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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Colombia
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My question is this. Should I have to wait to do a petition or could I do it right away? I have seen my GF 3 times after I got divorced. but knowing that I got divorced in August would be enough reason to reject the petition? Thanks

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Switzerland
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Shouldn't be a problem, unless you are a k-1 multiple filer.  (If you have previously filed a K1petition for two or more beneficiaries or you have had a K1 Fiance Visa petition approved within the last 2 years, you must file for a waiver.)  However if you have other unusual circumstances it may raise additional questions.  But in and of itself not that big of a deal.

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You should be fine, unless there was something special about the divorce (such as that as also a K1).

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Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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OP, you'll be fine. When I met my now wife, I was not even divorced from my ex 1 month and proposed to her less than 5 months after my divorce. USCIS does not care about that. Good points by Cruise and Penguin though.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Colombia
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6 hours ago, Cruise77 said:

Shouldn't be a problem, unless you are a k-1 multiple filer.  (If you have previously filed a K1petition for two or more beneficiaries or you have had a K1 Fiance Visa petition approved within the last 2 years, you must file for a waiver.)  However if you have other unusual circumstances it may raise additional questions.  But in and of itself not that big of a deal.

Thank you. No I have never filed for a K1.

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4 hours ago, Penguin_ie said:

You should be fine, unless there was something special about the divorce (such as that as also a K1).

No my ex was a citizen and so am I.

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2 hours ago, Marco&Bettina said:

OP, you'll be fine. When I met my now wife, I was not even divorced from my ex 1 month and proposed to her less than 5 months after my divorce. USCIS does not care about that. Good points by Cruise and Penguin though.

Thanks a lot. No previous K1 on my part. I was just concerned that they may think is too soon. I am a citizen and have never applied for a K1 before,

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1 hour ago, Happy Traveler said:

Thanks a lot. No previous K1 on my part. I was just concerned that they may think is too soon. I am a citizen and have never applied for a K1 before,

You'll be fine. We had to wait one year after my partner was separated until she could file for divorce, it then took a few months... when her divorce was finally granted we applied for k1 within a month or so - at this point we'd been dating close to a year. This caused no problems. If I had been asked why we filed so quickly after the divorce I'd have explained the above.

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