Marrying a US Citizen while on Visitors Visa

[smkr 1]

Can a person who is on a visitor's visa marry a US Citizen and apply for K-3 Visa? Is that ok. If the K-3 visa does not arrive before the Visitors visa expires, can the beneficiary leave the US and recieve the visa in their home country?

[Inky 1,110]

K-3 is a waste of time and money. Apply for CR-1. A visa will not be issued until you have a medical and pass the interview in your own home country.

[pushbrk 12,093]

Can a person who is on a visitor's visa marry a US Citizen and apply for K-3 Visa? Is that ok. If the K-3 visa does not arrive before the Visitors visa expires, can the beneficiary leave the US and recieve the visa in their home country?

K3 is dead. CR1 is the visa for newlyweds. To answer your question, no special visa is required to marry in the USA. The K1 fiancee visa is for marriage AND staying afterward. If you have a visitor visa and wish to marry in the USA, certainly you may do so but be aware that each entry is a separate decision by a CBP officer, so a visa is not a guarantee of entry.

The foreigner does not "apply for" a spouse visa in any way similar to a visitor visa. The process starts with the US Citizen filing a petition. Months later, the petition is approved and the foreigner applies for a visa abroad.

Visitor visa expiration dates are not the issue. Visitors must leave by the end of their allowed stay. Generally that date bears no relationship to the date their visa expires. Visa expiration is the last day the visa may be used to ENTER a country. In the USA, the I-94 stapled to the passport upon entry will show the date by which the visitor must leave the USA.

[Deep2009 18]

Please ignore my knowledge for this type of case.

1. Visitor can marry a US Citizen. YES

2. Does he/she has to go back to home country to get visa? ??????

3. Can US citizen apply for adjustment of status and file all the papers here in US? ?????

4. Are we sure that visitor has to go back to apply for visa in his/her home country? ??????

Can someone please answer my questions?

Edited March 26, 2012 by Deep2009

[sara..... 371]

Please ignore my knowledge for this type of case.

1. Visitor can marry a US Citizen. YES

2. Does he/she has to go back to home country to get visa? ??????

3. Can US citizen apply for adjustment of status and file all the papers here in US? ?????

4. Are we sure that visitor has to go back to apply for visa in his/her home country? ??????

Can someone please answer my questions?

if you come to the usa on visitor visa with the intent to marry and stay thats called visa fraud.....

If you come to the usa on visitor visa with the intent to marry and leave that is not fraud.....and the s/o has to return to his or her country while the usa spouse apply s for petition for marriage visa

sara

[Divs 35]

Can a person who is on a visitor's visa marry a US Citizen and apply for K-3 Visa? Is that ok. If the K-3 visa does not arrive before the Visitors visa expires, can the beneficiary leave the US and recieve the visa in their home country?

If I'm not wrong, going to the US on a visitor visa with intent to marry is FRAUD. You might want to look that up!

[Inky 1,110]

If I'm not wrong, going to the US on a visitor visa with intent to marry is FRAUD. You might want to look that up!

You are wrong. Very wrong. There is nothing fraud about it.

The fraud is going with the intent of marrying and then staying and adjusting status to green card holder. That is fraud.

[pushbrk 12,093]

If I'm not wrong, going to the US on a visitor visa with intent to marry is FRAUD. You might want to look that up!

You ARE wrong, so your statement can be disregarded. Marriage isn't the issue. Intent to marry AND TO STAY to adjust status, can be considered visa fraud in some situations.

[ISIS AND TROY 5]

I have read this recently:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358873-aos-from-b2-tourism-visa/

But it's very clear that all cases are different, the most important is NEVER LIE TO THE OFFICERS AT PORT OF ENTRY AND NEVER OVERSTAY YOUR TOURIST VISA!

[eaglewest 9]

You can not get married with a visitor visa in the U.S. You're gonna put yourself in trouble if you do that. It means you commit a visa fraud.

Edited March 27, 2012 by eaglewest

[pushbrk 12,093]

You can not get married with a visitor visa in the U.S. You're gonna put yourself in trouble if you do that. It means you commit a visa fraud.

Wrong again. Does anybody read what's already been posted before the post this malarkey?

[eaglewest 9]

If I'm not wrong, here is what it should be said from where I got this info:

Tourist visa or visitor visa is for temporary visits only. It is not intended for use by people who intend to immigrate to the United States. It is okay if you plan to get married on a tourist visa in the U.S. and then go home to your own country. But to enter the U.S. on the visa with the intent to get married and stay there permanently by getting a green card is committing visa fraud. So when you apply for and enter on a tourist visa, make sure it's for vacation only.

[pushbrk 12,093]

If I'm not wrong, here is what it should be said from where I got this info:

Tourist visa or visitor visa is for temporary visits only. It is not intended for use by people who intend to immigrate to the United States. It is okay if you plan to get married on a tourist visa in the U.S. and then go home to your own country. But to enter the U.S. on the visa with the intent to get married and stay there permanently by getting a green card is committing visa fraud. So when you apply for and enter on a tourist visa, make sure it's for vacation only.

In most circumstances, the above is correct but you cited no source. Note the operative word is "immigrate", not "marry". Where the above does not directly apply is when the marriage is to a US Citizen. Intent alone, is not an issue then. What is at issue is whether any actual lies were told in the entry inspection interview. Failure to mention something is not considered a lie in this context.

Edited March 27, 2012 by pushbrk

[Divs 35]

Wrong again. Does anybody read what's already been posted before the post this malarkey?

Alrite, alrite... I did state in there "If I'm not wrong."

[Darnell 8,478]

Can a person who is on a visitor's visa marry a US Citizen and apply for K-3 Visa? Is that ok. If the K-3 visa does not arrive before the Visitors visa expires, can the beneficiary leave the US and recieve the visa in their home country?

I think you have confused 'K-3 visa' with 'adjustment of status'.

A K-3 visa 'arrives' at an IV Unit overseas, after a successful interview at an IV Unit overseas.