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Is meeting once is enough for filing for k1 visa?

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1 minute ago, bakphx1 said:

Morocco is a high fraud country where men harvest dating websites for women they can railroad into a quick visa.  So...you may want to have your case not look like exactly like that.

Sad but very true.

Many have divorced the USC "love of their life" on the very day of GC delivery. 

Honest-Love-Respect

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2 hours ago, Derik-Lina said:

Sad but very true.

Many have divorced the USC "love of their life" on the very day of GC delivery. 

That is not limited to Morocco, just be sure, love is available afar, just don't be blinded by it and ignore common sense

 

 

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On 10/16/2018 at 8:46 PM, RJandHamid said:

While yes, you only need to meet once within the past 2 years to be eligible to file the I-129F, it is highly recommend that you have more than 1 visit before filing, simply because Casablanca is a tough consulate. Very few K1s are approved, and the ones that are are ones that do have many visits as well as few of the red flags (large age difference is one of the most common ones) that are sometimes seen in cases there. 

 

My husband is Moroccan and he came to the USA on a K1 visa last year. I visited him 4 times before we filed the K1 petition. I know a small number of people who were approved with only 1 visit, but that is a very rare occurrence these days. 

 

Also, have you considered the spousal visa route? It would require you to marry in Morocco and may take a few months longer, but it is ultimately the better, cheaper and generally more successful visa, especially in Morocco. 

 

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RJandHamid

As usual thanks everyone for the prompt response.

Knowing flight tickets (damn expensive) and PTO my girlfriend can only visit twice a year,  and she has 3 years old baby who needs someone to watch over her ( I don’t know if this explains the number of visits and days spent together to the officer comes the interview .)

I wonder what are the option we have? 

 

1- file for CR1 from first visit and do a second visit? 

2- wait until the 2nd visit and file for K1 visa?

 

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Can she not bring the Baby with her?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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I'd say wait to file no matter which route you choose. You can spend the first visit getting to know each other. I still recommend going the CR1 route, so I'd marry on a 2nd visit, or later if you can wait. 

 

We all know the struggle to take time off from work. I also did 2 visits each year. We could have filed the K1 petition sooner, but I chose to wait after doing research here on VJ and ultimately decided that even though waiting longer to file was hard, having to face a denial would have been even more heartbreaking and stressful.

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2 hours ago, Jenane said:

RJandHamid

As usual thanks everyone for the prompt response.

Knowing flight tickets (damn expensive) and PTO my girlfriend can only visit twice a year,  and she has 3 years old baby who needs someone to watch over her ( I don’t know if this explains the number of visits and days spent together to the officer comes the interview .)

I wonder what are the option we have? 

 

1- file for CR1 from first visit and do a second visit? 

2- wait until the 2nd visit and file for K1 visa?

 

 

If you want to be together, then take the time to do it right.  Multiple visits.  

If you rush things, you may get a denial and make things way harder for the two of you.  Once you get tagged as not having a bona fide relationship, it will be way harder to prove otherwise.  

 

Do it right with multiple visits or half ### it with one or two brief visits and deal with the fallout.  

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2 hours ago, Jenane said:

No, she can’t due to flight tickets are expensive. 

Yes, dating and marrying someone overseas is expensive.  Immigration is expensive.  Will it not also be a huge red flag that you have not met her child? 

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5 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Yes, dating and marrying someone overseas is expensive.  Immigration is expensive.

And supporting your spouse for 4-6 months while they can't legally work is expensive (more than another visit is, almost certainly; and even if you do a CR-1 so you can legally work right away, it will probably take some time to find a job in the US).

And weddings are expensive if you're not just going to have a courthouse wedding and call it a day. 

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Thinking back on it travel expenses was a relatively small percentage of the total cost.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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On 10/19/2018 at 12:22 AM, Jorgedig said:

Yes, dating and marrying someone overseas is expensive.  Immigration is expensive.  Will it not also be a huge red flag that you have not met her child? 

We discussed bringing the baby but she said that 15 hours flight can be difficult for a year old girl. 

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Is there one baby or two?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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