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Community SpotlightFiance or Marriage Visa in 2025 ? Pros and cons?
KandB posted a topic in What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration,
I'm 23F 🇨🇿, my partner is 29M 🇺🇲
We want to get our visa going sometime this year and want to be together as soon as possible but we are still unsure which visa would serve us better. I'd like to get married in my home country but on the other side i wouldn't mind getting married paperwise in the US and waiting for my work permit and etc if it would allow us to be together faster and then save up for and have our dream wedding in my home country.
What do you think ? All of this is so overwhelming and confusing and we just want to do the right thing.
I asked the same question on reddit, so many people recommended me to go with fiance visa, two suggested marriage visa. I need more input and advice from experienced people. Thank you
Ps: is it possible to have dual citizenship so i don't lose one from my home country? How does that work ?- 31 replies
Supporting evidence for AOS following K1 marriage?
smilingstone posted a topic in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas,
I entered the US on my K1 last week and we'll be planning to get married over the next few weeks. Throughout the whole K1 process I had in my head that we will need further supporting evidence of our relationship/marriage for the AOS process, such as co-mingling finances, opening joint accounts, health insurance, etc. However, now that I'm revisiting guidance on our next steps, there isn't any mention of this.
I am wondering if I misread something early on and it just stuck in my mind, and that we actually don't need to provide anything like this. VJs AOS guide doesn't make any mention of it, and nor does any other immigration-based sites. Is this something needed for the potential interview (from what I understand not all people get called for AOS interview)?
Can anyone confirm or clarify what we need? A run down of the docs you provided, when filing and/or for interview, would be really helpful.
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Tourist visa denied.. worried this will impact future family visa
mnelove97 posted a topic in Tourist Visas,
Hi, I’ve been thinking about this for a few days and feeling a bit worried. I wanted to have my husband visit me while we await our I-130 as I’ve heard some people have been approved while waiting. However he applied for a tourist visa in Jan 2024 and was denied as he said he was planning on visiting with his brother and had no family members here (true we were just snapping/texting).
We got married in July 2024 and he went in Sept 2024 at his 2nd attempt at a tourist visa - this time mentioning our marriage. The embassy worker didn’t give him a chance to speak and just said he’s “lying” because he mentioned last time he didnt have any family members in US (which he didnt). I’m worried this was written down as fraud and he will never get any visa. I’m not sure what the embassy would have written down for his denial?-
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Wife was denied entry into her interview due to Copy vs Original Doc
Rollie New New posted a topic in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures,
My wife was denied entry into her interview on Dec 20th 2024 because she had a copy of my divorce papers and not the original. Our lawyer tried to argue that the original was not required. But the embassy sent us a link that clearly showed the rule has been in place since 2022. Her new interview date is now Jan 23, 2025-
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Can I Travel to the USA with a Pending I-130 Petition?
Rayman2025 posted a topic in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures,
I have been invited to speak at a conference in the USA. My partner, who is a U.S. citizen, has filed an I-130 petition for me as we plan to move there eventually. I also have a job offer, and the employer is in the process of sponsoring an O-1 visa for me.
1. Can I apply for an ESTA to attend the conference, and am I likely to be admitted?
2. Will traveling to the USA on an ESTA impact my I-130 petition or future O-1 visa application?
Thank you!
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DV Lottery of K1 Visa - Can I file for both?
Petrisaint Mpaka posted a topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures,
I applied for the DV lottery 2025 and hope to be selected this year. My fiancé and I discovered that there is a fiancé visa for the USA. Do you think if we apply for the K1 visa but are selected for the DV lottery that we can stop the fiancé visa process? What are the timelines and options here :)?-
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Recent Immigration DiscussionsAre we ok being that Fee Payment is seemingly blank? 12:14 am today
DinaBill
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K1 Process Advice 12:13 am today
Alex3132428
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1 RepliesSubmitted our K-1 visa Dec. 2024. Have been dating for a year and a half and while I am grateful to have the ability to visit her more frequently than others (about a week vacation every three months), I always am hurt and have a feeling of desperation whenever I leave to go back home. I also have heard a rumor recently that Mexico may be implementing a mandatory visa application process soon for Americans before being able to enter via a tourist visa which has had me worried about potentially being apart for a long time. How do you cope with all of the emotions and hold it all together?
K1 Visa Intent to Marry 12:05 am today
Alex3132428
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2 RepliesWe already submitted our K1 application before Christmas of 2024. I hired an experienced lawyer to help file the paperwork and he noticed in our letters of intent to marry, that we stated we would get married as soon as possible instead of the concrete statement of being willing and able to marry within 90 days of entering. We did not change it because the translator we used was going to charge my fiance a lot of money to make the change. Would this cause an issue for the application if everything else is in order? Our lawyer did not seem worried about it, he said the worst that would happen would be getting a request for more evidence.
Thank you!
N-400 Interview scheduled sooner than expected! Why? 12:02 am today
Giuseppe92
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4 RepliesHello everyone again! I just want to say that I love this community, guys. You helped me through my immigration journey every time I needed it. You are great!
So on January 26 i ended up filing N-400 to become citizen by myself with no lawyer, today February 14 after less than 3 weeks i got notification that my interview is being scheduled already and i was like whaat!?
I did check the processing time for my center, and it is of 7.5 months, so I was very confused about why they are scheduling so early, but I was expecting to be scheduled around July, but apparently I have been scheduled for March 21, so less than 2 months after I applied!
I am kind of shocked at the moment; what is going on? Does this mean that after the interview they are going to let me wait months for the oath ceremony? I did not even start study yet because i thought i had way more time for this xD Does anyone have an explanation for this?
On (Date): Friday, March 21, 2025 At (Time): 10:45AM
Failure to appear for the scheduled appointment without prior notification and without good cause may result in the denial of your application. (8 CFR 103.2) You are notified to appear before a USCIS officer regarding the application identified above at the date, time, and place indicated above. Waiting room capacity is limited. Please do not arrive any earlier than 30 minutes before your scheduled appointment time. The proceeding can take about two hours. If you cannot keep this appointment, call the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Contact Center at 1-800-375-5283 (TTY 1-800-767-1833) as soon as possible to reschedule your appointment. If you are applying for citizenship for yourself, you will be tested on your knowledge of the government and history of the United States. You will also be tested on reading, writing, and speaking English, unless on the day you filed your application, you have been living in the United States for a total of at least 20 years as a lawful permanent resident and are over 50 years old, or you have been living in the United States for a total of 15 years as a lawful permanent resident and are over 55 years old, or unless you have a medically determinable disability. For more information and to find study materials for the naturalization test, visit the Citizenship Resource Center at uscis.gov/citizenship. You MUST BRING the following with you to the interview: This letter. Your Alien Registration Card ("green card"). Any evidence of Selective Service Registration. Your passport and/or any other documents you used in connection with any entries into the United States. Those items noted below which are applicable to you: If applying for NATURALIZATION AS THE SPOUSE of a United States Citizen; Your marriage certificate. Proof of death or divorce for each prior marriage of yourself or spouse. Your spouse's birth or naturalization certificate or certificate of citizenship. If applying for NATURALIZATION as a member of the United States Armed Forces; Your discharge certificate, or form DD214. If copies of a document were submitted as evidence with your N400 application, the originals of those documents should be brought to the interview. PLEASE keep this appointment, even if you do not have all the items indicated above. To request a disability accommodation, go to www.uscis.gov/accommodations or call the USCIS Contact Center at as soon as possible, even if you indicated on your application that you require an accommodation. For questions about your application, you can use our many online tools (uscis.gov/tools) including our virtual assistant, Emma. If you are not able to find the information you need online, you can reach out to the USCIS Contact Center by visiting uscis.gov/contactcenter.
221g for Mother In Law 4:34 pm yesterday
defeedme
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18 RepliesI don't know what side of the bed this interviewer servant woke up on, but obvoiusly they have something against us.
see attached denial.
She was already "documentarily qualified" with all required tax returns, forms AND we went thru HELL to get a DNA test they required, which is a total money grab and waste of time.. it's NOT our fault they took over 5 months to get the info over to the embassay and schedule an interview! so now due to THEIR incompetence they are reqesting a 2024 Tax Return which is not even due for us until Sept! (we always go on extension) .
On the Denial they also cross out "HOUSEHOLD MEMBER" and check "JOINT SPONSOR" - which as you correctly state above, is totally wrong according to their OWN RULES.. (I am the husband living in the same house) and we already filled out BOTH the i-864 and i-864A Affidavits of Support! Which was required to even get to this point! do we just print it out again? My income and our assets total around $2 million!
If they are checking off Joint Sponsor as a requirement isn't that an error? how can it be corrected?
can anyone give us any advice here? it's really infuriating it's been 2 years of hell.
anything is appreciated. Best, Mike