[silencio]

Get a good immigration lawyer, and go see more than one if possible. They can make all the difference. I can remember the end of the process it took both my parents to get green cards very many years ago when I was a kid. It was with a lawyer that dealt with the case like it was cakewalk where everyone else wouldn't even touch the case for being too complicated (I suspect it was something with prior legal non-arranged marriages and a visa overstay). After the last interview my parents and their lawyer were partying like there was no tomorrow.

As for the marriage suggestion, this may be downvoted to hell, but if that's your only option left it isn't impossible. It's a huge commitment on the part of you and the person you marry, as well as anyone associated with you both and that's usually what makes or breaks the deal. It takes so much to prove your marriage that it's incredibly difficult to fake it with someone you don't care about or know very well (and vice versa). Sometime last year I went to an interview to be an interpreter for a family friend applying for a green card, and the people trying to use marriage to get a green card were very obvious by the huge bags full of photo albums and more they were carrying around. One person I saw brought literally thousands of printed photos to flood their interviewer with, and another couple were sorting through a huge photo library on their laptop. It's no joke. (And obligatory "it's illegal" comment.)

Of course, it isn't your only option at this point. Since you say your parents are now citizens, they have options for sponsoring you especially if you are under 21. I don't know that the visa overstay and green card problem is necessarily true since you entered the country legally and there are probably ways to work around that 10 year thing, but IANAL. Like I said, a good lawyer makes a big difference. Shop around if you must. They will be better to inform you of your choices.

[peelle]

I wanted to address your marriage comments. First off I do not think people should get married unless they are in love. Marrying for citizenship is terrible in my opinion. Also, below is just my experience. It may not be the norm.

I'm American, born and raised with an immigrant wife(from Asia). When we went into DHS for our interview, we thought "Tons of pictures." == "evidence of love". We were wrong. The interviewer didn't want to see the pictures. She wanted to see our joint property, bank accounts, and utility bills.

The following are guesses on my part. I believe pictures are useless because you can produce a lot in several settings very quickly, and pictures can be doctored. Most importantly if pictures are trusted, they are only a testament to the past, not the present or future.