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Yes, being free to marry means you are both single and able to marry someone legally. For a K-1, it has to be legal in the state where the petitioner resides and they intend to marry. People have been talking about 1st cousin marriages for example. First cousins can marry in some states and in others they cannot. If someone files a K-1 for a 1st cousin, it does not have to be legal in the foreign fiance(e)'s country because that is not where the marriage will take place. It has to be legal in the USC petitioner's state where they intend to wed.

So nice for people to weigh in on the OPs personal life - especially the part where you are regaling us with religious beliefs or feelings of disgust that are totally irrelevant to this conversation. We live in a nation of secular laws. We do not live in a theocracy.
The OP is wanting to know what rights he and his long time partner have under (secular) immigration law, especially in light of the DOMA ruling yesterday.
So, same sex married couples are now federally-recognized, legally married partners in the eyes of the law. That is the reality. The focus should be on answering the OP's query and helping him find the info he needs.
This forum should be a place where people seek information, and not be insulted by other readers.

If God did not make Adam and Steve then who did ? I thought you said God created all men, now you say there is another creator.
So you believe in two Gods, or spontnaous life or what. I am not following you
Please tell us who mad Adam and Steve. Adam and Steve being here are a fact. You think God did not create them.. ???

WHAT!!!!!!!!!????
That sounds just like Heterosexual couples!

If you have received your NOA1 why not make an InfoPass appointment and explain to the nice nice folks at ICE your predicament. I'm sure they've got a way to help you out. I would call right away.

I just sent an email to the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate at the DHS regarding this topic. Good luck to you.

Dude I would honestly get the hell out of that right now. If you are caught doing that, you could face time in prison.
Just tell her its off and cut your losses. Or go to prison and start a business with a guy named Brick,+

On another ANGRIER note. Its because of people like you doing like this that honest, real couples who are in love (aka me and my husband) have had to live in near poverty because the government makes such tight guidelines.
so eff you.

Yes, it's so sad when our fellow citizens are afforded the same privileges we are.

Seriously?
This is a great thing to have happened. Same sex couple should have been allowed this right this entire time.

Not true. DOMA was struck down yesterday. Same sex marriage that has taken place in a state/country in which it is legal is now recognized by the federal government for immigration purposes among about 1000 other things :-)

Considering only 10% of the population at the highest estimate are homosexual, do you think the influx will really be that large?
I cannot imagine the level of selfishness it would take to be upset because you have a slight longer wait caused by people who've been waiting for ages finally being allowed to apply... and I'm a pretty selfish person.

Considering only 10% of the population at the highest estimate are homosexual, do you think the influx will really be that large?
I cannot imagine the level of selfishness it would take to be upset because you have a slight longer wait caused by people who've been waiting for ages finally being allowed to apply... and I'm a pretty selfish person.

We're doing this on our own and it's been pretty straight-forward so far. With all the help VJ gives you really shouldn't need a lawyer, and honestly, even though I've only been here a few months, I've seen dozens of stories of peoples' lawyers really messing up their application, sometimes intentionally (so they can charge more to "fix it"), sometimes unintentionally or through negligence... like not telling their clients about RFE's (requests for more info/items), giving clients wrong embassy information, forgetting to list children, etc. It almost seems like you're better off doing it yourself!

Scotus should have imposed same sex marriage on every state of the nation. We would have stood a chance of Rush blowing a gasket and kicking the bucket.

For folks that really do want to know how this ruling will related to immigration rights, here's a FAQ: http://immigrationequality.org/2013/06/the-end-of-doma-what-your-family-needs-to-know/. I'm so excited for the families that will be able to stay together in the US because of this ruling. It's an awesome day for same-sex binational couples.

Thank you! This website seem to have every single thing discussed and the feedback on threads is so GOOD, everybody is so helpful!
We will be doing this by ourselves for sure then
And I also have a question about the minimum support wage thing, is it any different for military members? What is the minimum salary that will be acceptable as a "support"?
Thanks again

Did you see the news story last week about the British family who emigrated to Australia and came back after two months because they couldn't buy Robinsons squash?! I was in stitches!
I drink a lot of squash too and I've never seen any apart from Ribena in the small Brit foods section some stores have :-(

Americans often don't get our British humour, especially irony. A lot of my jokes need to change before I move. I'm going to miss the standard workplace/pub humour but luckily my wife is a kindred spirit when it comes to a sense of humour.
A good very recent example of the US lack of irony... "These charges [against Edward Snowden] send a clear message, the spokesman said. In the United States, you can't spy on people."

There should be a sub title to this:
"water is wet"

Pffff, everyone has wedding pictures. Nothing says "I went through a harrowing, drawn-out, expensive ordeal for my love" like chest x-rays!
You could even put a sticker on it that says
I paid the US Government $______, waited for ___ months, and filled out ____ forms, and all I got was this stupid x-ray.
Oh, and the love of my life.
How awesome would that be?

YES!

Why not? My lungs looked brilliant. Modern portraiture art.

Minutes After Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA, Immigration Judge Stops Deportation Of Married Gay ManBy Esther Yu-Hsi Lee on Jun 26, 2013 at 1:15 pm
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/06/26/2220411/doma-immigration-judge-stops-deportation/?mobile=nc(Credit: stopthedeportations.com)
A New York City immigration judge immediately stopped the deportation proceedings of a gay Colombian man who is legally married to an American citizen soon after the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) for being unconstitutional, as was first reported by Americablog on Wednesday. The federally-sanctioned DOMA only recognizes marriage between a man and a woman, so Sean Brooks and his Colombian husband Steven’s marriage did not exist in the eyes of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Therefore, USCIS cancelled Steven’s green card petition.
(Credit: The DOMA Project)
The ordeal for the couple started in 2011 when Sean, the American citizen tried to file a green card petition for his husband based on their same-sex marriage. This left Steven in a visa limbo and vulnerable to deportation. Steven, who had not been back to Colombia for twelve years, applied to have his deportation cancelled based on the hardship that his deportation would incur on his spouse. The request was denied because federal law does not let the immigration judge recognize their marriage as valid.
As seen in the immediate cessation of Steve’s deportation, the ruling has a profound impact on the LGBT community, not least of which 24,700 other binational same-sex couples can now breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that they will not be torn away from the people their love. For a population of about 267,000 LGBT undocumented individuals, the Supreme Court ruling comes as a future goal post to look forward to now that federal laws has ended the discrimination against their love. It also will finally allow the federal government to treat all LGBT families equally by allowing them access to federal benefits and protections.

Is this for real?