Tourist Visa Interview can I come with them

[madmatg 1]

When my fiance goes to her tourist visa interview(she won't be staying in the US just getting married there, we both live in China) I want to know if I can come along with her to the interview to help her as her English is OK but not great and I'd rather translate for her than a random translator that she doesn't know. Is that possible?

Thanks!

Matt

[nick@123 2]

You cant get a tourist visa to get married in US , Thats a fraud and you might be banned to enter us in future also if you tell the officer you want a tourist visa to get married in USA.

If u want to get married you will have to apply k1 visa

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

You cant get a tourist visa to get married in US , Thats a fraud and you might be banned to enter us in future also if you tell the officer you want a tourist visa to get married in USA.

If u want to get married you will have to apply k1 visa

That is incorrect.

It is perfectly legal to marry in the USA on a tourist visa or the VWP, as long as you don't intend to stay. Las Vegas made a business of it! It is only visa fraud if you use the tourist visa to move to the USA, get married, AND STAY, which is not the case for OP.

OP: As a US citizen, you will be allowed into the embassy, but may be required to wait in a waiting room. Be sure to bring evidence of not only your wife-to-be needing to return to China, but also yourself.

[nick@123 2]

That is incorrect.

It is perfectly legal to marry in the USA on a tourist visa or the VWP, as long as you don't intend to stay. Las Vegas made a business of it! It is only visa fraud if you use the tourist visa to move to the USA, get married, AND STAY, which is not the case for OP.

OP: As a US citizen, you will be allowed into the embassy, but may be required to wait in a waiting room. Be sure to bring evidence of not only your wife-to-be needing to return to China, but also yourself.

I bet you will be denied a tourist visa if you say you are applying it with the intention to get married , to get married they have k1 visa . Tourist visa is for tourism purposes. You can get married thats not an issue but you cant disclose this intention to visa officer.

[mlh 93]

I bet you will be denied a tourist visa if you say you are applying it with the intention to get married , to get married they have k1 visa . Tourist visa is for tourism purposes. You can get married thats not an issue but you cant disclose this intention to visa officer.

This is not true at all. As Penguin said, you can come to the US with the intent to marry on a tourist visa, you just can't stay. They have already said they won't be staying.

K-1 visa is only if you want to get married and STAY in the US to adjust...

[nick@123 2]

Then i might have the wrong information, sorry for that

All the best, may you get the visa

[VOL 425]

K-1 visa is only if you want to get married and STAY in the US to adjust...

This is not true

You can come to USA, Get married on K1 and go back to your home country

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

This is not true

You can come to USA, Get married on K1 and go back to your home country

You CAN, but that is not what the visa is intended to do.

[mlh 93]

This is not true

You can come to USA, Get married on K1 and go back to your home country

Yes if you want to start the whole process over again with a CR-1...

http://www.visajourney.com/content/compare

" The K-1 Visa Holder will need to apply for Advance Parole (AP) if they wish to travel outside of the US while their AOS application is being processed and not yet approved. Leaving without an approved (and in hand) AP will result in abandoning the pending AOS application and require filing for a new visa (either K-3 or IR-1/CR-1) to re-enter the US."

Quoted directly from the "minuses" of a K-1 Visa.

[VOL 425]

You CAN, but that is not what the visa is intended to do.

That is your opinion.

Many opinion the other way on this forum.

[Boiler 43,396]

Not sure how it works in China, in London there is the Embassy and the Consulate. Consulate is who do the visas.

So acceding the Embassy is no benefit.

[aaron2020 11,651]

This is not true at all. As Penguin said, you can come to the US with the intent to marry on a tourist visa, you just can't stay. They have already said they won't be staying.

K-1 visa is only if you want to get married and STAY in the US to adjust...

A K-1 is to marry in the US. Applying for a green card is not a requirement to get the K-1.

You CAN, but that is not what the visa is intended to do.

Yes, it is. There is no requirement to adjust when getting a K-1.

Show me anywhere where someone who used a K-1, got marry, left without adjusting, and later apply for a spousal visa who had a problem with leaving without adjusting. Use the search function to find one case of trouble for leaving without adjusting. I dare you.

Edited March 1, 2015 by aaron2020

[Boiler 43,396]

How about the vast majority of K1s stay and adjust.

If they can of get a B maybe the only option .

[mlh 93]

A K-1 is to marry in the US. Applying for a green card is not a requirement to get the K-1.

Yes, it is. There is no requirement to adjust when getting a K-1.

You're right that it is not required to adjust and apply for a green card after entering on a K-1 and marrying, but why would anyone want to waste all of that time and money on something and then abandon the process and have to start over again?

Show me anywhere where someone who used a K-1, got marry, left without adjusting, and later apply for a spousal visa who had a problem with leaving without adjusting. Use the search function to find one case of trouble for leaving without adjusting. I dare you.

Again, they might not have had a problem when reapplying after leaving without adjusting, but why would someone want to waste all of that money to get a K-1, and then basically pay the fees AGAIN to go through the CR-1 process. Not to mention that you've spent 6-10 months on a K-1 approval and then another 10-14 months on a CR-1 approval.

Not really the best use of time or money in my opinion...

[aaron2020 11,651]

A K-1 is to marry in the US. Applying for a green card is not a requirement to get the K-1.

Yes, it is. There is no requirement to adjust when getting a K-1.

You're right that it is not required to adjust and apply for a green card after entering on a K-1 and marrying, but why would anyone want to waste all of that time and money on something and then abandon the process and have to start over again?

Because some people can not get a B2 visitor visa because the US embassy may fear that the person will try to adjust after marriage. The K-1 is the only visa available to them to marry in the US. Not every couple's intent is to live in the US. Some people jsut want to marry in the US and then leave. The K-1 is the only visa that will allow them to do this when the B2 is not available or been denied.

Show me anywhere where someone who used a K-1, got marry, left without adjusting, and later apply for a spousal visa who had a problem with leaving without adjusting. Use the search function to find one case of trouble for leaving without adjusting. I dare you.

Again, they might not have had a problem when reapplying after leaving without adjusting, but why would someone want to waste all of that money to get a K-1, and then basically pay the fees AGAIN to go through the CR-1 process. Not to mention that you've spent 6-10 months on a K-1 approval and then another 10-14 months on a CR-1 approval.

Not really the best use of time or money in my opinion... This is you opinion is based on the premise that everyone who marry in the US wants to live here. That premise is false since there are couples who want a US destination wedding and to live abroad and the only way have the destination wedding is getting a K-1.