Dont want to get married

[Peter Kwame 0]

my fiancée and I both have marriage issues and we want to live as partners not married. we want to have kids but as partners

We got our K1 visa some months ago.

I just arrived the US last week.

Can we file for EAD & SSN as non married civil law partners?

please adviced is needed

Peter

Edited February 10, 2011 by Peter Kwame

[Darnell 8,478]

Not with a K-1 visa, sorry.

Must be married within 90 days. If not married, then is best to return back to your home country.

You getting an SSN is easy, regardless of 'next status', if yer diligent at the SSA office about 2 weeks from yer POE date.

You getting an EAD - sure -it's possible, but it will expire ON THE DAY of yer I-94's expiration date.

Edited February 10, 2011 by Darnell

[Penny Lane 8,159]

No, you applied for a Visa where the main condition was getting MARRIED in 90 days. You have to live up to that or the beneficiary needs to leave.

[Anh map 2,098]

There is no wiggle room for what you would like to do. If the non-USC leaves the US there is no way for them to return with the K1.

And without marriage to the K1 petitioner you can't remain in the US and adjust status to obtain a green card. Even if you married another person, you could not adjust based on that marriage if you originally entered the US on a K1 visa.

Darnell is spot on. Your ability to work legally would expire on the date that your I-94 expires.

[rika60607 215]

Then get married and later get divorced.

You will satisfy the USCIS and end up what you want to be - partners.

my fiancée and I both have marriage issues and we want to live as partners not married. we want to have kids but as partners

We got our K1 visa some months ago.

I just arrived the US last week.

Can we file for EAD & SSN as non married civil law partners?

please adviced is needed

Peter

[YuAndDan 153]

There is no such thing as a "Shack Up Visa" only way to shack up with a partner is with another US Citizen, Resident, or perhaps an illegal alien.

A person in the USA on a K-1 that does not marry within the 90 days of the I-94 becomes an illegal alien, so perhaps can shack up with the illegal alien, however like any other illegal alien wont be able to get green-card SSN, DL or any other thing afforded to a US Citizen, or US resident.

K-1 can apply for SSN and EAD during the 90 days of the I-94, but EAD will expire when the I-94 card expires, and the SSN will be marked "Valid with DHS authorization only"

K-1 cannot adjust status based on a marriage to anyone other than the person who petitioned for the visa.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

my fiancée and I both have marriage issues and we want to live as partners not married. we want to have kids but as partners

We got our K1 visa some months ago.

I just arrived the US last week.

Can we file for EAD & SSN as non married civil law partners?

please adviced is needed

Peter

Hi, Peter,

sure you can get just a civil marriage. No need for anything church-related. You both keep your given names, don't need to have children, and be 50/50 partners in everything. It is a civil union, except they call it marriage here.

[KiwiBird 132]

A 'civil marriage' is not the same thing as 'civil law partners'. (Common Law Marriage)

As posted above, if you don't marry within 90 days of your date of entry, the alien MUST return to their home country. There is no way around that.

I'm kind of curious why a couple would file a fiance visa that states a requirement being 'must be married within 90 days' and submit Letters of Intent saying they will marry... if they really didn't want to get married. That doesn't make much sense to me.

[Richie Rich 70]

You can both move back to your country and live ''single '' but together and have a happy life . Did you guys not have this discussion before filing ?? Its too late now .Best of luck .

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Get married within the 90 days, have a heavy duty prenup that basically says you agree to maintain your property as separate, don't use it as evidence at AOS, develop jointness were it makes sense ( a policy for 2 people is usually cheaper than 2 policies each for one person ) Stay combined until after removal of conditions , if you divorce before it will be hard to explain marriage in good faith , but being divorced and living together at removal. Once you have your unconditional green card then you can do as you wish , if you do divorce you will have to wait 5 years to become a USC. That way you are playing but their rules as long as you need and then spend the next 80 years living by your rules.

[VinhBao MyTam 3]

IMO, if you go into this with any intention except staying together, that is visa fraud. And, frankly, as someone who has to go through all this red tape to do it right, I don't have any sympathy for anyone looking for ways to commit fraud.

Either decide to get married, or don't take advantage of the visa intended for those who are getting married.

Nobody has the right to bring a 'friend' to the US... only a spouse/fiancee.

[TBoneTX 43,061]

As posted above, if you don't marry within 90 days of your date of entry, the alien MUST return to their home country.

A gentle correction, si man: The alien must leave the U.S.; where he or she goes is up to the alien.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Actually they intend on staying together they just have some phobia about being married.

[Aztec&Taino 144]

my fiancée and I both have marriage issues and we want to live as partners not married. we want to have kids but as partners

We got our K1 visa some months ago.

I just arrived the US last week.

Can we file for EAD & SSN as non married civil law partners?

please adviced is needed

Peter

Peter,

Why would you and your fiancee go through the trouble (time and expense) to get a visa which main condition is TO MARRY within 90 days of arrival if you have "marriage issues"? Sorry, but it makes no sense to me. If you do not wish to be legally married, then don't get married, but you need to leave the USA before the 90 days since your arrival expire.

Best wishes!

[jrmejia 31]

A 'civil marriage' is not the same thing as 'civil law partners'. (Common Law Marriage)

As posted above, if you don't marry within 90 days of your date of entry, the alien MUST return to their home country. There is no way around that.

I'm kind of curious why a couple would file a fiance visa that states a requirement being 'must be married within 90 days' and submit Letters of Intent saying they will marry... if they really didn't want to get married. That doesn't make much sense to me.