help- 5 day meeting only (merged)

[Malik4teresa 0]

hi my fiance is coming to me to meet my mom n dad.we are confused about k1 n cr1 visa. which visa we can get easily .she (my fiancee ) is 17 years older than me.... she is christian and i am muslim.....does age can create any kind of problem in k1 visa interview?

and should we get married for cr1 visa or fiancee visa is better for us? which has easy interview?

[Pitaya 2,576]

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[Penguin_ie 5,984]

Neither visa will be easy for you to get, as you have two big red flags- difference in religion and in age. What you can do to overcome these is lots of face time, ie physical meetings. How often has she visited and for how long? Make sure you have photos, hotel receipts, boarding passes etc.

Some say a spousal visa is a little easier to get in difficult cases like yours because it shows more of a comittment.

[D - and - I 2]

Hello, in my opinion you should completely bypass the Fiance visa and go for spousal. Marry in a 3rd country, not in Pakistan. Marrying there seems to create a whole new world of problems for couples of mixed religion. We married in Singapore but that may be more difficult now as Singapore started giving only family travel visas to Pakistanis last year (my husband was denied twice in 2014 for a travel visa but we had no issues in 2012 and 2013).

If you can go on holiday with siblings or parents, maybe you could get the Singapore family visa to do your wedding there. In Singapore a Christian and Muslim can marry very easily, no problem. It is a civil marriage. Take your family members there to witness the marriage. That helped us a great deal during the interview questioning. We also made sure that he took the interview in English as that is the only language I know.

There is a prior 15 day residency requirement in Singapore but your fiancee can do that alone. It doesn't require both of you to be there for that residency period. Yes, it will cost a small fortune but it worked for us. I know many on here say don't use a lawyer and waste your money, but I think you should as that 'stamp' really seems to have helped us. My husband is now here in the US with me and already has his green card. I am 12 years older and we are different religions. I am a female US Citizen and he is a male Pakistani.

Don't rush to get the visa...spend as much time as possible together before you apply, especially after the wedding. This may help to avoid AP but no one really knows. We had no AP and were approved at the interview. We married in March 2013 and I applied in December 2013 for the spousal visa. We took the months between to spend as much time together as possible. Dubai is the easiest place to meet but we also met in Singapore and Malaysia. We received the visa in under a year, which is not very common for couples in our situation. His interview was in November 2014.

Everything I've said is my opinion but is based on our own personal visa journey.

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

hi my fiance is coming to me to meet my mom n dad.we are confused about k1 n cr1 visa. which visa we can get easily .she (my fiancee ) is 17 years older than me.... she is christian and i am muslim.....does age can create any kind of problem in k1 visa interview?

and should we get married for cr1 visa or fiancee visa is better for us? which has easy interview?

I competely agree with Penguin_ie, you should definitely choose the CR-1 (spousal) visa. Neither of them would be easy, but the CR-1 is more likely to get approved. You are from a high fraud country, and you have multiple red flags (huge age and huge cultural differences, different religions). Even if your visa was approved, you would be more than likely facing a long Administrative Processing (which can last from days, weeks, to several years). In high fraud countries like Pakistan, it is very common, especially for muslim males.

This thread is very similar to your case (only difference being that the Pakistani person is a female and the couple applied for a K1) : http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/521478-interview-from-hell/

Good luck.

[kais 0]

confused

if she converts to islam then?

one of my friend told me k1 visa approved in 6 to 7 months but spouse visa approved in more than a year.

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

Even if she would convert to your religion, your case still would have huge red flags. Yes, the K1 visa usually takes less time than a CR1. In your case I would suggest to forget the K1 and stick with the CR1.

Edited January 5, 2015 by YouAndMeForever

[j&ana 363]

I could not tell you which one will be better for you but as other poster have mention there are 2 huge red flags for you religion and age. If your wife converts to your religion that might make it worse as they might think she did that just so you could get visa. It is not impossible for you to get one but your process might be a little harder then others

good luck on whatever you decide to do

[kais 0]

why religion is s much important ??

we really love each other..we have many photos with my family and receipts of hotel bills phone record and much more...

what should i do now?

feeling hopeless :')

[j&ana 363]

religion is important because a lot of people with different religion has different points of view it should not matter but it does .Do not feel hopeless that means you are giving in you can not get a visa by giving in be strong .It will be hard yes but there are others on here with same situation or woser then yours that got approve

[kais 0]

hey friend if i show a document or islamic scholor fatwa(statement) which allow men to get married to christian girl ?will it be helpful or not?

[Malik4teresa 0]

hi

my fiancee got vacation only for week from office..if we get married will us embassy accept one week relationship?

[TBoneTX 43,001]

*** Country-specific thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the South Asia regional subforum. ***

[j&ana 363]

hey friend if i show a document or islamic scholor fatwa(statement) which allow men to get married to christian girl ?will it be helpful or not?

honestly i do not know as i am not familiar with your country or religion you could post on your country site here i can post the link if you need it

Edited January 6, 2015 by j&ana

[j&ana 363]

this might help you more http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/97-middle-east-and-north-africa/