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195

Jan 27 2007, 04:32 PM

I proposed on Jan 23 - the wonderful day with DCF was canned.

We are looking to get married in Brazil in June but live in the US. I am a citizen of the US and a permanent resident of Brazil. What is the best way for us to get her up here as painlessly as possible? Should we do a K1 fiance visa process now? Or we could legally marry now and I could do a K3 or IR1. Or is there another way I don't see because of my permanent residency status there?

What do you guys think? I need to act fast cuz of the processing times.

HELP!

thanks in advance

payxibka

Jan 27 2007, 04:58 PM

QUOTE(195 @ Jan 27 2007, 03:32 PM)

I proposed on Jan 23 - the wonderful day with DCF was canned.

We are looking to get married in Brazil in June but live in the US. I am a citizen of the US and a permanent resident of Brazil. What is the best way for us to get her up here as painlessly as possible? Should we do a K1 fiance visa process now? Or we could legally marry now and I could do a K3 or IR1. Or is there another way I don't see because of my permanent residency status there?

What do you guys think? I need to act fast cuz of the processing times.

HELP!

thanks in advance

You would file your I-130 petition at the USCIS office that governs your place of residence. You need to determine what that is for Brazil. It may in fact be a USCIS service center in the USA.

atp

Jan 29 2007, 08:49 AM

QUOTE(fwaguy @ Jan 27 2007, 07:58 PM)

QUOTE(195 @ Jan 27 2007, 03:32 PM)

I proposed on Jan 23 - the wonderful day with DCF was canned.

We are looking to get married in Brazil in June but live in the US. I am a citizen of the US and a permanent resident of Brazil. What is the best way for us to get her up here as painlessly as possible? Should we do a K1 fiance visa process now? Or we could legally marry now and I could do a K3 or IR1. Or is there another way I don't see because of my permanent residency status there?

What do you guys think? I need to act fast cuz of the processing times.

HELP!

thanks in advance

You would file your I-130 petition at the USCIS office that governs your place of residence. You need to determine what that is for Brazil. It may in fact be a USCIS service center in the USA.

Like fwaguy said, in our case the USCIS center is in fact in the US... You can check the new instructions in the USCIS site in the I-130 page, check the special instructions.

My case is similar to yours, I'm an USC and Brazilian resident and my marriage license should be ready this week, now I have to choose between going the K1 (foregoing my marriage here) or K3 route...

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

meauxna

Jan 29 2007, 12:46 PM

QUOTE(atp @ Jan 29 2007, 05:49 AM)

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

It could be that the Field Offices do not have access to the requried database(s), just as the Consular staff do not.

atp

Jan 29 2007, 02:08 PM

QUOTE(meauxna @ Jan 29 2007, 03:46 PM)

QUOTE(atp @ Jan 29 2007, 05:49 AM)

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

It could be that the Field Offices do not have access to the requried database(s), just as the Consular staff do not.

Yeah, that's what it seems... Again, we'll just have to hold on tight for new info.

195

Jan 29 2007, 02:23 PM

QUOTE(atp @ Jan 29 2007, 05:49 AM)

QUOTE(fwaguy @ Jan 27 2007, 07:58 PM)

QUOTE(195 @ Jan 27 2007, 03:32 PM)

I proposed on Jan 23 - the wonderful day with DCF was canned.

We are looking to get married in Brazil in June but live in the US. I am a citizen of the US and a permanent resident of Brazil. What is the best way for us to get her up here as painlessly as possible? Should we do a K1 fiance visa process now? Or we could legally marry now and I could do a K3 or IR1. Or is there another way I don't see because of my permanent residency status there?

What do you guys think? I need to act fast cuz of the processing times.

HELP!

thanks in advance

You would file your I-130 petition at the USCIS office that governs your place of residence. You need to determine what that is for Brazil. It may in fact be a USCIS service center in the USA.

Like fwaguy said, in our case the USCIS center is in fact in the US... You can check the new instructions in the USCIS site in the I-130 page, check the special instructions.

My case is similar to yours, I'm an USC and Brazilian resident and my marriage license should be ready this week, now I have to choose between going the K1 (foregoing my marriage here) or K3 route...

What I found strange about the new instructions is that they basically send everyone overseas to file their petitions in the States, however they have field offices in some places such as Rome and Lima. This gets more confusing by the minute.

Hey FINALLY somebody who is in the same boat as me. Well it turns out that as of Jan 26 2007, you can't file at those field offices anymore. The link has been posted but I don't have it available. For USC's in south america, you now file at a vermont location. So basically the Lima option has been canned if I read it right.

I will definitely keep in touch with you if I find more info because of our similar situations. However I have recently learned that my girl can apply for AOS since she was already up here on a F1 visa.