(Late?) AOL Filing

[er1c 0]

Thanks to VJ, I was able to get my fiancee here and we are now happily married (within the first month of the K1 being issued). We have been enjoying our time together so much that we just realized that the Visa expires tomorrow! After poking around I've seen some posts that you can file AOS pretty much any reasonable time after getting married?

This kind of makes sense to me in that the K1 Visa is for entrance to the U.S.

I'd rather take a week or two and do all the AOS papers with the same care and attention to detail that I did for our K1. Do we need to file anything else if we are past the 90 day mark? Or do I need to freak out and pull an all nighter like in my college days???

Thanks!

Edited February 27, 2008 by er1c

[kim&james 0]

You have satisfied the conditions of the K1 by marrying within the 90 day limit of the visa. You can take your time and gather all your paperwork and file when you are ready. We just suggest on here that sooner rather than later as it all takes time and the sooner this lot is over the better.

[er1c 0]

You have satisfied the conditions of the K1 by marrying within the 90 day limit of the visa. You can take your time and gather all your paperwork and file when you are ready. We just suggest on here that sooner rather than later as it all takes time and the sooner this lot is over the better.

Thanks so much!!!!! I, we, appreciate it greatly

[David-and-Mae 15]

You have satisfied the conditions of the K1 by marrying within the 90 day limit of the visa. You can take your time and gather all your paperwork and file when you are ready. We just suggest on here that sooner rather than later as it all takes time and the sooner this lot is over the better.

Thanks so much!!!!! I, we, appreciate it greatly

I agree on the post above. But still, it's better to have an AOS done as the greencard will allow your wife to work, travel outside the country and enjoy life freely.

[Melyssa 0]

Thanks to VJ, I was able to get my fiancee here and we are now happily married (within the first month of the K1 being issued). We have been enjoying our time together so much that we just realized that the Visa expires tomorrow! After poking around I've seen some posts that you can file AOS pretty much any reasonable time after getting married?

This kind of makes sense to me in that the K1 Visa is for entrance to the U.S.

I'd rather take a week or two and do all the AOS papers with the same care and attention to detail that I did for our K1. Do we need to file anything else if we are past the 90 day mark? Or do I need to freak out and pull an all nighter like in my college days???

Thanks!

No worries, you can take as much time as you like since you married within 90 days of her entry into the U.S., but I'd recommend getting it done as soon as you can so your wife can have the benefits of a green card holder (travel outside of the country if you guys want to visit her family, and legally work in the U.S.!) But take your time if you need to - we wanted to file right away but we didn't do it right away either - we worked on it a week or two after the wedding and didn't send it in until just over a month after we got married!! We also wanted to be very careful about everything so as not to risk a denial over silly errors on the forms!

Glad you are enjoying your new life together so much!

Edited February 28, 2008 by Melyssa