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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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It's both. No one is obligated to get marry on a K-1. A person can come on a K-1, not get marry, and go home.

You're right.. No one is obligated to.. Yet when a person is at the interview, they're asking for a visa so that they can come and marry their s/o, not come and spend time with them.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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If she makes $300 a month, there is very little to none chance that she can get that visa. There needs to be proof of money in the bank for that.

For a student visa, you need a sponsor. That sponsor could live or not in the USA.

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Man date her or any woman AT LEAST 12 months and then think about becoming engaged.

She has a son that she saw long time ago,for me a big red flag.Is she considering to leave the child behind? (HUGE RED FLAG) .

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It's both. No one is obligated to get marry on a K-1. A person can come on a K-1, not get marry, and go home.

Not really. I mean kind of but that's not the intent. One of the requirements to get the visa is to affirm that you are free to and intend to marry within 90 days. You're free to change your mind of course, but the intention is part of the petition and it's generally not advised to lie on the petitons.

Marriage/ AOS Timeline:

23 Dec 2015: Legal marriage

23 Jan 2016: Wedding!

23 Jan 2016: "Blizzard of the Century", wedding canceled/rescheduled (thank goodness we were legally married first or we'd have had a big problem!) :sleepy:

24 Jan 2016: Small "civil ceremony" with friends and family who were snowed in with us. December was a bit of a secret and people had traveled internationally and knew we *had* to get married that weekend, and our December legal marriage was nothing but signing a piece of paper at our priest's kitchen table, without any sort of vows etc so this was actually a very special (if not legally significant) day. (L)

16 Apr 2016: Filed for AOS and EAD/AP (We delayed a bit-- no big rush, enjoying the USCIS break)

23 Apr 2016: Wedding! Finally! :luv:

27 Apr 2016: Electronic NOA1 for all 3 :dancing:
29 Apr 2016: NOA1 Hardcopy for all 3
29 Jul 2016: Online service request for late EAD (Day 104)
29 Jul 2016: EAD/AP Approved ~3 hours after online service request
04 Aug 2016: RFE for Green Card (requested medicals/ vaccination record. They already have it). :ranting:
05 Aug 2016: EAD/AP Combo Card arrived! (Day 111)
08 Aug 2016: Congressional constituent request to get guidance on the RFE. Hoping they see they have the form and approve!

K-1 Visa Timeline:

PLEASE NOTE. This timeline was during the period of time when TSC was working on I-129fs and had a huge backlog. The average processing time was 210+ days. This is in no way predictive of your own timeline if you filed during or after April 2015, unless CSC develops a backlog. A backlog is anything above the 5-month goal time listed on USCIS's site

14 Feb 2015: Mailed I-129f to Dallas Lockbox. (L) (Most expensive Valentine's card I've ever sent!)

17 Feb 2015: NOA1 "Received Date"
19 Feb 2015: NOA1 Notice Date
08 Aug 2015: NOA2 email! :luv: (173 days from NOA1)

17 Aug 2015: Sent to NVC

?? Aug 2015: Arrived at NVC

25 Aug 2015: NVC Case # Assigned

31 Aug 2015: Left NVC for Consulate in San Jose

09 Sep 2015: Consulate received :dancing: (32 days from NOA2)

11 Sep 2015: Packet 3 emailed from embassy to me, the petitioner (34 days from NOA2).

18 Sep 2015: Medicals complete

21 Sep 2015: Packet 3 complete, my boss puts a temporary moratorium on all time off due to work emergency :clock:

02 Oct 2015: Work emergency clears up, interview scheduled (soonest available was 5 business days away--Columbus Day was in there)

13 Oct 2015: Interview

13 Oct 2015: VISA APPROVED :thumbs: (236 days from NOA1)

19 Oct 2015: Visa-in-hand

24 Oct 2015: POE !

15 Dec 2015: Fiance's mother's B-2 visa interview: APPROVED! So happy she will be at the wedding! :thumbs:

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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I can easily pay for the tuition, I was just wondering what the chances of denial for F-1 or B-1 tourist were. Ideally we could live 6 months in America and 6 months in Bogota, or maybe 3 months in The Bahamas and 3 months in Bogota. I mean, I can work anywhere and am relatively well off (6 figure salary).

Please please take it easy. I don't know you, but try to know her better first. You just met her.

Spend some time together, you can live in Colombia for 6 months as a tourist. You wouldn't need a work visa or residence because your work is outside Colombia as you said you have your business and could work from any place.

Read some stories in this website, check that some people have had bad stories because they hurried up.

As some had said, the language and time are red flags for a K1 visa. I think you actually need to have met for 2 years and have proofs of it.

She going to USA with a student visa? She could get a sponsor and try, but probably you being the sponsor and being a couple can be a red flag as well. Do not invest money. Take it easy. Take your time to know the person.

Think that if everything goes well, you some day can marry her and save $ and bad memories!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I think you actually need to have met for 2 years a

To clarify, you don't have to have met or known the person for 2 years, the requirement is that you have physically met each other within the 2 year preceding the petition filing.

With that out of the way, I would really slow your roll about worrying about marriage. Since it seems you can afford to live elsewhere for a while, that I think would be your best bet with her, either have an extended stay where she lives or like you said find a 3rd country where it's simple to reside for a while for the both of you.

November 14th, 2013: She's here!

December 12th, 2013: Picked up marriage license.

December 14th, 2013: Wedding

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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To clarify, you don't have to have met or known the person for 2 years, the requirement is that you have physically met each other within the 2 year preceding the petition filing.

With that out of the way, I would really slow your roll about worrying about marriage. Since it seems you can afford to live elsewhere for a while, that I think would be your best bet with her, either have an extended stay where she lives or like you said find a 3rd country where it's simple to reside for a while for the both of you.

Thanks for the clarification!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Guatemala
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You guys should check out the Duolingo App, it's free and you can easily learn spanish and she can learn english without spending time and money on college courses!

And you could go stay with her. Just saying.

2014-05-08 Sent I-129f
2014-05-12 I-129f received
2014-05-15 Received NOA1 email
2014-05-19 Received NOA1 hardcopy
2014-09-10 NOA2 Approved
2014-09-30 Package Left from NVC
2014-10-06 Received by Embassy
2014-10-31 Interview, Approved.
2014-11-03 Picked up visa.
2014-12-25 POE Ft. Lauderdale

2015-01-02 Wedding

---AOS---

2015-01-09 Filed I-485, I-131 and I-765

2015-01-12 AOS package received

2015-01-14 Email received: Case accepted and routed

2015-01-15 Check cashed

2015-01-20 Received NOAs in the mail

2015-02-07 Received Biometrics letter in the mail

2015-02-19 Biometrics Appt in Raleigh office.

2015-03-13 EAD and AP approved

2015-03-19 EAD and AP sent

2015-03-21 Received EAD/AP combo card

2015-03-26 Received 2nd Biometrics appointment for Charlotte office

2015-04-08 2nd Biometrics

2015-06-15 Received NPIW dated 06-11

2015-08-01 Green Card Approved

2015-08-03 Welcome Letter Mailed

2015-08-07 Welcome Letter Received

2015-08-22 Card Mailed

2015-08-26 Card Received

2015-11-20 Enlisted in the USMC

2016-02-16 Shipping date to bootcamp

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OK,

I met a wonderful woman while I was in Bogota, Colombia last week. I am going back to Bogota in a month to spend 2 weeks with her.

There are two major problems we have at the moment: 1) I speak very little Spanish and she speaks even less English. We use Google Translate and it has been mostly fine. We communicate many times a day, even now that I'm back in the U.S. and 2) she doesn't have a tourist visa and makes only ~$300/month. She does have a teenage son, but he is on the other side of Colombia and she hasn't seen him in months and doesn't believe she will be able to see him for a long time more, anyway.

I rent a room in NYC with two awesome roommates and I really don't want to give it up just yet, but then I hear that K-1 visas take forever and a day to process (12+ months) and I am NOT about to go even 2 or 3 months without being with her. I run my own online web business, and so I am trying to figure out if relocating to Bogota is something I could do relatively soon... But it would be incredibly nice if she could come to NYC under, say, a F-1 student visa and go take language courses at a local institute in Manhattan. We've also discussed living in different countries neither of us need visas to get into for 2-3 months at a time until all this can get squared away.

I would really like your advice. Should I spend thousands on an attorney? How hard is it for me to get a long-term visa in Bogota?

Dude man to man...(no judgment) after one week meeting a person you want to marry?

May I ask your age, whats her age & is this your first g/friend.?

please read some of the threads here before changing your whole life, I think you should

go be with her , get to know her & her son eventually and if you feel the same way after

being with her then you propose.

Vacation romance have a way of fizzling out, many times its after a beneficiary gets here,

make your decisions on the side of caution. That petition would have too many red-flags

when you can wait fine-tune this thing by being with her....a student visa requires her to

pass an English test, since schools here teaches in English

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By the time it got approved (if approved), they should know whether they wanna marry or not. Then the 90 days is just fine.

Meanwhile, they add to the backlog and push people who KNOW they want to get married further back in the line. Nice attitude.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ethiopia
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I can't give any input on the visas, but you said you will visit her again... That will be a good time to produce a lot of evidence (photos, receipts, etc) for the K1 should you decide to go that route. Then you can stay with her while it's being processed.

Like others have said, however, give it time. There is more than a language barrier - you two likely have very different expectations of a romantic partner and different worldviews. No matter how fluent you are in the language, it is difficult for both partners to be satisfied if culturally ingrained expectations aren't filled.

I'm speaking from experience.

That being said, my husband and I were using dictionaries even early on in our marriage and I ended up staying in his country after only knowing him about three months, so I get your situation! But I wouldn't recommend jumping into a relationship with a foreigner in this way - it has been at times really rough for us!

USCIS

03-26-2015 - I-130s sent (from abroad)

03-31-2015 - NOA1

05-01-2015 - RFE sent but we didn't receive mail at our address abroad

05-24-2015 - Baby and I returned to US

07-02-2015 - RFE response sent

07-10-2015 - NOA2

NVC

08-19-2015 - NVC received (6 weeks later)

08-26-2015 - DS-261

08-26-2015 - AOS bill paid

09-09-2015 - Requested expedite based on financial hardship

09-16-2015 - NVC received AOS and IV packets

09-21-2015 - Expedite request approved once cases documentarily complete

09-24-2015 - IV bill paid

09-29-2015 - NVC received updated joint sponsor I-864

10-04-2015 - Hubby's DS-260 finally finished

10-30-2015 - Checklist for stepdaughter (operator said it's probably false)

11-04-2015 - Case Complete for stepson!

11-06-2015 - Supervisor review for hubby and stepdaughter

11-09-2015 - Case Complete for stepdaughter!

11-30-2015 - Case Complete for husband! (24 days in supervisor review)

Consulate (Expedited)

12-03-2015 left NVC

12-30-2015 Interview letter received

01-13-2016 Medical completed

01-26-2016 Interview: APPROVED :dancing:

01-26-2016 CEAC Visa status: Ready

01-27-2016 CEAC Visa status: Administrative Processing

01-28-2016 CEAC Visa status: Issued

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You met a woman in Bogata last week and is already considering engagement and K-1 visa?!?!?! That is gonna be a big red flag for US immigrations, not to mention the language barrier you two have. Your best bet is definitely to spend some more time together and the F-1 sounds like a good plan. That way, you can get to know each other better and she can learn English. Both of which will help you with a potential future immigration process.

I totally agree with you, it will send RED FLAGS!!!! You just met, and you cannot say that you cant go with out seeing her....be very careful sometimes people in different Countries wanna get married just to get a Green Card...Before you do anything take your time if you need a year take it...Don't go spending money on something that might not last because you didn't take the time to get to know her....and this language stuff that is another Red Flag..REMEMBER THE IMMIGRATION people are not stupid!!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Denmark
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You hardly know each other by your own admission. USCIS doesn't generally believe in love at first sight. Get to know each other before making a marriage decision.

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