LadyGuinivere:
^^^dude since u already have it figured out why are u disturbing folks na? Shuuo!
Do whatever u so desire and free the space for people that require legit advice

MsNas:

You knew all these, yet you still came on here to ask for advise? I guess you were not prepared to hear the answers we gave you. Yea, the kids will go to school until college when they're asked to either produce a green card, US passport or F-1 visa.

Anyways, your family your choice. Goodluck sir.

seyewest:


Ol boy you get sense die. I was thinking the same thing... alot do not add up.
can we start with the name of the community college and state?
Bro please I beg you bring back your family.

OmoBendel24:


On a second thought and consideration, I don't even see how your visa will be renewed sir. If you try to renew early, the reason for the urgency will be glaring (you have relocated them and you want to join them before your current valid visa expires), this also affects your ability to run and catch even the next flight right now (CBP will most likely know you to "filter" wella), if you wait till March, their plan to overstay becomes glaring both to VO and CBP, this coupled with the "relocation" point will still spoil the renewal process. Heads or tails, you loose the visa and the opportunity to be able to enter the US likely! So, CANDID ADVICE? Get your family back to Nigeria before it affects things

LadyGuinivere:

Exactly @the bolded. He who comes to equity must come with clean hands.

biikeys:


There are two basic timelines you should think about here:

One is the program start date on her I-20 if she gets admitted which should be less than 30 days after her current status expires.
Second is processing time for status change which is the main hurdle. If her change of status is not approved by USCIS till program start date, the school would have to issue her another I-20 which will lead to denial of COS if the new start date is more than 30 days after her visit visa expires. Change of status processing time can be months.
Up to you!

MsNas:

I apologize in advance of my response to you seems harsh, no harm intended but that's just the way I see it.

Okay, back to your post. You don't really like the US but your wife and kid decided to overstay? How possible is that? First off, overstaying a visa is hard enough for an individual, not to talk of an individual with a very small kid. How do you intend to provide for their daily needs? Jobs are hard enough to come by for documented immigrants, not to talk of an overstayer..... An overstayer with a kid.

Okay, If she were to get a job. Where does she keep the kid when she's at work? You realize how much sitters or daycares costs And if she were to figure that part out, the biggest questions is how do they legalize their stay. She can't go to school as an overstayer, which means she doesn't have a chance of getting an H visa sponsored and subsequently a green card. The surest route for her and the baby is getting married and filling a green card petition for her and the baby via the husband she marries. Will you be cool with it if your wife divorces you, all in the name of getting a green card? Have you asked yourself "What if she loves the new man more than me and decides to stay put?" We women can be funny like that.

Lastly, as Imperiouxx stated, once the overstay is official, your chances of getting a visa renewed is second to none. Which means you can't go see them in the US and they can't come see you as they wont be able to enter the US once they have exited. Are you prepared not to see your family for the longest time?

Think about that well, and form your decisions well. Staying in the US is not that great. In fact, many aspects of the US is overhyped. An American Dream is not worth tearing your family apart for. All the best in everything, my brother. And happy new year.

imperiouxx:


Embassy treats only official matters, your wife's decision hasn't been made official. But know that overstay will prevent your future renewal once it's official.

imperiouxx:


Your visa and theirs are valid until the day of expiration. Anything after then, it just about centralized system to prove your family over stayed status. This might have negative outcome on yours provided you all applied as family the first time.