Hello All,
I am new here, I have tried to read back pretty far into the history of this form and checked the Basic DCF post, but have a couple questions I couldn't find here.
Okay a little history first. I am working in Uganda (all DCF go through Kenya though which is why it is in the topic), and have a three year work permit which makes me an east africa resident. I met my wonderful Ugandan man a little over a year ago and are now engagged. I am now trying to think of the fast/easiest way to get my honey back to America with me. I think it looks like getting married whiel we are here and then trying to DCF would be the best things but I have a couple issues that make me wonder if it will work for us. I think this would be the best option for us because then we would have the gratest chance of not having a long wait apart for him to be able to come to the USA

1. We had already wanted to do the traditional parts of the Ugandan wedding ceramony here so that his family will be a part of it, and then do a civil marriage here (Uganda) so that we could apply for DCF and then come home (america) and do a church wedding so that my family can also be a part of it. Well the one thing I am worring about if that we both have decided that we don't want to have sex until we are married to eachother and until we have done the church marriage, meaning we will not have consimanted the mariage before applying for DFC, I am only thinking this might be a problem beacuse in the fiance visa (k1?) they list some one you are married to but have not conismated the marriage as a fiance. Does anyone think this will be a problem. I thought that maybe if I made an apointment to drop off the I130 and got married just a day or two before it that it might not be a problem, but I don't know


2. does anyone know how long my then husband will be able to stay in Uganda after being approved? I am hoping he would be able to come stright home with me, but there will be a chance that I won't have money for his plane ticket (already have a return ticket for me in Dec) and may have to come home and work to bring him home (we both volunteer with an NGO here, so are pretty poor). So he might have to stay in Uganda for a month or two after being approved, is this allowed?

3. As I just stated we are poor volunteers so we will need a co-sponsor, my parents have agreed to co-sponser us, do they just fill out the same afidavid of support as I do?

thanks so much for any help you guys can give me and good luck on your own journey :-)

Megan

hi,
#1 is a trick question. It could cause trick questions back at you in the interview. I am not comfortable even telling you my thoughts on the topic & I suggest that this is a question best asked *in private* of an immigration attorney. Find a couple of them online who will correspond with you via email. Try to find one who is very familiar with the Consulate(s) in the 2 countries, even though you'll only be going to one. Local law and custom is going to have an influence, but I would suggest that you can not have your cake and eat it too (or the opposite, in fact).

#2: Your husband's stay in Uganda will be dependant on Uganda's immigration rules and what kind of visa he needs/has to enter and remain.
The Immigrant Visa (result of DCF case) is valid for 6 months; he must enter the US before the visa expires.

#3: The term is "Joint Sponsor" and if they review the I-864, they'll see that they complete their own copy, as Joint Sponsor (one parent is the JS--see I-864A if the other parent wants to contribute as well).

Best wishes, and don't be shy to contact the Consulate to learn more.