We are getting mad!!!

[criandjen 0]

I am reading the guide:

"I want to marry my fiance/fiancee who is here in the US on a visa, can I marry him/her here in the U.S, and if I do, will he/she be sent back to his/her home country until the I-130 is approved??

If your fiance/fiancee is currently in the U.S legally on any type of visa other than the J-1 visa (the J-1 requires a waiver), and you are a U.S citizen, then you CAN marry him/her, and he/she will NOT be sent back to his/her home country unless the marriage took place while the spouse was under deportation or if your fiance/fiancee came to the US on a tourist visa with the intent of immigration and marriage. (This is considered immigration fraud.)

However, you must immediately file your I-130 along with forms I-485 and I-765. If your fiance/fiancee DID come to the US on a tourist visa with the intent of immigration and marriage, and you are not yet married, then he/she should return to his/her home abroad, and the K-1 visa should be filed instead of the I-130 to avoid a denial or deportation."

It's not clear to me. It means i get marry and i have to go back?

[S_AL_ 1]

OUr idea was to meet in august/september and get marry in the US then right away fill the required form and i go back in italy and start waiting

That too if a fine idea if you can wait long enough (like more than 6 months to be with her). Please make sure, no matter where you get married that you get a marriage license from that country's government. Then your wife will need to file for a CR-1 for you.

You'll have your interview in Italy unless you move to some other country for work etc. and your spouse request the interview to be at a consulate/embassy in that other country. In most cases it hasn't been a problem for citizens from the countries that are on the waiver visa list for US to travel to the US during the process. It gets dirty for those who require visas.

No you will not be needing a lawyer. Stay on this forum.

[pushbrk 12,262]

I am reading the guide:

"I want to marry my fiance/fiancee who is here in the US on a visa, can I marry him/her here in the U.S, and if I do, will he/she be sent back to his/her home country until the I-130 is approved??

If your fiance/fiancee is currently in the U.S legally on any type of visa other than the J-1 visa (the J-1 requires a waiver), and you are a U.S citizen, then you CAN marry him/her, and he/she will NOT be sent back to his/her home country unless the marriage took place while the spouse was under deportation or if your fiance/fiancee came to the US on a tourist visa with the intent of immigration and marriage. (This is considered immigration fraud.)

However, you must immediately file your I-130 along with forms I-485 and I-765. If your fiance/fiancee DID come to the US on a tourist visa with the intent of immigration and marriage, and you are not yet married, then he/she should return to his/her home abroad, and the K-1 visa should be filed instead of the I-130 to avoid a denial or deportation."

It's not clear to me. It means i get marry and i have to go back?

The bolded red above applies to you. Yes, you go home.

[criandjen 0]

That's what i wanted to do. I cannot stay without a job ))

SO after the wedding we only have to fill the form I-130 and G-325a and send it to USCIS P.O. Box 804616 Chicago, IL 60680-1029 .

Why people use lawyers? My girlfriend drives me crazy with this lawyers things

[pushbrk 12,262]

That's what i wanted to do. I cannot stay without a job ))

SO after the wedding we only have to fill the form I-130 and G-325a and send it to USCIS P.O. Box 804616 Chicago, IL 60680-1029 .

Why people use lawyers? My girlfriend drives me crazy with this lawyers things

A person needs to be detail oriented, comfortable with government forms and able read instructions carefully interpret literally and follow those instruction. There are supporting documents you provide as indicatid in the instructions for the I-130.

Filing the petition is the starting point. The full process is explained with example forms in the step by step guides.

[criandjen 0]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

[pushbrk 12,262]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

I agree but you'd be amazed and just how many people have great difficulty filling them out properly.

[tammy2688 1]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

I agree but you'd be amazed and just how many people have great difficulty filling them out properly.

YAP! Speaks the truth, so many delays due to improper filings. But you will be fine. Take it step by step and stay on the forum, we will gladly help you. I filed the I-130 after marriage.

[Todd-Leah 0]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

Yes, I think it's nothing. Especially compare to the amount of paperwork and trips to the government offices to get my husband's work authorization in Malaysia.

However, my husband took 3 months to put the I-130 and G-325A together. :-)

Leah

[maztec 0]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

I agree but you'd be amazed and just how many people have great difficulty filling them out properly.

YAP! Speaks the truth, so many delays due to improper filings. But you will be fine. Take it step by step and stay on the forum, we will gladly help you. I filed the I-130 after marriage.

An attorney I know makes all of his money by handling cases that people have filed on their own - and messed up. He charges a premium, far more than he would have charged if they had came to him before messing up the file. If it isn't there mistake, he charges less. But, most of the time? It is your own damned fault. Little mistakes can hang you.

For example - moving and then filing a Naturalization Petition in less than 3 months after moving. You may as well ditch the petition and refile, it's just not worth fighting - but it can be fought. What's worse is when you move, but CIS doesn't believe you on the date you said you moved - so thinks it fell in that 3 month window . . . then you refile, and they use the first denial as basis for a second denial because they still dont' believe you have moved... So you finally get an attorney, just to find out . . . oh darn, you shouldn't have filed so soon or you should have established the dates better...

People make stupid mistakes. Attorneys make really stupid mistakes - but you can sue them for it if you can prove it.

[criandjen 0]

i read I-130 and G-325a. There nothing difficult in it.

I agree but you'd be amazed and just how many people have great difficulty filling them out properly.

YAP! Speaks the truth, so many delays due to improper filings. But you will be fine. Take it step by step and stay on the forum, we will gladly help you. I filed the I-130 after marriage.

An attorney I know makes all of his money by handling cases that people have filed on their own - and messed up. He charges a premium, far more than he would have charged if they had came to him before messing up the file. If it isn't there mistake, he charges less. But, most of the time? It is your own damned fault. Little mistakes can hang you.

For example - moving and then filing a Naturalization Petition in less than 3 months after moving. You may as well ditch the petition and refile, it's just not worth fighting - but it can be fought. What's worse is when you move, but CIS doesn't believe you on the date you said you moved - so thinks it fell in that 3 month window . . . then you refile, and they use the first denial as basis for a second denial because they still dont' believe you have moved... So you finally get an attorney, just to find out . . . oh darn, you shouldn't have filed so soon or you should have established the dates better...

People make stupid mistakes. Attorneys make really stupid mistakes - but you can sue them for it if you can prove it.

Thanks for the advice but i think for the I-130 and G-325 there's no need of a lawyer. The forms are pretty simple.

I don't know how ill be the following forms.

By the way if there's nothing to be written in the I-130 what do we put:

- comma "11. Name(s) of Prior Husband(s)/Wive(s)/ 12. Date(s) Marriage(s) Ended/ 17. List husband/wife and all children of your relative." none of us have been married before. So should we pute NONE?

- comma "18. Address in the United States where your relative intends to live." She's living in Miami but being originally from north we would like to go back north and live in NY. What do we have to put?

- I mean when we do not have anything to fill the blank what we write?

[Euro 3]

OUr idea was to meet in august/september and get marry in the US then right away fill the required form and i go back in italy and start waiting

This is the best idea, it's what i did, & while your in italy waiting for the papers to process, you can still visit her,

if your situation is straight forward dont waste your money on a lawyer, you can get all the info you need here & from other immigration sites!!

Yes write none, dont leave questions unanswered, there are some "example" forms look around on the site.

Edited June 12, 2008 by Euro

[criandjen 0]

OUr idea was to meet in august/september and get marry in the US then right away fill the required form and i go back in italy and start waiting

This is the best idea, it's what i did, & while your in italy waiting for the papers to process, you can still visit her,

if your situation is straight forward dont waste your money on a lawyer, you can get all the info you need here & from other immigration sites!!

Yes write none, dont leave questions unanswered, there are some "example" forms look around on the site.

I think will be straight forward. We have never been married before, we both got a master degree and both working for an US corporation. I am 100% italian and no crime records at all. I was in the US for 1 y on J1 visa and then we meet in 2005.

I thought when you file in you cannot reenter the US till you got the visa stamped on the passport. Correct me if i am wrong?

[Todd-Leah 0]

I thought when you file in you cannot reenter the US till you got the visa stamped on the passport. Correct me if i am wrong?

You can visit while the migration process is pending, many people on VJ have visited their spouses without problem, but there is always a niggling fear that one might get sent home at the POE.

Leah

[criandjen 0]

I thought when you file in you cannot reenter the US till you got the visa stamped on the passport. Correct me if i am wrong?

You can visit while the migration process is pending, many people on VJ have visited their spouses without problem, but there is always a niggling fear that one might get sent home at the POE.

Leah

WHat means VJ and POE?

Sorry