Jeannie

The question is why didn't she just get a FM3 and remain in the country legally? I'm surprised the government would work with someone who is here illegally and not inform them to get the visa fixed. How many time when we do govt. things do we have to show our visa's ?

You overstayed a FMT by a couple of years??? I suggest you go to a lawyer and get some advice and go with it rather than lying or saying it was lost. How do you plan to answer why you were illegal for a couple of years. I thought you were talking about a few weeks, not a few years.