Dear Laborperm, I really appreciate your time and cooperation in answering the questions posted by me and others. You are doing great by giving valuable suggestions. I also admire your charity work back home. I would definitely would like to contribute some fee for your invaluable suggestions. Will be in touch by email soon. However, I still have few more questions: As you said also, my friends are in a difficult and vulnerable situation. On top of this, another concern is is they have huge credit card debts so do not want to leave US unless there is a 100% assurance that she would come back. They are responsible couple and do not want to be in jail due to financial liability.Also they do not want to live separately. They would not make that kind of money to pay back the loan they have now if they go to Nepal and work. Thanks God they have good credit scores. And she is praying every day for not being caught by any means. Based on your suggestions, couple of options are ahead of them: 1. Finish her husband's study and apply for H1B. but his wife needs to leave this country in order to apply for her H4, right?, in this case what will happen in case she was asked multiple questions and scrutinized regarding her early stay in the US by counselor officer in Nepal when she applies for a visa to come back to US. If the counselor officer finds she was staying illegal in the US, will it make her H4 visa denial? and at the same time affect her husband's H1B visa? because he is knowingly (knows her illegal status back in the US) filing for her H4 ? 2. Other option is apply for MTR (reinstatement) What would happen if she is denied for her reinstatement appeal from the US? in that case she has to leave country ASAP, right. By the way she has not received any letter from USCIS What will happen to her husband, will it affect him? in this condition, can her husband apply for H4 visa to come back from Nepal. 3. It is my third thought. Can they apply for canadian residency now being herself illegal here may make her unqualified or not? Can her husband apply for himself? Because they need to get police and FBI report and the agency may find that she had violated visa. I propose this option because they need to make good money to pay back their loan, and they can do it only if they move to Candada, which is best alternative at the movement. Thank you for your time in advance. I appreciate it.