{"id":638,"date":"2012-08-23T18:49:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T00:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2026-08-15T23:19:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T05:19:03","slug":"from-r1-visa-to-green-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=638","title":{"rendered":"From R1 Visa to Green Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I\u2019m a monk at a Buddhist temple in the US on a R1 visa.\u00a0I\u2019m looking for help with my green card.\u00a0I am on my 4th year with the R1 visa and I know I am going to hit my 5 year maximum soon.\u00a0Can I apply for the green card?\u00a0What if my R1 expires before the green card is approved?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fact that your R1 is expiring will not affect your green card petition.\u00a0However, you should be aware that once your R1 expires, you will not have any nonimmigrant status while your green card is pending.\u00a0You will not be able to work after your R1 visa expires unless you obtain an EAD and if your green card is denied for any reason, you will unlawfully present in the US and subject to removal.<\/p>\n<p>We have handled many green card applications for clients whose nonimmigrant status has expired and so long as we thoroughly review your file and are confident that your green card will be approved, then it is ok to file even if your R1 visa will expire before the green card can be approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m a monk at a Buddhist temple in the US on a R1 visa.\u00a0I\u2019m looking for help with my green card.\u00a0I am on my 4th year with the R1 visa and I know I am going to hit my 5 year maximum soon.\u00a0Can I apply for the green card?\u00a0What if my R1 expires before the &#8230; <a title=\"From R1 Visa to Green Card\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=638\" aria-label=\"Read more about From R1 Visa to Green Card\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,11],"tags":[266,165],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-card","category-r-1-visa","tag-green-card","tag-r-1-visa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From R1 Visa to Green Card - US Immigration Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=638\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From R1 Visa to Green Card - US Immigration Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019m a monk at a Buddhist temple in the US on a R1 visa.\u00a0I\u2019m looking for help with my green card.\u00a0I am on my 4th year with the R1 visa and I know I am going to hit my 5 year maximum soon.\u00a0Can I apply for the green card?\u00a0What if my R1 expires before the ... 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