Relationship requirements

[ohzee64 1]

Does any know how long the expectation is for an K1 visa in regards to how long you have been dating your fiancé? I met my fiancé online last July and flew to Jamaica in March ( a few weeks ago) to meet. I recently submitted the I 129 forms with proof of our relationship including phone records text and included pictures of us together from my trip, flight info, hotel info etc etc etc... I am thinking since my relationship is under a year, would that be grounds for refusal. Help please!

[aaron2020 11,651]

No. Your relationship being new is not a basis for a denial.

[awills 3]

I married my husband after only knowing him 7 months. Also in Jamaica. We are CR-1 Visa, but got quickly approved

[D.Ba 85]

They have no way of knowing how long your relationship has been and only care about the having met in person during the last two years.

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

There is no requirement for any certain length of time for the relationship. The I-129F petition requires that you met in person at least once within the 2 years prior to filing, and then you need prove to the CO that your relationship is bona fide and not for immigration purposes only when interviewing for the K-1 visa.

[ohzee64 1]

I married my husband after only knowing him 7 months. Also in Jamaica. We are CR-1 Visa, but got quickly approved

I married my husband after only knowing him 7 months. Also in Jamaica. We are CR-1 Visa, but got quickly approved

Help me understand what a CR-1 Visa is

[lost_at_sea 995]

Help me understand what a CR-1 Visa is

CR-1 is a visa that a spouse who is married to their partner for less than 2 years upon US entry receives. It's exactly like the IR-1, except it only gets a 2-year conditional green card (on which conditions must be removed for the 10 year GC before the 2 years expires).

[ohzee64 1]

CR-1 is a visa that a spouse who is married to their partner for less than 2 years upon US entry receives. It's exactly like the IR-1, except it only gets a 2-year conditional green card (on which conditions must be removed for the 10 year GC before the 2 years expires).

Congrats I hope to move things along just as fast

Congrats I hope to move things along just as fast

[Amhara 460]

Ohzee, your time line with your fiancée actually matches ours! When my fiancé has his interview, I plan to send a signed letter addressing this. Before we met, neither one of us believed in dating without serious marriage intentions. Our engagement was a few months after we made contact, so I was thinking this may be a red flag for the officer. In my situation, I could not maintain a friendship with him when my emotions were getting deeper - it would have been inappropriate.

It's good to know that a short relationship isn't grounds for refusal! I may face different challenges as your journey, but I wanted to comment on our similarities.

[ohzee64 1]

Ohzee, your time line with your fiancée actually matches ours! When my fiancé has his interview, I plan to send a signed letter addressing this. Before we met, neither one of us believed in dating without serious marriage intentions. Our engagement was a few months after we made contact, so I was thinking this may be a red flag for the officer. In my situation, I could not maintain a friendship with him when my emotions were getting deeper - it would have been inappropriate.

It's good to know that a short relationship isn't grounds for refusal! I may face different challenges as your journey, but I wanted to comment on our similarities.

[ohzee64 1]

That is amazing you guys got us in all areas by 1 week to the date I received my email and text today that my application was received March 30 and will be forwarded to CSC.it will be good to know how this plays out. Anything is possible and luckily meeting online is not taboo any longer. Good luck to you in this entire process it's stressful but no risk no reward.

[Jamnan_n_Steve 17]

Important to remember that the 129f is a petition to alow your fiance(e) to apply for a visa. So long as you meet the minimum requirements (being a citizen, having met, not having filed for another in the last two years, etc.) your fiance(e) will receive an interview for their visa.

We met in the beginning of February, I filed in mid-April, the petition was approved mid-August and Jamnan's interview was in late September. The point being that you will have more than enough time to build your relationship before it gets looked at by the CO at the embassy. Review the guides and the embassy reviews to build your evidence packet for the interview stage unless you are in one of the "must front-load" countries.

Jamnan received her conditional green card a day before the first anniversary of our having met.

Good luck

[Cathi 5,609]

Important to remember that the 129f is a petition to alow your fiance(e) to apply for a visa. So long as you meet the minimum requirements (being a citizen, having met, not having filed for another in the last two years, etc.) your fiance(e) will receive an interview for their visa.

We met in the beginning of February, I filed in mid-April, the petition was approved mid-August and Jamnan's interview was in late September. The point being that you will have more than enough time to build your relationship before it gets looked at by the CO at the embassy. Review the guides and the embassy reviews to build your evidence packet for the interview stage unless you are in one of the "must front-load" countries.

Jamnan received her conditional green card a day before the first anniversary of our having met.

Good luck

there is nothing in the requirements stating that you can not petition for someone if you had petitioned someone else within the previous 2 years. Don't make things up/ This is directly from the USCIS site stating the requirements.

Eligibility Requirements

If you petition for a fiancé(e) visa, you must show that:

• You (the petitioner) are a U.S. citizen.
• You intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the United States.
• You and your fiancé(e) are both free to marry and any previous marriages must have been legally terminated by divorce, death, or annulment.
• You met each other, in person, at least once within 2 years of filing your petition. There are two exceptions that require a waiver:

  1. If the requirement to meet would violate strict and long-established customs of your or your fiancé(e)’s foreign culture or social practice.

  2. If you prove that the requirement to meet would result in extreme hardship to you.

[CowBoE 429]

Does any know how long the expectation is for an K1 visa in regards to how long you have been dating your fiancé? I met my fiancé online last July and flew to Jamaica in March ( a few weeks ago) to meet. I recently submitted the I 129 forms with proof of our relationship including phone records text and included pictures of us together from my trip, flight info, hotel info etc etc etc... I am thinking since my relationship is under a year, would that be grounds for refusal. Help please!

We met only for 2 months before I submitted I-129F and got it approved...and we are married for 5 months now.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Ohzee, your time line with your fiancée actually matches ours! When my fiancé has his interview, I plan to send a signed letter addressing this. Before we met, neither one of us believed in dating without serious marriage intentions. Our engagement was a few months after we made contact, so I was thinking this may be a red flag for the officer. In my situation, I could not maintain a friendship with him when my emotions were getting deeper - it would have been inappropriate.

It's good to know that a short relationship isn't grounds for refusal! I may face different challenges as your journey, but I wanted to comment on our similarities.

It's funny you say this. My then-Fiancee & I did the exact same thing. Within 2 weeks of meeting online, we were already gauging each other fully to figure out what each was willing to do if this developed into something romantically & we figured out that we both were willing to do whatever it took. We then continued to basically fall in love online, communicating via text & Skype until about 4 months after meeting online, when we met in person the 1st time & reaffirmed our feelings for each other. I had such a strong feeling about her that I bought he ring that I would propose to her with before she even came. While she was here, I proposed & then sent the petition away about 3 weeks later.

Like you & the OP, we didn't wanna waste time getting to know everything about each other without fully working to close the distance gap. So that became an immediate priority. Nothing is wrong with a rapidly developing relationship, if it has been built with long-term intentions from the very beginning.