It's required to overstay, and for the case of student visas, you must abandon the visa when petitioning to adjust status. The terms of the student visa are that you cannot have immigration intentions.
When this happens, you're present without a visa, but it's not illegal. You're on a "stay authorized by the attorney general".
I'm not sure if that has changed, but the " authorized stay" thing is the defense to being present without a visa.
It does make a lot of paperwork more difficult, like getting a drivers license, when as you can't prove status.
When this happens, you're present without a visa, but it's not illegal. You're on a "stay authorized by the attorney general".
I'm not sure if that has changed, but the " authorized stay" thing is the defense to being present without a visa.
It does make a lot of paperwork more difficult, like getting a drivers license, when as you can't prove status.