New reality show about K1 visa (merged)

[USABrazil 1]

Watching the show and its great and I am enjoying this. Really shows that they are nice girls normal girls being brought to a cold, judgemental culture. They have no idea the prejudism they are going to experience. Too bad they are not showing the trauma the government puts people through just to get them their visa's. Embarassing to see how their family treats them and how unprepared these guys are.

[deleted-05292014 331]

I really don't like reality tv. I watched it only because we are going through the K1 process. I agree with the previous poster that they selected the most train wreck prone couples to air.

Not trying to be overly judgmental but the guy in Oklahoma is a joke. He is living with his parents and his soon to be wife is sleeping in separate bed/room. His family does not seem very accepting of his fiance and he is setting their relationship up for failure by having all of them live together. In my opinion if you can't live on your own and support yourself how are you going to support a wife and future family.

Of course if they had 4 or 5 couples that had a successful transition to marriage and no major issues it wouldn't make for "entertaining" reality television.

[Darnell 8,478]

of course not ! repeat for emphasis - these couples were chosen for the train-wreck-ability factor, nothing else.

makes great TV for a reality tv show.

[Ontarkie 13,917]

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[Darnell 8,478]

It would be interesting if the couples on the show that are VJ members would start a thread or comment on how accurate the depiction of the show was on their K1 and their relationship and if they regret signing on for the show. I guarantee many scenes that will be on the show will be staged by the producers and may not be an accurate reflection of what "would" have occurred if the producers were not there. For instance, the they could have put a bug in the ears of the families that they need to be wary that the fiance could be using them for a green card because of x,y,z..,etc. Thus causing more drama than what would have actually occurred.

I would be highly embarrased for anyone here at vj that made it on to the show,

as I like to think the couples that make the time to read all (and I do mean all) here at vj

have little to no train-wreck factors atfer arrival in the USA.

Edited January 13, 2014 by Darnell

[christeen 966]

I wish they would have focused at least SOME on the process these couples had to get to get to this point... It makes the visa seem like a "girlfriend/boyfriend get to know you" visa ...

And as fas as train wreck ability, for TV I do have to at least commend them for not selecting the obvious train wreck potential sterotypical 60 yr old man with beautiful 23 yr old Asian, 40somethng lady with 25 yr old MENA guy and the RUB girl is not the "stereotypical" one that most picture... They all seem at least somewhat average...

[christeen 966]

I would be highly embarrased for anyone here at vj that made it on to the show,

as I like to think the couples that make the time to read all (and I do mean all) here at vj

have little to no train-wreck factors atfer arrival in the USA.

C'mon, that would make reading the regional forums No fun at all! I am sure we've read some toxic train wrecks that would even make TLC'S viewers say "no way that's real"!

[Darnell 8,478]

hey- why you wanna burst my bubble ?

[Girl from Celebes 588]

I guess TLC that airing in Asia is different. I switched on TLC and did not have that instead they were playing Cupcake's War show. I chose stay tuned on Fox Movie Premium with Golden Globe Awards live show.

[sjs87 27]

Out of curiosity I watched the show tonight.

It is obvious the producers embellish certain details, and leave out others, in order to make the show more 'dramatic'. It looks like the producers of this show were browsing this website last year and approached at least one couple on VJ about it -- the Mormon couple living in L.A.

I hope the show shows a more emotional side -- the true turmoil that these people go through. Obviously they are focusing on the post-move story, so a lot of the story before the move won't even be able to be told (the waiting, the interview, etc).

I have to say, I don't see Mike & Aziza making it - heck, he booked her a round trip plane ticket in case things don't work out in the 90 days!

[marielazzz 1]

I did not watch the show itself since i am from bulgaria and we dont have the tlc but i watched the short clips introducing the couples. 1 all the foreign fiances are females and 2 they look like dumb barby dolls. I hope this show wont hurt any of us that are going through the process now

[camden 20]

I haven't caught an episode, I'm someone will record it and put it in on YouTube soon.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

Ya, couples were chosen based on train-wreck-ability factor.

Makes for dramatic TV/ good ratings. And yes, I'll probably watch at least another episode, but I can;t see me watching a whole series of this.

I am a bit surprised they all go on about 90 days not being enough. Is it short? Sure. But they all knew about it, and they were supposed to be ready to marry BEFORE they go for the visa.

Anyone else notice most of the (all female!) fiancees are way shorter than their US male partners?

[Cathi 5,610]

Makes for dramatic TV/ good ratings. And yes, I'll probably watch at least another episode, but I can;t see me watching a whole series of this.

I am a bit surprised they all go on about 90 days not being enough. Is it short? Sure. But they all knew about it, and they were supposed to be ready to marry BEFORE they go for the visa.

Anyone else notice most of the (all female!) fiancees are way shorter than their US male partners?

Exactly what my husband said, it wasn't like they didn't know they only had 90 days. This show is produced by a Canadian company who really have no clue what the visa is all about.

I feel for the girl from Brazil with the Morman fiancé, the couple from LA. That poor girl had no idea what she was in for, he was jealous of the Captain Jack character and of every other man in Earth who may potentially look at her. I see if the previews she becomes some sort of model too, this is going to be interesting to see how it unfolds.

[Caryh 5,206]

Makes for dramatic TV/ good ratings. And yes, I'll probably watch at least another episode, but I can;t see me watching a whole series of this.

I am a bit surprised they all go on about 90 days not being enough. Is it short? Sure. But they all knew about it, and they were supposed to be ready to marry BEFORE they go for the visa.

Anyone else notice most of the (all female!) fiancees are way shorter than their US male partners?

I would guess there's a higher percentage of female K1s than male K1's. It bugs me too, how they searched for couples that view the 90 days as a trial period. Are any of these couples actually planning the wedding yet? Heck thats what my wife and I were doing even before she landed. I was doing a bit of leg work ahead of time, then the first week she was here, we were dealing with details and putting the money down. By two weeks here, all the plans were set, and five weeks in, we were married.

I don't get why it's remarkable that the females are shorter. Generally women are shorter than men, and its not all that common to find cases where a woman is taller than her husband. Maybe if they'd selected at least one male K1 from a third world country, the likelihood of shorter male would have been greater.

I was happy to see at least a little of the anxiety of the women being away from home, friends and family show up, and the worries about being accepted by the family here. Although the first few weeks should be more of a honeymoon period, where the worries are pushed aside until the USC has to return to work and the K1 finds themselves home alone with more time to worry.

I think my biggest oh the horror moment was when the USC's mom was talking about the family joke being don't go bringing a woman back when you go there. How would you like someone with so little tact as a mother in law?