K1 Visa - Petitioner Filing with Criminal History

[JeanneAdil 7,349]

no charges since 2020 and bene doing paperwork?

is he currently serving time?

[W199 528]

My Wife is from the Philippines, and I see this all the time and hear many stories of Filipino girls like you.  You choose the worst of the worst Americans to marry because that is who you could find or who found you.  You think they are from USA so it will give you a better life for you and your family, and think that they will be nice to you and that you can still have a happy life.  You don't even know who they really are.  You don't have a clue as to the reality of moving back to the USA in a poor area, with a person who has limited intelligence, emotionally unstable, a long list of baggage,  and is ultimately going to very abusive to you and ruin your life. You'll likely end up as being abused house cleaner, additional income, and babysitter for his kids, with horrible cheap meals, crappy car if any, and a horrible set of friends and associates.     

 

Don't you see these other bad Americans with other Filipino girls and see how they end up? 

 

- You will have a very hard time getting a K-1 or CR-1 VISA approved. 

- You will have even a harder if not impossible time getting the CFO to approve it.

- If you make it past that, it is very unlikely you will be married (or even alive) long enough to get your 10 year green card, let alone citizenship.

 

Just saying ...  Of course, like every other victim they always say "he's different, etc..."

 

Edited 14 hours ago by W199

[TBoneTX 48,470]

2welve, people here are trying to be kind while also being frank.

Let me hit you between the eyes, and hopefully in the brain:

 

With all the wonderful, loving, kind, available men in the world, this is the one you want to marry?

[rbv_shard 39]

12 hours ago, alliejourney said:

I know the meeting in person multiple times is a time and financial commitment, but it is much less so than pouring all this money into an immigration process only to get here and find out he's not who he says he is, or worse, for you to get here and be put in a dangerous situation.

Expensive as the K-1 visa typically is, the travel they're doing (Qatar to Manila and US to Manila) are equally expensive.  Not sure why they would do that, vs meeting in Qatar.  Doha is a major hub with lots of flights from many US cities.
In their situation, lawyers will be needed and everything will be much more expensive.

 

Now, I wholeheartedly agree with testing the relationship in person with multiple visits.  Given the type of 

 

20 hours ago, 2welve said:

He told me his major offenses include assault, domestic violence, related assault, harassment/threats, resisting arrest, obstructing law enforcement, robbery, residential burglary, DUI, negligent driving, and weapons related charges.
He also has some minor ones like overspeeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, DWLS 3rd degree, and a few others.

 

The I-129F doesn't care about driving infractions like exceeding the speed limit a moderate amount or failure to wear seatbelt.  Those don't result in arrests or criminal record.  License suspension is crossing the line into having to be reported, but won't stop the process.  I believe the same for DUI, negligence while driving, obstruction.

 

The others range from causing major problems to making him completely ineligible.  He's got more than one from the "K-1 visa is not possible, CR-1 will be very difficult" list, if any of them are convictions.  Even arrests for those things, followed by charges dropped/reduced, would slow down the process substantially.

 

You should really think very carefully before proceeding.  It is not only a question of whether you trust him (which is extremely important and you don't know him well enough yet to answer) but whether society will ever trust him.  Would he even be allowed to visit you in the city where you work, or would Qatar turn him away?

 

I hope he finds redemption and you find happiness.  Don't be blind to the warning signs though.

 

Final note: the process starts with a petition mailed to Texas.  You can assemble the packet for him, which won't involve much computer work, but it's good that you see and make a copy of every document.  If by a miracle his petition is accepted and things advance to your interview (either K-1 or CR-1), you'll be asked many many questions about his past.  Both at the US embassy and CFO.

[2welve 1]

8 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

no charges since 2020 and bene doing paperwork?

is he currently serving time?

no more since.. no serving time... he has a stable job. his kids are with him every weekend. I'm doing paperwork in terms of getting info and compiling, and telling him the requirements. We've been talking about this every day, and next week he'll go downtown to get his certified records.