US National Fiancé

[geowrian 22,335]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

The only other advantage to a k1 is it allows for immigration of an 18 to 20 year old if the stepparent relationship was created after 18

Yup. Which is why I said practical here as it didn't seem like there were near-adult children involved.

Edited October 1, 2019 by geowrian

[payxibka 10,044]

Just now, geowrian said:

Yup. Which is why I said practical here and it didn't seem like there were near-adult children involved.

Correct but it is a situation that rarely is noted

[Ontarkie 13,916]

~~Moved to What Visa Do I Need, from K1 P&P - The OP's fiance has not started any process yet~~

[JV7587 0]

7 hours ago, geowrian said:

Naturalization then a K-1 is an option.

That said, why so intent on the K-1...? It would make much more sense to marry and file for a F2A now. It can be upgraded to a CR-1 if they naturalize later. Both F2B and CR-1 are far superior to a K-1 visa (cheaper, can work right away, can travel right away, green card right away, can drive right away, etc.).

The only practical advantage of the K-1 is being a little faster. If being together ASAP is not an issue, then that advantage is moot.

Nailed it with the last line. Plus we didn't want to begin married life living apart. 

But I will definitely look into F2A as I haven't heard of that one before. Thank you for your input  

Edited October 1, 2019 by JV7587

[HRQX 4,145]

On 9/30/2019 at 5:11 AM, JV7587 said:

My partner is a US National from American Samoa but lives and works in CA and has done so for 20+ years.

Some further reading:

• https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/constitution-check-are-the-insular-cases-still-binding-after-a-century/
• https://blog.harvardlawreview.org/why-the-insular-cases-must-become-the-next-plessy/
• Fitisemanu v. United States is a pending case in the United States District Court for the District of Utah: http://www.equalrightsnow.org/fitisemanu

[Just Paul 4,591]

2 hours ago, JV7587 said:

I will definitely look into F2A

That is the spousal visa for LPRs and US Nationals.  It is currently the only option unless you become a citizen.