Getting married after 90 days of entering the U.S with a K-1 visa

[Lena&Islam 9]

You have 6months to use your K1 Visa once it's granted so why come now and have it be complicated? Come to the US when your family members are able to come and you can have the wedding that you want while staying within the 90days K1 laws. Just imagine if everyone started making up their own rules as to when they want to marry once they get here?

We write our intent to marry letter stating that we promise to marry each other within 90 days...not if we feel like it we will and if we don't we won't follow the laws but do things our own way....just doesn't make sense to me.

If I can get the marriage license ahead of time I will marry him at the airport once his plane lands on US soil, in a summer dress, smiling so hard that my face hurt, eyes crying from such happiness because I can't believe he is really here with me...All that matters is HE IS FINALLY HERE!!!...the rest will come.

In reality we are going to do the civil marriage to have it be legal then have the wedding ceremony(vows) later with friends and family. We want to plan our wedding together without all of the stress of trying to be within the 90days time frame. It could be fall, winter or even Spring! We're going to take our own sweet time in planning the rest of our lives together! Don't make it harder than the whole K1 process is...just be glad it'll be over!

[raven52 234]

After going through the K-1 visa agony, how could anyone consider not doing what the K-1 requires, you are taking a terrible chance, just so a family member can see the wedding.,.,.,.,makes no sense to me, but I know nothing of your reliegon, but I would stay within the K-1 visa guidlines, it could cause huge problems when you try to AOS.,,..,.,

An exchange of words at the court house, then the big wedding, with all the things you want makes more sense..,.,.,,.

[Theboz 10]

You have 6months to use your K1 Visa once it's granted

Not true, technically. You have 6 months from the date of your medical, as they are only good for 6 months. So if you had done your medical a month prior then when you had your interview, then you have 5 months to arrive in the US

[CowBoE 429]

Hi!

Thanks Lainie B and Ppll909 for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it. You are right. It's better to not risk breaking the 90 day rule. I've thought about doing a court house wedding and then have a family reception later, but for religious reasons, I cannot do that. The religious ceremony is considered a legal marriage and the civil wedding and religious ceremony cannot happen on a different day. This is why my fiance and I are a bit desperate to find ways to have a wedding after 90 days.

Once again, thanks for your comment! It was much sooner than I had expected. If you have any more ideas, please feel free to share them!

If your religion can declared you officially married, then how about holding a quick small religious

wedding with very limited people, and then do the full reception at a later date..after 90 days like you wanted.

Or simply delay your entry into US so that end of the year wedding will be within 90 days.

[Lena&Islam 9]

Not true, technically. You have 6 months from the date of your medical, as they are only good for 6 months. So if you had done your medical a month prior then when you had your interview, then you have 5 months to arrive in the US

I was not aware of that. I was following this information from Department of State :http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/fiance-k-1.html#11 and didn't see anything about medical examination being the determination start date of the validation of the visa to enter the US.

How can having your medical examination be the start date of the visa when you haven't even been approved? You don't know if you're approved yet so I find it hard to see why that would be the start date and then what about those who's cases have gone to AP? So if they had their medical examination done prior while in AP then their visa could be invalid once its approved since it may have passed the medical examination date? Or have less then 6 months to use it for entering the US?

Just need clarification now, since I didn't know anything about the medical being the start date of the visa usage once its been issued. And why doesn't DHS say that on their website?

[Elizabeth+Fred 35]

Not true, technically. You have 6 months from the date of your medical, as they are only good for 6 months. So if you had done your medical a month prior then when you had your interview, then you have 5 months to arrive in the US

Huh?

I really think the medical is valid for one year (which is why one doesnt need a new one during AOS, as that is usually filed well within that year).

The K-1 visa, when issued, is valid for up to 6 months for a one-time entry into the U.S. After entry, it is cancelled (well, "used" is more like it ;-) and then the 90-day period starts within one has to get married. Once married, you can file for AOS.

--fred

[Theboz 10]

I think there is a lot of confusion when it comes to the medical, even doing searches on this forum, you get conflicting information. The way I understand it is the medical is valid for 6 month for immigration and it's valid for 1 year for AOS purposes.

But for all tense and purposes whatever the date that is on the visa itself is the date you must be here, regardless if the date is taken from the medical or issuance of the visa itself

[eunkyung0521 0]

Hi all again! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge for this post. It was helpful to read what you had to say in one way or another. I think my fiance and I will stick with getting married within 90 days to avoid the risk of deportation or possible disadvantage when filing for AOS. We will just have to work our way around the busy schedules. I am sure something will work. Thank you again! I think it's great that we have this space to support and put our minds together.

감사합니다!

ps. haha it will be nice to take photos in hanbok!

[Mike-eeh and Odie 193]

Yes, this. Just postpone your entry into the US a bit to make sure you can get married wihin 90 days in December.

^^This. You have 6 months to use your Visa. Once you use your visa to enter the USA, you then have 90 days from point of entry to marry. So if your visa was issued in June, you have like until January to enter the USA.

[phd1974 17]

Hi all again! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge for this post. It was helpful to read what you had to say in one way or another. I think my fiance and I will stick with getting married within 90 days to avoid the risk of deportation or possible disadvantage when filing for AOS. We will just have to work our way around the busy schedules. I am sure something will work. Thank you again! I think it's great that we have this space to support and put our minds together.

감사합니다!

ps. haha it will be nice to take photos in hanbok!

Eunkyung0521,

I'm not sure if you fully understand what we are saying. You will not risk deportation if you delay your entry into the US. You have 6 months (usually) from issuance to use the VISA. So if you got it today, you can use it up until January 25, 2015. THEN, once you arrive in the US, THEN you will have 90 days to get married. There is nothing wrong with delaying your entry into the US unless you just can't wait to be with your fiance, but if you want the wedding you want with family there, you delay. Again, I do not know when your visa was issued, but if it was issued after May 25, 2014 ... then you will have at the earliest until November 2014 to make it into the USA.

[KayDeeCee 4,902]

I think there is a lot of confusion when it comes to the medical, even doing searches on this forum, you get conflicting information. The way I understand it is the medical is valid for 6 month for immigration and it's valid for 1 year for AOS purposes.

But for all tense and purposes whatever the date that is on the visa itself is the date you must be here, regardless if the date is taken from the medical or issuance of the visa itself

Yes, expiration of the visa can be up to 6 months from K-1 medical. You do not have to get a new medical for AOS as long as the K-1 medical was done within a year of filing.