K1

[Zaithe05 0]

Hello I would like to ask for some advice I’m in the US and I would like to go home this December to come back with my fiancé I’m just tired of waiting so We will get married here in Connecticut on January as soon as we get here. By the way I am a US citizen. Your comments and advices are very welcome. 

[EandH0904 1,184]

No one likes waiting, but your fiance cannot come to the US to get married and stay here for good without the proper visa.  You can marry him/her but they would then need to go back to their country while you file CR1 which takes 12-14+ months. 

 

Coming here on VWP or with a visitor visa to get married and stay is clear fraud and makes things more difficult for those of us doing it the legal way. 

 

If that was allowed, everyone would do it and there would be no need for K1 or CR1 

[JFH 12,189]

21 minutes ago, Zaithe05 said:

 I would like to go home this December to come back with my fiancé I’m just tired of waiting 

Home? Isn't the US your home? If you have a home overseas with your fiancé and you don't want to be apart then this sounds like the obvious solution. 

Edited November 5, 2017 by JFH

[geowrian 22,335]

31 minutes ago, Zaithe05 said:

We will get married here in Connecticut on January as soon as we get here. By the way I am a US citizen.

That's fine, but your now-fiance will need to return home and interview abroad. He cannot come to the US and stay here without either a K-1 visa (if not married yet) or CR-1/Ir-1 visa (if you get married).

 

K-1: ~7-9 months on average.

CR-1/IR-1: ~12-14 months on average.

[Abdeslam 47]

5 hours ago, Zaithe05 said:

Hello I would like to ask for some advice I’m in the US and I would like to go home this December to come back with my fiancé I’m just tired of waiting so We will get married here in Connecticut on January as soon as we get here. By the way I am a US citizen. Your comments and advices are very welcome. 

i know lot off people who went to the us on b1/b2 visa and got married and now they are living happily , the thing is don't get married early your fiance need to wait at the least 3-6 month before getting married on the us , also if you already applied for a k1 visa don't get married on B1/B2 visa cause it considered as a fraud 

[geowrian 22,335]

14 minutes ago, Abdeslam said:

i know lot off people who went to the us on b1/b2 visa and got married and now they are living happily , the thing is don't get married early your fiance need to wait at the least 3-6 month before getting married on the us , also if you already applied for a k1 visa don't get married on B1/B2 visa cause it considered as a fraud 

Why the need to wait? Sure, some states have a minimum waiting period but that's usually only a few days.

Again, the issue isn't coming to the US to marry...it's coming to marry and stay.

 

It's only fraud to marry after starting the K-1 process if you still pursue the visa (or enter on it if you already got the visa). Many people have decided not to wait, marry, then started a CR-1 visa process instead (withdrawing the I-129F either beforehand or concurrently with the I-130).

[Zaithe05 0]

On 11/4/2017 at 9:39 PM, Dee elle said:

i am a bit unclear on your plans.and question...Have you already filed a K1? Are you planning for your fiance to travel to the US with you and then you will marry there? What visa is yiour fiance planning to use to enter? What arey your plans after you have maried?

I have not yet applied. Yes, I was planning of coming over with him. I was looking into K-1

[Zaithe05 0]

On 11/4/2017 at 9:54 PM, JFH said:

Home? Isn't the US your home? If you have a home overseas with your fiancé and you don't want to be apart then this sounds like the obvious solution. 

Am a dual citizen

[Zaithe05 0]

I am a dual citizen, and was looking into bringing my husband here. I am new to all this, and as such, was asking what is the best option available for me to do this

Edited November 7, 2017 by Zaithe05

[Zaithe05 0]

2 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

If you apply for a K1 now for your fiancé,  it will be 6 to 8 months before he is able ro enter the US and then you must narry within 90 days.. The K1 process will not be completed in time for him to come in January as you hoped. 

Will this be the same even if I go with him physically to the embassy?

[Zaithe05 0]

4 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

There is a process for the K1 which takes 6 to 8 months to complete.. he cannot get an interview for the K1 until all the paperwork has been approved and the Consulate advises him to make an appointment. The only other way he will possibly be able to visit in January is to apply for a visitors visa, travel over... you can then marry here.. but he will then need to leave and return to his home country while you apply for a spouse visa..Cr1   that will take 12 to 14 months to complete...

As has been previously advised here, if he comes on a visitor visa with the intent to marry and STAY,   this is visa fraud. Marry is ok but not plan ahead of entering the country that he will stay... 

 

There is no shortcut to immigrating ... 

What should I do to start the process?

[geowrian 22,335]

1 hour ago, Zaithe05 said:

Will this be the same even if I go with him physically to the embassy?

Yes. As stated, he can't even get to the embassy to interview until the I-129F is approved, NVC processes it, and the embassy receives it and is ready to interview. Expect 7-9 months nowadays (it keeps getting pushed back this year).