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[TadAngel 16]

I am a 54 yr old American Male who lives in USA...met a wonderful 42 yr old Filipina on Vacation in January... fell in Love and we want to Marry. Both never married..No Children. She is currently working in Japan for a Multinational Japanese Corporation. I am interested in getting a K-1 Fiance Visa since it is quicker than the CR-1 Marriage Visa. My situation is I have been an unpaid Caregiver for a number of years...first for my Mother until she Died and most recently for a close family friend who passed away recently. I currently live with my Sister. My Sister earns 60 K per year and is willing to be my Co-Sponsor. I do not have a work record for the last 3 years based on my above described situation, but do have a cushion in Savings. I do know a Business Man who could probably Hire me and pay me a Salary above the Poverty Levels required for the visa. I am wondering if I would likely get approved for this Visa since I will only have a short work record before applying for it. I have read that the US Embassy in Japan is more friendly and accommodating in approving Visa's rather than back in her home country of the Philippines due to higher fraud rates. The other option would be to Marry her in Japan when I visit her during her first Vacation Time in early September....but that would mean it would be at least a year and a half until we could be together. I would like some feedback from members here on whether or not we could be granted a K-1 Visa based on the above facts. I highly appreciate any advice and/or experiences. Thanks for your time......

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

8 minutes ago, TadAngel said:

I am a 54 yr old American Male who lives in USA...met a wonderful 42 yr old Filipina on Vacation in January... fell in Love and we want to Marry. Both never married..No Children. She is currently working in Japan for a Multinational Japanese Corporation. I am interested in getting a K-1 Fiance Visa since it is quicker than the CR-1 Marriage Visa. My situation is I have been an unpaid Caregiver for a number of years...first for my Mother until she Died and most recently for a close family friend who passed away recently. I currently live with my Sister. My Sister earns 60 K per year and is willing to be my Co-Sponsor. I do not have a work record for the last 3 years based on my above described situation, but do have a cushion in Savings. I do know a Business Man who could probably Hire me and pay me a Salary above the Poverty Levels required for the visa. I am wondering if I would likely get approved for this Visa since I will only have a short work record before applying for it. I have read that the US Embassy in Japan is more friendly and accommodating in approving Visa's rather than back in her home country of the Philippines due to higher fraud rates. The other option would be to Marry her in Japan when I visit her during her first Vacation Time in early September....but that would mean it would be at least a year and a half until we could be together. I would like some feedback from members here on whether or not we could be granted a K-1 Visa based on the above facts. I highly appreciate any advice and/or experiences. Thanks for your time......

 

The bolded and red text above is actually untrue. The Philippines is actually quite lenient and easy going when it comes to K-1 visas.

 

As to your situation though, Philippines is one of the embassies that typically does not allow co-sponsors for K-1 visas. They do for CR-1's though.

 

If you can begin working, naturally that would be good and can show support on your own. You also though need to make sure to back date any previous tax years so you can show you're current with the IRS even if you didn't pay anything because of being unemployed.

 

As you said though since she is in Japan, I think they accept co-sponsors for K-1's (not entirely sure you need ot check that embassy more specifically); but if they do, then honestly I don't see any issue if you want to petiton her with the I-129f using a co-sponsor.

 

As long as she has a valid legal presence like a work visa for Japan by the time of the interview, she can simply process through that embassy.

Edited March 27, 2017 by Ben&Zian

[Umka36 781]

Depending on how big your cushion (cash/liquid assets) is, you could just use the assets instead of a sponsor. It'll have to be 3x the poverty level for a family of 2.