Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Catania, Sicily(CTA)/South Jersey (PHL)/Houston(IAH)/Red Stick, La.(BTR)/airborne in-between
Programs: United Plat (1MM), AA ExecPlat, ITA/AZ Freccia, Hilton Diam, Bonvoy Gold, Hertz Prez, IHG gold
Posts: 3,875
Marrying a US citizen does not grant you anything not even residence.
One can apply for a K-1/2 Visa, enter the country, then file for status, and wait in the States (locked in) for several months for processing. You can file for work status at that same time.
But as I noted above, there are checkpoints internally, from the border, and there is one on IH-10. I just don't recall if it is east or westbound.
Ciao,
FH