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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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I am visiting USA in a few months time and we have decided to get married while i am there on the vwp. I will come back home and we will start to file for the spouse visa. Now...however if i decide to visit USA again before we start the paperwork and as soon as i arrive in USA we file for adjustment of status..can we do that? Have a look below, that was a post i cam across on visajourney..

I actually traveled to the US after I got married in Austria and before we filed for the CR I. I had no problem, I just traveled using he VWP. I got asked at the border control why I enter the US and I said "to visit my husband". And once I arrived in the US, we filed for I 130. So, as long as you don't travel to the US with the purpose to immigrate and leave before your visa ends, I don't see why you can't do it.

Larry and Jaana

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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You may not use the Visa Waiver Program with the intent of staying in the USA/ immigrating. That is visa fraud.

You can use it to get married, and to visit again during the process.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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You have intent to use the VWP for immigration by asking if you can enter and AOS on VWP. As penguin says that is visa fraud.

If you do this it can result in a HUGE number of issues including a life time ban from the USA.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Nope, using the VWP to enter and adjust status is illegal because it is visa fraud. The VWP is for tourist, not for immigrants

When you enter the US to marry, start the Cr-1 visa process while you are there and then leave to return to Sweden.

So, as long as you don't travel to the US with the purpose to immigrate - you intend to immigrate, that is the difference between you and the quote you posted. And that happens to be a BIG difference

Good luck

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February 10, 2009 - NOA-2
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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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You can stay in the US once you get married UNTIL the 90 day VWP expires--be very careful to not overstay, since that is the first step towards immigration hell. In the meantime, go on a honeymoon and have fun, but then go home within the 90-day VWP window.

Whether you can come back to visit using VWP is entirely up to CBP--sometimes it is easy and sometimes people are rejected, but one thing is for sure--there is no way you can come back to go thru AOS here. The CR-1 process requires that you return to your country for an interview at the consulate. If CBP lets you back in during the process, you may find that you can spend most of the time here, but the final step will be in Sweden.

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