Immigrant related Frequently Asked Questions 

I am in removal proceedings. I just got married to a US citizen. Can I get a green card here without leaving the United States? I heard there are bars that prohibit me from getting the green card here?

Adjustment of status to that of a permanent resident is discretionary. Nonimmigrant aliens who enter into bona fide marriages with US citizens are usually granted an immediately available visa, and thereby find adjustment a viable procedure. An alien, however, may not adjust status to that of a permanent resident on the basis of a marriage entered into during removal proceedings without proving that the marriage is a bona fide marriage, or after the alien has resided outside the US for two years after the marriage.
Therefore, the alien can still adjust if they establish by clear and convincing evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and in accordance with the laws of the place where the marriage took place and that the marriage was not entered into for the purposes of getting around immigration laws. The alien must also be shown to have not paid any fee to the spouse or children for the filing of the petition, other than the fee to an attorney for the preparation of the petition.
If the alien cannot prove that the marriage was a bona fide marriage as explained above, the petition may not be approved to grant an alien immediate relative status by reason of a marriage to a US citizen while the alien is in removal proceedings, unless the alien has resided outside the US for two years beginning after the date of the marriage.