End K-1 visas now

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

If I had my way, you could use your UK income. Not letting you use it was ridicurous.

AJ for USCIS director. You want VSC or CSC?

[^_^ 5,021]

AJ for USCIS director. You want VSC or CSC?

I had very good luck with VSC way back in 2004 so I will try my luck with them again.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

AJ for USCIS director. You want VSC or CSC?

AJ's too busy baiting peeps with his wisecracks to be a director.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I used a K-1 visa but had known my fiance 14 years at that point, lived together, had a mortgage,joint assets etc.

I do think it's slightly crazy that people get married/K-1s who have only physically been together for a week or so, but that's me.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

It's marriage! If you don't have a stable income you are doomed. Let's make it 6 figures...I qualify and so do most successful marriages.

Aren't you special. Do people have to be 50 years old or older too?

[ready4ONE 5,400]

It's absurd that in this day and age that visas would still be granted based on infatiation. No more K-1 visas! If an American citizen can't or won't or refuses to take the time and expense to marry a person in a foreign land then no visa should be granted. Furthermore, if any financial means is needed outside of the USC's income then no visa should be granted. Life is tough, suck it up.

Bite me! You also have the wrong website to show off the lack of cleanliness in your nether regions.

[AlinaH 38]

If I was just "infatuated" with William, I wouldn't have paid such a load of money to move out of a country that I love.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

While I understand the sentiment about co-sponsors, sometimes it's technically necessary. For example, my ex and I did DCF for a CR1 visa through the London Embassy. I had no US-based income because I had lived in the UK for 12 years. We needed a co-sponsor because none of my UK-based income could be considered, even though I made way more than what was necessary. It's ridiculous to force a USC to move back to the US without his or her spouse just to get US-based income.

I never knew they only counted US income. Thats screwed up if you ask me. Do they still have that rule ?

[Moomin 292]

Here's my shoes. Walk a mile in 'em.

The day somebody judges you for marrying a foreign spouse you might say the same to them. Or simply not care. Good for you if you think you did the right thing by marrying abroad and have a 6+ figure income but luckily, I'm not here to judge that nor your marriage. I'm here for solid information.

Agreed that K1 have some flaws but it's not an exception. As a matter of fact, the cr-1 costs less and the foreign spouse is secured a greencard almost from day one entering the states and then you have the 10 years of being on the hook for i-864 if your spouse decides to marry you only to gain access to a greencard. Almost anybody can marry on their first meeting just so you know, whether it's in or outside US.

Edited May 13, 2011 by moomin

[AlinaH 38]

Here's my shoes. Walk a mile in 'em.

The day somebody judges you for marrying a foreign spouse you might say the same to them. Or simply not care. Good for you if you think you did the right thing by marrying abroad and have a 6+ figure income but luckily, I'm not here to judge that nor your marriage. I'm here for solid information.

Agreed that K1 have some flaws but it's not an exception. As a matter of fact, the cr-1 costs less and the foreign spouse is secured a greencard almost from day one entering the states and then you have the 10 years of being on the hook for i-864 if your spouse decides to marry you only to gain access to a greencard. Almost anybody can marry on their first meeting just so you know, whether it's in or outside US.

Good luck on your interview, it's coming up soon!

[ready4ONE 5,400]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uf95INZmWI

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

I never knew they only counted US income. Thats screwed up if you ask me. Do they still have that rule ?

Yes they do. You can imagine how thrilled my mom was when the ex and I split and she was still on the hook for the I-864. Soon to be a moot point though, as he'll be eligible for citizenship (under the 5 year rule) next year and he wants to naturalise ASAP.

[Samoray 165]

It's absurd that in this day and age that visas would still be granted based on infatiation. No more K-1 visas! If an American citizen can't or won't or refuses to take the time and expense to marry a person in a foreign land then no visa should be granted. Furthermore, if any financial means is needed outside of the USC's income then no visa should be granted. Life is tough, suck it up.

I thought meeting in person is a requirement for granting k1 or IR1 visas

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It's absurd that in this day and age that visas would still be granted based on infatiation. No more K-1 visas! If an American citizen can't or won't or refuses to take the time and expense to marry a person in a foreign land then no visa should be granted. Furthermore, if any financial means is needed outside of the USC's income then no visa should be granted. Life is tough, suck it up.

That said, the other side of the coin...

We let people from quite a few countries come here with no visa whatsoever. A K-1 does not grant anything except a 90 day visit. What is the problem? There can be no AOS without a marriage, so no real benefit is granted without a commitment. As far as income requirements, there should be NONE. Why should there be? Simply make family visa immigrants ineleigible for any public means tested benefits until they are citizens. Job Done. The income requirements have nothing to do with whether you can actually support anyone anyway. They are about being able to collect means tested benefits if they are granted. Simply eliminate the possibility and that is that. I really do not care if you want to live under a bridge with your foreign wife. Have at it.

I am a US citizen, I have a right to marry anyone I want from anywhere I want and you do not have to like it. The government has an obligation to protect you from my choice and needs to be assured that my choice for a spouse is of no threat to anyone else and that she will not cost you tax dollars. Other than that, it should be no one's business but my own.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I had very good luck with VSC way back in 2004 so I will try my luck with them again.

2004? Is that the last time you filed anything to do with the subject matter of this site? Why are you still here?