O1 visa sponsor terminating contract, is L2visa an option?

If you marry your boyfriend, you could apply for an L-2 visa, and that would allow you to work after obtaining permission from the U.S.C.I.S. If you are requesting a change of status with U.S.C.I.S. on form I-539 and it is approved, you would not have to leave the U. S. to obtain the L-2 status. If at some point in the future you wish to travel in and out of the U. S., you would have to be visaed with the L-2 before returning to the country. It is up to you as to whether to keep your O-1 status until the L-2 goes through. U.S.C.I.S. only asks that you have a legal updated status at the time of the application. Keeping the O-1 would have the benefit of affording you legal status if anything goes wrong with the L-2 adjudication. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence