mexican, different rules apply for them) you can actually apply for a TN at any airport (not just via Canada). This is a little known fact. The advice given to me was just to take a trip somewhere and come back into the country to get the TN rather than apply for an AoS with the DHS (which can take ages to process - they are not really incentivized to process it with a short turnover). I got my most recent TN at SFO in secondary checking, it was trivial (assuming you qualify + your paperwork is in order, etc).