What should I do? Philippine fiance Visa

[Bbrian 0]

Situation is as follows:

Currently going through divorce. Was slow process but now speeding it up since found and fell in love with an amazing woman in Philippines. Divorce should be done in 3 months.

I work for large company and both she and I are Engineers for this company. I live in US, she in Philippines. We both make nice salaries, relative to our countries. Both educated and she has car, home, good job. She has no negative aspects about her life

We want to be together and have her here with me in US ASAP!!

How long should I really expect to wait from application process til I can go over and bring her home with me?

Is there anything in the process that can be done now to speed up the process once my divorce decree is given?

Can we go ahead and get documentation, med exam, etc started now?

Can we go ahead and apply and have process moving while waiting for my divorce to finalize?

Is it better to do filing myself or should I hire immigration attorney? Is process that painful if I do myself??

I really appreciate any info to ease my worries and answer some of these questions...

Best regards,

[Wis-Can 0]

Its a long process. I meet my sweetie after I started divorce proceedings, which took a long time to wrap up. There really wasn't anything we could do till that was finalized. It says right on the K-1 forms if that's the route you are going, that Visa will not be granted if you are married to someone else. Its a waiting game. We decided you educate ourselves through reading government websites, and this site in particular. I know a few people that didn't seem to fair any better with hiring an attorney. Just money spent to get results they could have got themselves. But that's a decision you will have to make. You could start tracking your relationship, phone bills, pictures etc keeping track of the dates, times and places. We both went ahead and got birth certificates etc. The medical portion I do believe they want closer to your interview date, someone else may correct me on that point possibly. Its just a long process, but you'll find communicating with people going through the same thing helpful. Take care and good luck.

[honeybadger 0]

Situation is as follows:

Currently going through divorce. Was slow process but now speeding it up since found and fell in love with an amazing woman in Philippines. Divorce should be done in 3 months.

I work for large company and both she and I are Engineers for this company. I live in US, she in Philippines. We both make nice salaries, relative to our countries. Both educated and she has car, home, good job. She has no negative aspects about her life

We want to be together and have her here with me in US ASAP!!

How long should I really expect to wait from application process til I can go over and bring her home with me?

Is there anything in the process that can be done now to speed up the process once my divorce decree is given?

Can we go ahead and get documentation, med exam, etc started now?

Can we go ahead and apply and have process moving while waiting for my divorce to finalize?

Is it better to do filing myself or should I hire immigration attorney? Is process that painful if I do myself??

I really appreciate any info to ease my worries and answer some of these questions...

Best regards,

Whats the hurry? Let the dust settle on the last marriage before you jump into the next. Take some time off after the divorce is final & visit her in the PI. In fact do it a couple of times. Get to know each other, get to know her family, get to know Filipino culture/customs. Learn some of her native language. See if you like Filipino food. Take some tours, chill a bit!

No matter what you do, aside from smuggling her into the U.S., she will not be there with you "ASAP"! You can'y start the process until you are legally divorced and then it can take from six months or longer. If you have been reading VJ, you have seen all the pitfalls in this process even if you do EVERYTHING right!

Once you are divorced (final decree in hand) just file the petition yourself. Hiring an expensive attorney just pays for him or her to enjoy your dollars. You can use the resources right here on VJ to do a better job.

Take your time, read the advice from VJ folks and if you really love each other it will all happen.

Best of luck.

Badger

[Dakine 26]

You can't file a immigration petition until your divorce is final. Fiance visas are taking 6+ plus at this time.

K1 visa paperwork is very easy. Unless you or she has some unusual circumstances no need a lawyer.

Where did you meet her?

[Carlawarla 1]

Situation is as follows:

Currently going through divorce. Was slow process but now speeding it up since found and fell in love with an amazing woman in Philippines. Divorce should be done in 3 months.

I work for large company and both she and I are Engineers for this company. I live in US, she in Philippines. We both make nice salaries, relative to our countries. Both educated and she has car, home, good job. She has no negative aspects about her life

We want to be together and have her here with me in US ASAP!!

How long should I really expect to wait from application process til I can go over and bring her home with me?

Is there anything in the process that can be done now to speed up the process once my divorce decree is given?

Can we go ahead and get documentation, med exam, etc started now?

Can we go ahead and apply and have process moving while waiting for my divorce to finalize?

Is it better to do filing myself or should I hire immigration attorney? Is process that painful if I do myself??

I really appreciate any info to ease my worries and answer some of these questions...

Best regards,

The part I bolded was an odd thing to say. Can you elaborate? Sounds like you maybe hadn't filed until you met this other woman? Divorce can take months and months. You can't file until you're divorced. In the meantime, look at the table above entitled Guides and FAQ's and you'll be well informed when it's time to file.

Good luck!