Celebrity K-1's

[CharlieTanger 76]

So you hear about celebrity relationships all over the media. Many of those relationships cross country boundaries.

My question is do celebrities have to go through the K-1 process before they marry their international fiance? Do you think they have to fight their way through bureaucracy the same as we do? I know celebrities are human, but they do usually get more perks than the average human. An interesting topic I thought I'd bring up. Any ideas...

[ParisNYC 9]

I wish I was a celebrity but alas not. Are you referring to that show on television?

[Penguin_ie 5,984]

I think most of them have other visas they use; for example, artists visas to travel freely, and then are based in some small tax haven country for official residence.

[-Shana- 152]

Hmm...interesting question. I'm sure they do have to go through the same processes but having an excess of cash might fast track their petition in some way? They'll still have to have an interview at the embassy like everyone else!

[ParisNYC 9]

Most celebrities already reside in the US. If you have enough money you can buy your way into the US with an investment VISA.

At least that is what my lawyers tell me. I am thinking of scrapping my K-1 and going that route. I am tired of waiting, I have lots of money to invest in the US.

Edited March 20, 2015 by ParisNYC

[Ewill1 10]

Feel free to invest in my bank account. Just saying.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Celebrities don't need fiancé visas. They have non-immigrant visas, probably under the category "Persons with Extraordinary Ability & Members of the Entertainment Profession (O) & Athletes, Artists & Entertainers (P)".

If they wanted a greencard, they could adjust status based on marrying an American.

[ParisNYC 9]

Feel free to invest in my bank account. Just saying.

Lol if your bank account can get me a K-1 send the number I can't believe this process. I want to talk to someone in charge of this mess.

[baron555 934]

So you hear about celebrity relationships all over the media. Many of those relationships cross country boundaries.

My question is do celebrities have to go through the K-1 process before they marry their international fiance? Do you think they have to fight their way through bureaucracy the same as we do?

Yes

I know celebrities are human, but they do usually get more perks than the average human.

Yes but not from USCIS.

An interesting topic I thought I'd bring up. Any ideas...

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Lol if your bank account can get me a K-1 send the number I can't believe this process. I want to talk to someone in charge of this mess.

I can tell you the name of the person, but you can't speak to them. However, if there just so happens to be a conference call that that individual is on, he will deny any issues regarding the process.

[Ning 619]

Lol if your bank account can get me a K-1 send the number I can't believe this process. I want to talk to someone in charge of this mess.

The country can use your money. Talk to a lobbyist with your money to gain audience with Oz.

[UnaMexicana 153]

Hahahaahah!! That is awesome! You know, you could actually pull that off

Most celebrities already reside in the US. If you have enough money you can buy your way into the US with an investment VISA.

At least that is what my lawyers tell me. I am thinking of scrapping my K-1 and going that route. I am tired of waiting, I have lots of money to invest in the US.

[Pennycat 880]

Maybe not quite the "celebrities" you were thinking of, but professional hockey routinely deals with some real headaches

The majority of NHL players are Canadian-born. There are also Americans, various European nationalities and a pretty big Russian contingent (and ONE Australian! Our first one!) but 23 of the teams are located in the US and 7 in Canada (and all of the teams play each other all the time, it's not like the Canadian teams only play Canadian teams). Now, they all pretty much get O visas as far as I can tell (which lets them bring their families---maybe not girlfriends, which is maybe why hockey players get married so young, now that I think about it, but families). But everyone (except the Canadians) needs Canadian visas to travel to to be able to play in Canada as well. This can get really tricky with the timing and every now and again someone falls through the cracks and gets stuck on a tarmac in Calgary or somesuch (one of our guys was actually stuck in Sochi returning from the Olympics--visa issues-- and we had to play a game or two without him). Personally, I just don't envy their tax accountants. Can you imagine?!

And funny-not-funny story: My own pride and joy of a team, the Washington Capitals, had a sad sad fate befall them in 2010. It was quarterfinals playoffs with Montreal (best out of 7... 2 home, 2 away, 1 home, 1 away, 1 home). They were coming back from Montreal having gone up 3-1 in the series. Got diverted from Dulles to National for fog. But National isn't an international airport---no customs---so then got diverted to BWI where, at that time of night (1am) there were no CPB folks, as the last scheduled flight had already been processed. They had to wait on the tarmac for 3 hours while they got CBP staff in. Then, all the guys' cars were at Dulles (a good 70 miles away). So that was a huge mess. A lot of guys didn't get home until 5am---and had to play the next day.

While it's surely not *just* a visa thing (this team is well known to implode), after that night they became the first No.1 seed to give up a 3-1 lead to an 8-seed in NHL history. Pitiful, really.

[E-N 48]

lol this post made me chuckle at work. love it!

[asisflyer 47]

EB-5 are processing pretty slow there also.

What about a Treaty Trader visa?