Here, briefly, are the circumstances of this case. I think the odds that it is going to work out are slim to none but I don't know much about the immigration process so I am hoping someone else out there can tell me what they think the odds are of this couple getting the non-citizen into the U.S. legally.
They met in OCTOBER 2010, on a cruise ship where she was a passenger and he was a bartender.
They have been romantically involved since the cruise. When he went back to his home country of ROMANIA, they were in constant contact and there will be tons of evidence to that fact in phone bills, etc.
He returned to work on a cruise ship, at first on the west coast. Before he got on the ship they spent 2 weeks together in Los Angeles. She went on one cruise, as a full fare paying passenger on the LA based ship to spend time with him.
He transferred to a Jacksonville, Florida based cruise ship to be closer to her. She went on multiple cruises as a "crew family member" on this ship -- shouldn't be hard to get documentation or witnesses to this fact, either.
All of the above, I believe, indicate that they are in a bonafide relationship. Or at least SHE thinks they are!
Here are where I see the legal challenges coming up, and I fear they may be insurmountable:
Susie4 got a reaction from AMP in Real Love, but Real Problems?