Unique request?

[ruryan 0]

OK so I am living in Ukraine and I plan on staying here but I have to go back to the states to do a class.

Now I have a girlfriend who I and my entire family is in love with. We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Well they just updated their processing time to Jan 18, 2009. Not acceptable.

So I have 2 questions:

1) since I have spent most of my time this year in Ukraine - can I qualify for the non UCIS stuff for a K1? I have business visa here and registration here.

2) since my family and I own several businesses - apparantly if its a H1B we can get an expidite. Would this work for us? Maybe a simple business inventation letter would work?

Please advise.

I must leave Sep 26 and I want her to come with me! Is it possible?

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fandango 1,439]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

Edited July 24, 2008 by Happy Bunny

[ruryan 0]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

[eric&gen 0]

I smell something fishy.

Edited July 24, 2008 by eric&gen

[Mags 112]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

If you do file for a K-1 you have to get married within 90 days of her arrival into the USA. If you don't she has to leave and return to the Ukraine.

[Vipul and Jamie 0]

If you use a visa for a purpose othen than what it was intended it's visa fraud. Period. I'm not really understanding the argument, "they don't leave us with any other option."

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

K1 is not appropriate as the others have said; you also cannot do K1 the quicker DCF way, only spousal visas.

If your girlfriend has the appropriate skills, then a work visa is an option- another option is a B1 visitirs visa (she'd need to have strong ties to the Ukraine, such as owning a house, going to college etc).

[Ana&D 0]

If you do a K1 and you two do not get married, it indeed will be considered fraud and u will screw up chances of your gf to ever get another visa. Expedite or no expedite, there is no way you will be able to get H1B this year. The deadline for fiscal year beginning Oct. 2008 was April 1, and trust me, by now cap is filled up. The only feasable option I see, is applying for a tourist visa. If she will be able to show strong ties to Ukraine: real estate property, college or job with above-average Ukr. salary. Best of luck!

[Gemmie 142]

They are giving you an option.

As stated above, she can get a visitor visa to stay with you in the US for a short period; you can get married in Ukraine and then use a spouse visa for her to live with you in the US; she can get a work visa for the US; or you can get a fiance visa for the US. They're not really giving her an option to stay with you long-term as a "girlfriend" but that's the joy of family-based immigration.

When I first started out on this journey, I wasn't certain that I wanted to get married because I was only 16 at the time. I waited for years until I knew that I wanted to be with my fiancee so much that I would give our future the chance, so we decided to apply.

DO NOT apply for the K1 if you have no intentions of being married. That is considered fraud.

Also, she cannot marry you while in the US as a visitor if you two decide you DO want to get married either. That is also fraud as you have the intention beforehand.

Good luck.

[jle930sl 0]

Yep, I agree with all of the above. It is fraud.

If you guys don't want to get married, then don't get married just for a visa. That's stupid (and illegal) and it's people who do that who make the lives difficult of people who really want to be share the rest of their lives together.

Everyone else has given you several options - go with one of those.

[pushbrk 12,114]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

Sorry but it's now time to think and behave like an honest adult. Of course there's another option. She stays in Ukraine and you don't get what you want.

It takes three hours to drive from my home to Seattle. If I only allow 2.5 hours for the trip, speed and get pulled over, should I tell the officer I don't see it as speeding because the State didn't leave me any choice?

There comes a time in life when most people realize that the almighty "I want" is not so almighty as they might have thought. You have an opportunity for now to be that time.

Welcome to our world, the world of loving a foreigner.

Edited July 24, 2008 by pushbrk

[KimandRuss 0]

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

Welcome to US immigration.

When you file your petition for your alien fiance, you both include an original letter of intent stating you are going to marry within 90 days of entry. If she comes over on the K1 visa she receives her I-94 (arrival record) with a validity of 90 days. If you do not marry and she does not go home within that time, she is overstaying her visa and is subject to a ban to the US that must then be overcome with waivers.

If you misrepresent yourself or your intentions to the US government you are commiting fraud and subjecting yourself, and your g/f, to much bigger problems in the future.

We're not trying to rain on your parade here. It's just the way it is. Many of us have been separated for months, or even years, because of all the red tape.

If you find yourself ready to commit to marriage and it's a viable option at the Consulate you are dealing with, DCF is going to be your best option.

[Fandango 1,439]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

Sorry but it's now time to think and behave like an honest adult. Of course there's another option. She stays in Ukraine and you don't get what you want.

It takes three hours to drive from my home to Seattle. If I only allow 2.5 hours for the trip, speed and get pulled over, should I tell the officer I don't see it as speeding because the State didn't leave me any choice?

There comes a time in life when most people realize that the almighty "I want" is not so almighty as they might have thought. You have an opportunity for now to be that time.

Welcome to our world, the world of loving a foreigner.

QFT.

and as an aside...I love how fraud is in quotes, lol.

[crs 0]

In any case, it takes patience. Unless she gets a tourist visa, it is very very unlikely she will be able to come with you at then end of September.

If you are not sure if you guys want to get married, wait it out. a good relationship gets stronger with some distance and will make you understand if youre ready to get married or not.

good luck, and dont fraud the system: it makes it worse for the rest of us.

[Barbarella UK 0]

We have no intention of marrying each other but it seems the only way I can bring her with me is a K1.

Filing for a K1 considering with what you said above constitutes fraud. And if you plan on going back to the Ukraine, come to the US, do the class, then return to your girlfriend and the Ukraine.

Good luck!

ok well... maybe its "fraud" but I dont see it that way. they really dont leave us any other option?????

Sorry but it's now time to think and behave like an honest adult. Of course there's another option. She stays in Ukraine and you don't get what you want.

It takes three hours to drive from my home to Seattle. If I only allow 2.5 hours for the trip, speed and get pulled over, should I tell the officer I don't see it as speeding because the State didn't leave me any choice?

There comes a time in life when most people realize that the almighty "I want" is not so almighty as they might have thought. You have an opportunity for now to be that time.

Welcome to our world, the world of loving a foreigner.

Very well put Pushbrk!

I don't think the OP has properly thought this through at all.

Nor does he seem to realise the severity of the repercussions that could follow if USCIS decide that he is making a fraudulent application.