travel outside the USA.

[flyboyof3 5]

Hello, I am here in Phoenix Arizona USA and my fiance is in the Philippines.  She is 61 and im 70, when she comes here under a fiance Visa can we both go to Canada to see other relatives, or do we have to wait for a certain amount of time to go by before she can travel out. 

[Boiler 47,517]

You will have to wait until she has AP, that can take time, or her GC cams through.

[OldUser 10,031]

If you wanted such flexibility, then spousal visa would have been better. She'll have to wait 3-12 months until advance parole or green card is approved.

[TBoneTX 47,545]

You're free to travel out anytime, but she would be denied reentry (without advance parole or green card) and you'd have to file an I-130.

[flyboyof3 5]

21 hours ago, Boiler said:

You will have to wait until she has AP, that can take time, or her GC cams through.

Thank you very much. gary

13 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

You're free to travel out anytime, but she would be denied reentry (without advance parole or green card) and you'd have to file an I-130.

Thank you very much. 

[flyboyof3 5]

20 hours ago, OldUser said:

If you wanted such flexibility, then spousal visa would have been better. She'll have to wait 3-12 months until advance parole or green card is approved.

Thank you very much. 

[flyboyof3 5]

21 hours ago, OldUser said:

If you wanted such flexibility, then spousal visa would have been better. She'll have to wait 3-12 months until advance parole or green card is approved.

spousal visa was not an option. 

[OldUser 10,031]

41 minutes ago, flyboyof3 said:

spousal visa was not an option. 

Out of curiosity, could you please share the reason?

 

- Typically US citizen can marry the immigrant overseas, in their country

- If not possible, US citizen and immigrant can marry in third neutral country (not USA and not immigrant's country)

- If this is also not possible, they can marry online (Utah marriage), then meet either in immigrant's country or third neutral country

- If US citizen cannot fly due to health reasons, immigrant can come to Mexico to meet and US citizen can drive there

- If immigrant cannot go anywhere due to health reasons, how are they going to move to the US and live together?

 

After marrying, the spousal visa process is similar, but simpler than fiance case. File I-130, wait for approval, schedule interview, go to interview, get visa in passport and come to the US. After coming to the US, no lengthy and expensive adjustment is needed.

 

If the money is the issue, then K-1 is also a unfortunate choice, as it is more expensive compared to CR-1 / IR-1.

 

The only scenario when K-1 makes more sense is when there are minor kids on immigrant side who also want to come to the US. It's more expensive to file I-130s for all of them VS include them in I-129F and AOS packet.

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[Boiler 47,517]

Also wondering why

[flyboyof3 5]

5 hours ago, OldUser said:

Out of curiosity, could you please share the reason?

 

- Typically US citizen can marry the immigrant overseas, in their country

- If not possible, US citizen and immigrant can marry in third neutral country (not USA and not immigrant's country)

- If this is also not possible, they can marry online (Utah marriage), then meet either in immigrant's country or third neutral country

- If US citizen cannot fly due to health reasons, immigrant can come to Mexico to meet and US citizen can drive there

- If immigrant cannot go anywhere due to health reasons, how are they going to move to the US and live together?

 

After marrying, the spousal visa process is similar, but simpler than fiance case. File I-130, wait for approval, schedule interview, go to interview, get visa in passport and come to the US. After coming to the US, no lengthy and expensive adjustment is needed.

 

If the money is the issue, then K-1 is also a unfortunate choice, as it is more expensive compared to CR-1 / IR-1.

 

The only scenario when K-1 makes more sense is when there are minor kids on immigrant side who also want to come to the US. It's more expensive to file I-130s for all of them VS include them in I-129F and AOS packet.

Because she wants to be married here in the USA. She does not want to marry in the Philippines at all. Her heart is set on being married under the Las Vegas sign so that is what will happen. 

[Boiler 47,517]

Well that helps from your perspective 

[OldUser 10,031]

34 minutes ago, flyboyof3 said:

Because she wants to be married here in the USA. She does not want to marry in the Philippines at all. Her heart is set on being married under the Las Vegas sign so that is what will happen. 

Got it, this makes sense for your circumstances. It's not the most secure and optimal route immigration wise, but you need to do what you need to do.

 

This may mean reduced flexibility for work and international travel while adjusting status.

 

Good luck!

[flyboyof3 5]

42 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Got it, this makes sense for your circumstances. It's not the most secure and optimal route immigration wise, but you need to do what you need to do.

 

This may mean reduced flexibility for work and international travel while adjusting status.

 

Good luck!

Thanks my friend. I understand but that is how she wants it. You know, Happy wife, Happy Life!! ha ha 

[OldUser 10,031]

2 minutes ago, flyboyof3 said:

 You know, Happy wife, Happy Life!! ha ha 

Exactly 🙂