Concerned about K1 Visa with "high fraud" country (Brazil)

[Aaron_and_Erika 0]

1 hour ago, JD2 said:

It seems like this may actually be your biggest problem.  What is up with that?

Why would this be such a problem? They were married for many years, so it's not like it wasn't legitimate. It was also in France, which is equally hard to get visas from.

 

1 hour ago, JD2 said:

 

But aren't you moving to Brazil?  I think CR-1 is better but K-1 is faster now.  If you want to get to the US asap, then K-1 is the choice.

I am only temporarily moving there, my work allows me to work remotely for 6 months in another country (after 6 months there are tax implications). After that I won't be able to return (and work remotely) for 2 years, so it would just be vacation visits.

 

My hope has been that if we get the K1 in 8-10 months, it would hopefully coincide when when I need to return to the US, or a bit after.

 

19 hours ago, Cw1977 said:

Don’t forget though that after arriving she won’t be able to work, or even leave the country for many, many months. Could easily be 6-9 months. 
 

are you/she ok with that? With a cr1 you can do both of those immediately. Essentially it’s just deciding on when the wait happens. It’s happens either way unfortunately with immigration 

 

Yeah, we are aware of that trade-off. In her case she will be finishing a university program, so it will be ok that she doesn't work straight away. I can support both of us for that time while she gets up to speed and does any other prep work she can to find a new job.

 

8 hours ago, Neonred said:

 

Ours was a paragraph or perhaps two.  That's all.  Included 5 photos of us together.  

I just couldn't imagine anyone would want to waste time reading several pages and look at dozens of photos.  

 

 

We did K-1 and it worked fine for us.  At this point I don't think K-1 is much faster than CR1.

Thank you for your response! That is helpful to hear.

 

19 hours ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

Ours was about a page and a half of narrative and then we had about 50 pages of pictures and text / messenger screenshots (we were together a little over 2 years when we filed with me living in the Philippines with her for a year of that time so we had lots of evidence)

 

Thanks for that example. That's a lot! That was for a K1, or a CR1?

 

Thanks to everyone for their responses!

Edited 11 hours ago by Aaron_and_Erika

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2 minutes ago, Aaron_and_Erika said:

Why would this be such a problem?

I'm sorry I misread the original.  I thought it said the consultant thought there was a previous marriage that you were not aware of.  As long as you have marriage certificate and divorce certificate from the previous marriage, it should be fine.

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13 minutes ago, Aaron_and_Erika said:

Thanks for that example. That's a lot! That was for a K1, or a CR1?

 

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On 9/19/2025 at 12:41 PM, Aaron_and_Erika said:

Brazil, which is apparently seen as a "high fraud risk" country.

Accurate.  Back in my time, I asked a former consular officer what constituted this, and he said, "Any poor country," with emphasis on all 3 words.