Applying for I-130 after entering the US.

[Rocio0010 5,562]

14 hours ago, Abid Adeel said:

So I am thinking what if I get married without filing for marriage paperwork, get a K-1 visa and then officially do court marriage in the US and apply for the I-130 paperwork once she is in the US. Is there a chance that they will know that we are married before hand without official paperwork? Does this usually work that easily?

We are not assuming. You literally said that you were planning on marrying abroad, not file “the marriage paperwork”, get a K1 visa and then do a court marriage. That is illegal and fraudulent. K3s are obsolete. So you have two ways of doing this: get married abroad, and file for a CR-1/IR-1 visa. Your spouse has to wait outside of the US; you can either wait with them or return to the US. 
Or, you can petition them for a K1 visa. Once the visa is granted, they have 90 days to fly to the US, get married, and file for AOS. 

[SalishSea 16,770]

11 hours ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

This was unnecessary... Op gets the point

With so many inaccuracies and misconceptions about the entire US immigration process in the original post, that’s a mighty big assumption.

Edited July 8, 2021 by Jorgedig

[Cathi 5,610]

10 hours ago, Abid Adeel said:

Thank you everyone for the responses. From what I have gathered is, my only way to do this is by going through the official I-130 form. I was only asking for general information because I have heard stories about it. I figured this forum was there to make people understand and not assume they are about to do something. Sorry for any misunderstanding this has caused.

 

Also is there anyone who know about the K-3 visa does that still work?

No one "assumed" anything. You LITERALLY said in your first post that you are getting married in a month outside the country and you were going to file a K-1 instead of  CR-1 hoping immigration didn't discover your lie because you and your fiance can't "wait a long time" to be together. Do you think we can't read?

Don't lie to us because it's so not cool and don't even think about lying to immigration at any point during this process, it won't turn out well.

[Rocio0010 5,562]

7 minutes ago, Cathi said:

No one "assumed" anything. You LITERALLY said in your first post that you are getting married in a month outside the country and you were going to file a K-1 instead of  CR-1 hoping immigration didn't discover your lie because you and your fiance can't "wait a long time" to be together. Do you think we can't read?

Don't lie to us because it's so not cool and don't even think about lying to immigration at any point during this process, it won't turn out well.

Exactly. And OP had the nerve of saying we were assuming something. I guess they thought they’d found support in here to do something illegal. That happens when you don’t read the TOS.

[Ontarkie 13,916]

~~Moved to What Visa DO I Need, from K1 P&P - the OP has not started any process yet and plans to marry soon.~~

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

On 7/8/2021 at 3:37 AM, Abid Adeel said:

Hi, I had a question that I hope someone can help in answering. I am thinking of applying for the K-1 visa for my fiance. 

 

I am getting married in a month outside the US. I know the I-130 process is about 18 months or longer at this point and thats too long for both of us. I know the K-1 right now takes about 5-6 months to get. 

 

So I am thinking what if I get married without filing for marriage paperwork, get a K-1 visa and then officially do court marriage in the US and apply for the I-130 paperwork once she is in the US. Is there a chance that they will know that we are married before hand without official paperwork? Does this usually work that easily? Should I just go about it officially and wait for 18 months? I am sure they will see the pictures and all but we can claim that obviously we had events for our engagement and all but there is no official marriage paperwork to show we are married at that point.

 

Please let me know how I can go about this or if there is any other way?

Without reading any of the other responses: this is fraud and can get your fiancé banned for life from the US. 

Edited July 10, 2021 by SusieQQQ

[Nitas_man 3,100]

On 7/8/2021 at 2:37 AM, Abid Adeel said:

Hi, I had a question that I hope someone can help in answering. I am thinking of applying for the K-1 visa for my fiance. 

 

I am getting married in a month outside the US. I know the I-130 process is about 18 months or longer at this point and thats too long for both of us. I know the K-1 right now takes about 5-6 months to get. 

 

So I am thinking what if I get married without filing for marriage paperwork, get a K-1 visa and then officially do court marriage in the US and apply for the I-130 paperwork once she is in the US. Is there a chance that they will know that we are married before hand without official paperwork? Does this usually work that easily? Should I just go about it officially and wait for 18 months? I am sure they will see the pictures and all but we can claim that obviously we had events for our engagement and all but there is no official marriage paperwork to show we are married at that point.

 

Please let me know how I can go about this or if there is any other way?

You are about the 100th person who has “thought” this would work
 

We’ve seen dozens of these silly schemes fail here.  Marry and file the I130 like you are supposed to.  What you are suggesting here is blatant fraud.

Edited July 11, 2021 by Nitas_man