I got scammed the biggest scam of my life

[DeniseFrance 14]

Her K1 visa is classified as a non-immigrant visa, once used, she can never re-use it again.

As soon as she enters the US, you have 90 DAYS to get married. If you don't get married within that timeframe, she will be OUT OF STATUS and can be deported anytime.

yes she can be deported, but the policy right now is not to deport unless you commit a serious crime.

so you don't need an immigrant visa to live in the USA.

[lost_at_sea 995]

This doesn't sound like a scam. You'd expect someone scamming to get as far as travelling to the US and marrying and then doing the about-face.

Could it instead simply be a case of nerves? Visa in hand, leaving country suddenly a true reality? It's a big and scary thing to leave your life behind for a new one.

Before jumping to conclusions, I'd give it a reasonable amount of time for the realities of the situation to settle down and wait until she is communicating and her actual concerns/wants are known.

As others have said, a legal wedding outside the US will null her K1 and her entry and legal stay into the US, if she does use it, is also based on the legal US marriage. Also, the K1 has a use-by date, so there is a deadline for this to be resolved.

[Vic20r 14]

Not at all ! If she has been approved and issued a K1 visa the marriage must take place in the U.S. If the marriage takes place outside the U.S. then you must begin all over again using the CR1 and the process will mean you are apart for a similar length of time before she is able to enter the U.S.

If you are saying she is using this as access to the U.S. but not intending to be with you, then you are correct in thinking you have been scammed.

Hope it works out for the best for you.

Oh, sorry for that..I am not saying to JUST marry her in her country because i know for K1 visa they should get married in the states..Is it ONLY limited in the states?..Can they not get married elsewhere before flying to the states?..The visa was issued already as what i have understood, so im assuming it wont hurt anything having the marriage in her country before flying to US, then another marriage ceremony in the US before the 90days expired

[lost_at_sea 995]

Oh, sorry for that..I am not saying to JUST marry her in her country because i know for K1 visa they should get married in the states..Is it ONLY limited in the states?..Can they not get married elsewhere before flying to the states?..The visa was issued already as what i have understood, so im assuming it wont hurt anything having the marriage in her country before flying to US, then another marriage ceremony in the US before the 90days expired

Fine if the first "marriage" is ceremonial only, not legally binding. The purpose of a K1 is to enter the US for marriage, which means one of its conditions of use is going to be that you are unmarried upon entering. All visas come with conditions that can null them after they've been given.

[Vic20r 14]

Fine if the first "marriage" is ceremonial only, not legally binding. The purpose of a K1 is to enter the US for marriage, which means one of its conditions of use is going to be that you are unmarried upon entering. All visas come with conditions that can null them after they've been given.

Thank you for that info and i know that K1 is for fiancee/fiance entering in US and get married there ...but i still believe they can have a wedding in her country like the day before flying to US and have another one once she is there...I guess the CO wont know if they are already wed in her country upon entering and wont rebuked her visa...hmmmm...just my simple thought

[lost_at_sea 995]

Thank you for that info and i know that K1 is for fiancee/fiance entering in US and get married there ...but i still believe they can have a wedding in her country like the day before flying to US and have another one once she is there...I guess the CO wont know if they are already wed in her country upon entering and wont rebuked her visa...hmmmm...just my simple thought

CO won't, maybe. But she'd have lied to an immigration officer which is very serious.

Plus, AOS will want to know where the marriage was and when.

[Vic20r 14]

Fine if the first "marriage" is ceremonial only, not legally binding. The purpose of a K1 is to enter the US for marriage, which means one of its conditions of use is going to be that you are unmarried upon entering. All visas come with conditions that can null them after they've been given.

Thank you for that info and i know that K1 is for fiancee/fiance entering in US and get married there ...but i still believe they can have a wedding in her country like the day before flying to US and have another one once she is there...I guess the CO wont know if they are already wed in her country upon entering and wont rebuked her visa...hmmmm...just my simple thought

[VeronikaB 0]

I guess the author just kidding us

"scum", really?

[Vic20r 14]

CO won't, maybe. But she'd have lied to an immigration officer which is very serious.

Plus, AOS will want to know where the marriage was and when.

I guess when they will get married in the US too after entry before the 90 expire, they can use that place and date of marriage...

[lost_at_sea 995]

I guess when they will get married in the US too after entry before the 90 expire, they can use that place and date of marriage...

Yes. I think we may be misunderstanding each other. So long as any "marriage" that takes place outside of the USA is *not the legally binding marriage* it's fine. They can have a ceremonial marriage only, no paperwork. If they have a marriage outside of the USA she will be lying on her entry and have voided her K1. They must not do that. They must only be legally married for the first time in the USA for their K1.

[Vic20r 14]

Yes. I think we may be misunderstanding each other. So long as any "marriage" that takes place outside of the USA is *not the legally binding marriage* it's fine. They can have a ceremonial marriage only, no paperwork. If they have a marriage outside of the USA she will be lying on her entry and have voided her K1. They must not do that. They must only be legally married for the first time in the USA for their K1.

Ok, i dont have to discuss more..in the end, we could only believe to the ones who did it before like a friend of mine in K1 visa...got married in the Philippines after the visa arrives then they flew together after 3 weeks to the US and got married there too just last December..Too bad they are not a member of Visajourney...

[sara..... 371]

If they get married before she comes to the USA the k-1 visa is no longer valid as it is issued for fiances coming to the USA to marry..........

sara

[Harpa Timsah 13,260]

Thank you for that info and i know that K1 is for fiancee/fiance entering in US and get married there ...but i still believe they can have a wedding in her country like the day before flying to US and have another one once she is there...I guess the CO wont know if they are already wed in her country upon entering and wont rebuked her visa...hmmmm...just my simple thought

No. If you do this, your wife can be deported at any time for misrepresentation. And yes, it has happened. There is a news story floating around about a guy and his Japanese wife who got married before they entered the country on K-1 and now she has been deported and banned.

Also, there are many more immigration steps AFTER K-1. K-1 is hardly anything, and will not give your fiance any legal status in the US.

If your friend did this, then it's just a matter of time before they get caught and banned. Can happen now, 2 years from now, any time, even after citizenship. All will be revoked for material misrepresentation.

[lost_at_sea 995]

Ok, i dont have to discuss more..in the end, we could only believe to the ones who did it before like a friend of mine in K1 visa...got married in the Philippines after the visa arrives then they flew together after 3 weeks to the US and got married there too just last December..Too bad they are not a member of Visajourney...

Your friends may have done something illegal. Please don't recommend to other members that they do the same.

[anajnic 87]

no scam, stop the madness, for 90 days!! no way.. Marry the woman let her come enjoy your life