Overstay and now marrying a US citizen

[sana_ali]

hi,
i went to usa for higher studies and overstayed for 2 years and have a ten year bar now. Now i have returned to my home country. i am going to marry a US citizen. will marrying a US citizen remove my bar? is there any other way i can enter US and live with my spouse?

[wavedom]

A marriage to a USC will not affect the bar. It is possible to apply for a waiver based on "extreme hardship" for the USC, but most applications seem to be denied.