Urgent Help Wanted Please

[Sharobaro 0]

I have been in a relationship with my girlfriend for 3 years now.She lived in Philippines when we started the relationship.So here is the deal,we met online because we share the same religion and from there our love grew until now,we have communicated a million times with phone calls,skype,fb all that.So she holds dual citizenship and recently moved to united states to settle.In my case i traveled to united states march this year on a tourist visa to visit friends and am legal till March next year. The thing is we plan to get married here so we can start all the process soon.She lives with her aunt so i dont know if that will be an issue with the petition.And since we are all here we plan to meet soon.Is there any advice there that would help?Any tips on how to go through this process.?Thank you.

[Penguin_ie 6,000]

Need more info...:

- So you haven't met in person yet? There is nothing you can do until you meet in person.

- How come your tourist visa is valid a year? They are usually valid a max of 6 months.

- You posted in the K1 (fiance visa) forum, but talk about marriage. When do you plan to get married? If you plan to get married soon, then you go back to whatever country you are from and she petitions you, tat would be the CR-1 spousal visa.

[Sharobaro 0]

Need more info...:

- So you haven't met in person yet? There is nothing you can do until you meet in person.

- How come your tourist visa is valid a year? They are usually valid a max of 6 months.

- You posted in the K1 (fiance visa) forum, but talk about marriage. When do you plan to get married? If you plan to get married soon, then you go back to whatever country you are from and she petitions you, tat would be the CR-1 spousal visa.

Yes we have not met in person but plan to do that soon. When i was coming to US i managed to convince them and they gave me a one year stay since i had good standings.As soon as we meet it wont take long till we get married.Do i really have to go back to my country?She can not petition while am here?

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Topic has been moved from K-1 visa forum as OP intends to marry before starting immigration paperwork

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Yes we have not met in person but plan to do that soon. When i was coming to US i managed to convince them and they gave me a one year stay since i had good standings.As soon as we meet it wont take long till we get married.Do i really have to go back to my country?She can not petition while am here?

Sure she can, but filing a petition does not extend your stay. You have until March of next year. If you got married today and filed tomorrow your visa will not be finished by March. You will have to return to your country when your authority to stay expires and also for the visa interview

[Asia 2,499]

When i was coming to US i managed to convince them and they gave me a one year stay since i had good standings.

Are you sure your I-94 is valid for a year?

That's the first time I've heard about I-94 being valid for a year. Maybe you confused a visa with I-94.

Tourist visa can be valid for a year, but your I-94 (which you filled out on the flight, and its part was stamped into your passport) has an exact date to which you can stay in the US.

Please check it, and pardon me if I'm wrong.

Edited October 1, 2012 by Asia

[Penguin_ie 6,000]

I agree with Asia. I have never heard of the stay being 1 year to start. Under some circumstances, such as the birth of a child, you can extend the stay from 6 months to a year once in the USA, but the embassy does not decide on the stay, the officer at the border does.

[Sharobaro 0]

Are you sure your I-94 is valid for a year?

That's the first time I've heard about I-94 being valid for a year. Maybe you confused a visa with I-94.

Tourist visa can be valid for a year, but your I-94 (which you filled out on the flight, and its part was stamped into your passport) has an exact date to which you can stay in the US.

Please check it, and pardon me if I'm wrong.

I understand that most people dont get a year but i did.I am not confusing between both.Actually both are each one year.

[Asia 2,499]

I understand that most people dont get a year but i did.I am not confusing between both.Actually both are each one year.

OK, I believe you.

Tho you're probably the only one person who was allowed (at the POE) to be a tourist in the US for the whole year