Being related to fiance?

[iClaimSB 0]

Hello all,

I am new year and apologize if I have posted this question in the wrong area of the forum. I tried searching for previous threads but nothing came up.

Anyways, I wanted to initiate the K-1 visa application for my fiance. I noticed on number of i-129f it asks "Is your fiance related to you?" and below it asks to state the nature and degree of the relationship.

My fiance and I are second cousins, and I am wondering whether stating this information on the form will negatively impact my application?

Also if you guys have any tips, pointers, suggestions I would be much obliged if you could advise me.

Thanks in advance for your time!

[Andrea&Henry 311]

hi and welcome! Well I totally understand you cause I went through the same thing. My now husband and I are cousins too. We are third cousins. And yes you have to mark YES and explain how are you related to him. I know it can be scary going through a marriage petition when your fiance is your own family, and people may tell you is a "red flag". I think is completely fine. Get marry with your second, third, fourth etc etc is completely legal in the 50 states, and basically everywhere. Is accepted not only by the law but also for most of the religions I know so as long as you love each other and follow the guides you are going to be fine.

But since the very beginning we decided to be honest with this whole process. We wanted to hire a lawyer before finding this website, but when she told us to lie about the fact we were related, we knew that wasn't our choice, so we fired her.

When you lie or hide something its because you are doing something bad or ilegal and being in love with my third country was everything but a crime. We had nothing to hide so we rather to always come clean. So we did it, and our honesty paid off. During our interview I told the CO how we met and she was like nothing...she didn't say anything and it was like no big deal at all.

My biggest advice to you is always tell the truth, you have nothing to hide or been ashamed of. If you lie and they caught you can get in serious problems and jeopardize your petition.

We also prepare very well for our interview in case we needed to proof that beyond our family bond, we were truly in love. But the funny part is the CO never request nor a single photo of us she was completely sure we were a real couple.

So God bless and I hope I can be helpful to you...If you need more tips along the way write me

Edited April 9, 2013 by Andrea&Henry