Approved Spouse Visa. Zoom Marriage!

[isis375 105]

CR-1 Visa Approved!  Zoom Ceremony.

 

My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.

 

My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

[Maria Medina 0]

19 minutes ago, isis375 said:

CR-1 Visa Approved!

 

My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.

 

My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

 

 

 

Congratulations!!! can you let us know which USCIS office processed your case?? also as i understand he is in Costa Rica and you are un US, they didn't ask you to show up in his interview?

[isis375 105]

1 minute ago, Maria Medina said:

 

 

 

Congratulations!!! can you let us know which USCIS office processed your case?? also as i understand he is in Costa Rica and you are un US, they didn't ask you to show up in his interview?

Thanks! I was sent to Nebraska. No, he was interviewed alone. 

[more00 17]

That’s very good congrats can he let you know what kind of questions they ask him please 

[isis375 105]

6 minutes ago, more00 said:

That’s very good congrats can he let you know what kind of questions they ask him please 

Some of the questions asked that he remembers:

What is your full name?
Are you married?
Have you ever been in the military?
Have you lived in any other countries?
Have you gone to the US in the past?
When did you get married? (Asked twice during the interview)
Where were you married?
Who does your spouse live with?
How did you meet your spouse?
How did the relationship evolve?

[katia baby 7]

34 minutes ago, isis375 said:

CR-1 Visa Approved!

 

My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.

 

My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

Congrats! The entire process took 6 months. That is the way it should be. Once more congratulations to you and your husband, thanks for sharing . 

[JKLSemicolon 327]

Congratulations! Did you expedite your case at NVC? If not, I suppose that's great news for others from Costa Rica.

[isis375 105]

11 minutes ago, JKLSemicolon said:

Congratulations! Did you expedite your case at NVC? If not, I suppose that's great news for others from Costa Rica.

No, I didn't expedite at any point. 

[Dashinka 23,229]

9 hours ago, isis375 said:

No, I didn't expedite at any point. 

Congratulations!  So based on your OP, you were married online, and then went and visited your spouse after the online ceremony.  I think this is key relative to the online wedding.  Did they ask about the timeline there?

[TedsGirl 190]

14 hours ago, isis375 said:

CR-1 Visa Approved!

 

My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.

 

My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

Thank you for sharing! 

 

You and your husband's process is one of the fastest I've seen during this season of unique circumstances. 

 

Congratulations to you both and may your lives together be enriched. 

[Illiria 980]

Congratulations 🥳 

 

I hope you don’t mind my asking a few questions - this has become a more frequent occurrence and some times have always looked like an impediment to this kind of marriage so the more we can point to the successful outcome situation the better future members can look to how to do this correctly. 

 

You aren’t based in Utah correct?

 

Neither of you were present with the officiant or in the same state as the officiant when the marriage took place - it was a marriage where neither of the participants are present?

 

Where is the marriage certificate registered - Utah, your state, or where he is?

 

You say he was asked where he was married - did he say it was online in Utah but he was in his home country or did he just answer simply Utah? 
 

If just simply answering Utah were there any follow up questions about travel to the US that he had to correct? 

 

Thanks for coming along to let of this success - proxy/online marriages have rarely been reported as successfully ending in a visa that we never have an example to point to. 

[isis375 105]

12 minutes ago, Illiria said:

Congratulations 🥳 

 

I hope you don’t mind my asking a few questions - this has become a more frequent occurrence and some times have always looked like an impediment to this kind of marriage so the more we can point to the successful outcome situation the better future members can look to how to do this correctly. 

 

You aren’t based in Utah correct?

 

Neither of you were present with the officiant or in the same state as the officiant when the marriage took place - it was a marriage where neither of the participants are present?

 

Where is the marriage certificate registered - Utah, your state, or where he is?

 

You say he was asked where he was married - did he say it was online in Utah but he was in his home country or did he just answer simply Utah? 
 

If just simply answering Utah were there any follow up questions about travel to the US that he had to correct? 

 

Thanks for coming along to let of this success - proxy/online marriages have rarely been reported as successfully ending in a visa that we never have an example to point to. 

Thank you! 

I am in Louisiana, neither of us were present in Utah, nor together, nor with the officiant physically. The marriage certificate and the marriage itself is legally considered to have occured in Utah. 

When they asked where he was married, he answered that it was online due to COVID and explained to the officer . I had been worried about answering this way, but he says the officer was just curious about it, not judgmental and did not have any follow up questions to the answer. 

If you or anyone else has further questions, please ask! That's why I am sharing this, because I don't know of any of successes with online marriage yet!

[Illiria 980]

Just now, isis375 said:

Thank you! 

I am in Louisiana, neither of us were present in Utah, nor together, nor with the officiant physically. The marriage certificate and the marriage itself is legally considered to have occured in Utah. 

When they asked where he was married, he answered that it was online due to COVID and explained to the officer . I had been worried about answering this way, but he says the officer was just curious about it, not judgmental and did not have any follow up questions to the answer. 

If you or anyone else has further questions, please ask! That's why I am sharing this, because I don't know of any of successes with online marriage yet!

Thank you for this. That’s great that he was curious but not judgemental and that your husband explained it fully so they have it on record that they know it was an online marriage (just in case at a later stage interview there is an officer who does have a prejudice). 
 

All the best in the rest of his journey. 

[Strawberrymermaid 346]

20 hours ago, isis375 said:

CR-1 Visa Approved!

 

My husband and I married through Utah Online marriage ceremony in September 2020. I visited him in Costa Rica in October 2020 and filed for the CR-1. Our I-130 was approved January 29, 2021. We were DQ in the NVC on February 16, 2021 and received our interview date on February 24th.

 

My husband passed his interview this morning and now we await his passport and POE in the coming weeks.

Congrats!! Amazing news, glad everything worked out and your husband was able to get his visa. Best of luck to you guys!

[Dashinka 23,229]

56 minutes ago, isis375 said:

Thank you! 

I am in Louisiana, neither of us were present in Utah, nor together, nor with the officiant physically. The marriage certificate and the marriage itself is legally considered to have occured in Utah. 

When they asked where he was married, he answered that it was online due to COVID and explained to the officer . I had been worried about answering this way, but he says the officer was just curious about it, not judgmental and did not have any follow up questions to the answer. 

If you or anyone else has further questions, please ask! That's why I am sharing this, because I don't know of any of successes with online marriage yet!

Did the CO review the timeline related to the online marriage and your subsequent meeting after the online ceremony?  I only ask as there are always questions regarding the online weddings, but most of the time those questions revolve around doing it online and then getting approval without meeting (or to use the USCIS term "consummated").  I am curious if you provided evidence of the meeting in person after the ceremony thereby satisfying USCIS.