US Citizen Marrying PER national in Lima

[quique 0]

Hello,

I originally posted this on K-3 forum but from previous feedback it seems the best way to go is just with the I-130. I'm a US citizen (originally born in Lima Peru) living in the NY area and I'm marrying my fiancee next week (Jan 15th 2010) in Lima Peru. I wanted to get feedback on what I'm looking at in terms whats the process like and more importantly how long it takes before she's able to come to the US. I've not seek legal counsel yet but its an option I'm considering.

I figure my case its pretty standard, both of us are in our 30's and have never been married or have any children. We have a clean criminal/immigration record. But after going through the I-130 guide website I see some issues with "Evidence" of marriage. We don't have any kids together and we haven't lived or co-mingle our finances yet since we're living apart. All I can think of is generating affidavits from relatives attesting to of our engagement and our marital intentions. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again and best of luck to all.

Quique

CT, USA

[conquest 0]

You cant file for a K-3 or CR-1 until you are married then you will have the marrage certificate lots of fotos also when you are there get 2 affidavits atteseting to your marrage that is signed and stamped by a notary.

No need to have co mingled any thing. You will need marrage cert, fotos, affidavits. Keep every thing air line stubs showing that you were in peru. Recipts and so on. By the way a CR-1 is a much better way to go in my opinion.

[Antje/Terry 1]

Hello,

I originally posted this on K-3 forum but from previous feedback it seems the best way to go is just with the I-130. I'm a US citizen (originally born in Lima Peru) living in the NY area and I'm marrying my fiancee next week (Jan 15th 2010) in Lima Peru. I wanted to get feedback on what I'm looking at in terms whats the process like and more importantly how long it takes before she's able to come to the US. I've not seek legal counsel yet but its an option I'm considering.

I figure my case its pretty standard, both of us are in our 30's and have never been married or have any children. We have a clean criminal/immigration record. But after going through the I-130 guide website I see some issues with "Evidence" of marriage. We don't have any kids together and we haven't lived or co-mingle our finances yet since we're living apart. All I can think of is generating affidavits from relatives attesting to of our engagement and our marital intentions. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again and best of luck to all.

Quique

CT, USA

Maybe she can also put you on her bank account when you are in Lima. That's what my husband and I did. We have a joint bank account in the States and in Germany. Plus pictures, affidavits etc as said before.

[christeen 966]

Total process is usually around the 6-9 month mark from filing to bringing them to the US... Take some photos of you guys with your family, keep your boarding passes, prints a few chat logs or phone records per month from talking, Hotel stays, etc... They understand you are a new couple and might not have tons of stuff together yet... Also add her as a beneficerary to your insurance, buy some cheap term life insurance and have her as your beneficaerary...

Good luck