Hello to all,
My girlfriend is from USA and I'm from Peru (LatinAmerica), we have lived together in Puerto Rico for three weeks. We met each other two weeks before that in California, I was in a travel for business.
She is coming to visit me in October and we are planning to get married because we want to stay together in USA. Now the question is .... is better to get married in my contry and start the paperwork here ? or is better to get married in USA and start the papper there ? .. I know I will have to come back to my country and wait ...
We are trying to find the fastes way ...
The other question is ... is the pappers are being processed, Can I still use my tourist visa to travel to visit her ?
Thanks a lot.
Martin
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Hi Martin,
I'm not an expert, but would marry in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and have your wife start filing for K3 in the U.S. You would wait in Peru.
I would not try visiting her with your tourist visa simply because your new marital status would make you an immigration risk in the eyes of the border officials. However, others (from Canada, for instance) have visited the U.S, during the visa process armed with documents demonstrating their financial ties to their home country. It was evidence they would not be likely to remain in the U.S. illegally. But Peru isn't Canada, and it's a long way back if you are denied.
I'm not an expert, but would marry in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and have your wife start filing for K3 in the U.S. You would wait in Peru.
I would not try visiting her with your tourist visa simply because your new marital status would make you an immigration risk in the eyes of the border officials. However, others (from Canada, for instance) have visited the U.S, during the visa process armed with documents demonstrating their financial ties to their home country. It was evidence they would not be likely to remain in the U.S. illegally. But Peru isn't Canada, and it's a long way back if you are denied.
QUOTE(Jersey Girl @ Sep 9 2006, 07:34 AM) 
Hi Martin,
I'm not an expert, but would marry in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and have your wife start filing for K3 in the U.S. You would wait in Peru.
I would not try visiting her with your tourist visa simply because your new marital status would make you an immigration risk in the eyes of the border officials. However, others (from Canada, for instance) have visited the U.S, during the visa process armed with documents demonstrating their financial ties to their home country. It was evidence they would not be likely to remain in the U.S. illegally. But Peru isn't Canada, and it's a long way back if you are denied.
I'm not an expert, but would marry in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and have your wife start filing for K3 in the U.S. You would wait in Peru.
I would not try visiting her with your tourist visa simply because your new marital status would make you an immigration risk in the eyes of the border officials. However, others (from Canada, for instance) have visited the U.S, during the visa process armed with documents demonstrating their financial ties to their home country. It was evidence they would not be likely to remain in the U.S. illegally. But Peru isn't Canada, and it's a long way back if you are denied.
I totally agree with Jersey Girl. Don't risk it!!
QUOTE(Martin @ Sep 8 2006, 04:14 PM)
Hello to all,
My girlfriend is from USA and I'm from Peru (LatinAmerica), we have lived together in Puerto Rico for three weeks. We met each other two weeks before that in California, I was in a travel for business.
She is coming to visit me in October and we are planning to get married because we want to stay together in USA. Now the question is .... is better to get married in my contry and start the paperwork here ? or is better to get married in USA and start the papper there ? .. I know I will have to come back to my country and wait ...
We are trying to find the fastes way ...
The other question is ... is the pappers are being processed, Can I still use my tourist visa to travel to visit her ?
Thanks a lot.
Martin
Martin, you might want to post this question in the regional Latin America forum and get some input from other Peruvians who have been through the process. If you marry first in either country, you will have to stay in Peru during the paperwork processing. You can *try* to enter on your tourist visa but as others have stated it's risky and you can be turned away at the border because they may think you have immigrant intent. If you are traveling for business, it may be a bit easier. Have you considered having her file for a Fiance Visa instead? Just another option but it won't making using a tourist visa any different. Good Luck
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?autocom=custom&page=k1visit
The above applies for a spouse as well as fiance.
The above applies for a spouse as well as fiance.
Thanks to all for the help !!! I'll post this in the Latin America section.
Thank you very much again !
Thank you very much again !
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