Is this the best visa

[boo3281 0]

Hi my partner and I have been together for 6 years I have 2 children from previous relationship and weave 3 children together, our first child was born in Florida we were there for 6 months and have always wanted to go back to live, we are going to London embassy next month to file consular report of birth abroad for our other 2 sons and apply for their us passports at same time as we now want to get the move to Florida started. My partner isthenreturning to Florida to start work provide home for us and start the visa process.

Is the fiancée visa the best way to go about it for myself and my 2 children, im finding it confusing especially the affidavit of support part, it will take my partner around 6 months to be earning a weekly wage that would cover the 125% poverty guidelines for 7 people

The thought of being apart from him makes me feel so sad and sick to my stomach we are thinking about a year it will take is this about right? We plan to also save I the meantime - me to cover flights and shipping our dogs and for wedding things and my partner to save for our arrival we hope to have minimum of $15,000 sAved in the year will they take us saving into accountant all?

Would a quickly wedding at register office before he goes help? We've never bothered with the whole wedding thing before as firstly been there done that and we have never felt the need to have a piece of paper to define our relationship and also I'm not very good at the whole public thing

I hope someone can steer us in the correct direction I find the uscis/travel state website so confusing it gives me a head ache

[Boggy1974 124]

Hi my partner and I have been together for 6 years I have 2 children from previous relationship and weave 3 children together, our first child was born in Florida we were there for 6 months and have always wanted to go back to live, we are going to London embassy next month to file consular report of birth abroad for our other 2 sons and apply for their us passports at same time as we now want to get the move to Florida started. My partner isthenreturning to Florida to start work provide home for us and start the visa process.

Is the fiancée visa the best way to go about it for myself and my 2 children, im finding it confusing especially the affidavit of support part, it will take my partner around 6 months to be earning a weekly wage that would cover the 125% poverty guidelines for 7 people

The thought of being apart from him makes me feel so sad and sick to my stomach we are thinking about a year it will take is this about right? We plan to also save I the meantime - me to cover flights and shipping our dogs and for wedding things and my partner to save for our arrival we hope to have minimum of $15,000 sAved in the year will they take us saving into accountant all?

Would a quickly wedding at register office before he goes help? We've never bothered with the whole wedding thing before as firstly been there done that and we have never felt the need to have a piece of paper to define our relationship and also I'm not very good at the whole public thing

I hope someone can steer us in the correct direction I find the uscis/travel state website so confusing it gives me a head ache

Why not register your relationship at the justice-of-the-peace (if there's one or go to local courthouse), get a marriage certificate, organize a small gathering with friends & family, take some nice photos for your evidence and file I-130? As long as you two have been together, I think that will be a better route than k-visa. In addition, there are very good advantages of getting an IR1/CR1 visa compared to the K1 visa. Read the links below and do a cost-benefit analysis for yourself and make that determination. Good luck to you!

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

[boo3281 0]

Thank you for the links I've just scanned through them quickly and they state 2-3 years of pay stubs needed for aos he will only start work this summer so will we fail because of that and have to wait a few years?

[Penguin_ie 6,004]

2-3 years of paystubs? Not sure where you read that; he will need 3 years of tax returns (as US citizens are required to file even when living abroad) but he can backfile for those. If he has several months of paystubs, and a letter from the employer stating the job is permanent, he should be fine for the K1 or CR-1.

[Boggy1974 124]

Thank you for the links I've just scanned through them quickly and they state 2-3 years of pay stubs needed for aos he will only start work this summer so will we fail because of that and have to wait a few years?

2-3yrs of pay stubs? I don't think so. AOS will come down the road, but for now gather all the pieces of evidence to file the I-130. By the time you're ready to do aos, he would have worked long enough, filed taxes etc etc, and you two would have had all the pieces of evidence in place (body of evidence) to present to get the aos approved.

In the mean time though, focus on the things you will need as requirements to file.

[boo3281 0]

I've read through and the cr1 definitely seems the better option told my partner he is rather pleased we will marry ASAP he says I have kept him waiting long enough

So is this roughly what we do please correct me if I'm wrong:

He will file I-130 for me and one for each of my 2 children once back in Florida then all the things that come with hopefully getting visa approved

We can then fly to states and we will the be conditional permenant residents

2 years after that we can get that removed and will then be permenant residents

After 3 years we can then apply for naturalisation?

Where does aos come into it with this?

Sorry for all questions I feel so clueless about this

[boo3281 0]

It says about pays tubs and tax reruns in the 2links above about sending them when file fiancée visa with marriage it does just say interview time

Could it take years for visa interview then I was hoping to be in Florida for next Christmas or is that being too hopeful

[Penguin_ie 6,004]

AOS (Affadavit of Support) is handed in at interview for K1 and at NVC stage for CR-1.

You got the process correct (read more about it here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1 ); it should take less than a year, but a lot depends on what service center will process his petition, and then how long your local US embassy takes to schedule an interview. If you get married and file now, then Christmas is a possibility, but not guaranteed. However, being from the UK, you could go and visit on the visa waiver program through the process. Read more experiences and ask questions about the CR-1 spousal visa process here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/110-ir-1-cr-1-spouse-visa-process-procedures/