Getting ready to apply K1 visa

[LUMINOUS 0]

Greetings guys, thanks to every community members for all insightful contributions. Please I’m looking forward to begin my k1 visa process. My fiancée is an American citizen and I’m a Nigerian living the UK. I’m 37 while she just turned 55. We have been on a LDR for over a year and she often visit me in the UK.

 

Note: She has never been married but I’m divorced. 
 

We intend to close the distance gap soon and we looking at k1 visa or she come to the uk to get married. What are the chances of scaling through the K1 in relation to our age. 
 

Your valuable contribution will be appreciated as she’s willing for me to come to the US on K1 visa. Thank you all

[JeanneAdil 7,458]

what does 'in relation to our age " mean?

 

Is there a big age difference? that is hard to overcome no matter which visa you petition 

 

what is needed for both K 1 and CR1 is his birth certificate and divorce papers (copies to be sent along with English translations at this point )

originals go to interview 

all info on needed documents for proof of relationship are on USCIS site and above in guides 

 

Read the guides above for each visa and get familiar with all the process and the costs 

If you do not have red flag issues ,  i say go for spouse visa so you have no problems with getting DL , adding to bank account and the boredom of waiting for AOS after K1 

 

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/red-flags-that-make-uscis-suspect-marriage-fraud.html

[Vegas i-751 89]

16 hours ago, LUMINOUS said:

Greetings guys, thanks to every community members for all insightful contributions. Please I’m looking forward to begin my k1 visa process. My fiancée is an American citizen and I’m a Nigerian living the UK. I’m 37 while she just turned 55. We have been on a LDR for over a year and she often visit me in the UK.

 

Note: She has never been married but I’m divorced. 
 

We intend to close the distance gap soon and we looking at k1 visa or she come to the uk to get married. What are the chances of scaling through the K1 in relation to our age. 
 

Your valuable contribution will be appreciated as she’s willing for me to come to the US on K1 visa. Thank you all

I’m born and raised Irish, but in this instance I’d do a spousal.  London can be lax but yeah again, I do CR-1 in your instance. 

[appleblossom 5,751]

16 hours ago, LUMINOUS said:

Greetings guys, thanks to every community members for all insightful contributions. Please I’m looking forward to begin my k1 visa process. My fiancée is an American citizen and I’m a Nigerian living the UK. I’m 37 while she just turned 55. We have been on a LDR for over a year and she often visit me in the UK.

 

Note: She has never been married but I’m divorced. 
 

We intend to close the distance gap soon and we looking at k1 visa or she come to the uk to get married. What are the chances of scaling through the K1 in relation to our age. 
 

Your valuable contribution will be appreciated as she’s willing for me to come to the US on K1 visa. Thank you all

 

Another vote for CR-1 given your circumstances. Are you a dual citizen with the UK? If you're just a Nigerian citizen then you can't get a visa anyway at the moment under Trump's visa ban, so that would be another reason to do a spousal visa - partly because it gives you more time for the ban to be lifted by the time you get to the interview stage, but also because there's a chance spouses will become exempt from the ban when it's challenged in court (whereas fiancé's won't). 

[Lemonslice 5,402]

In the current political climate, I'd 100000% go for a spousal visa.  

Also, so many other benefits.  @Crazy Cat maintains a great list of pros/cons for each path.

[TBoneTX 49,079]

3 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

@Crazy Cat maintains a great list of pros/cons for each path.

Here is his list, I hope still up-to-date:

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K-1 
  More expensive than CR-1
  Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork)
  Spouse cannot leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (up to 9 months)
  Spouse cannot work until she/he receives EAD (up to 9 months)
  Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, and bank accounts during this period
  Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed
  A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also
  In some situations, marriage can affect certain home-country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice
  A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire
  K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years
  Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises
  If US spouse declines to participate in Adjustment of Status, the foreign spouse will have a very difficult avenue to legally remain in the US
  Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) don't allow K-1 visa holders from some countries to enter the US

CR-1/IR-1
  Less expensive than K-1
  No Adjustment of Status(I-485, I-131, I-765) required
  Spouse can immediately travel outside the US
  Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival
  Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US
  Opening a bank account, getting a driver license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport
  Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US
  The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US
  A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises
  Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) exempt immediate relatives of US citizens