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Against it as a personal choice, but that doesn't mean that I feel I have the right to make it my neighbour's choice too.

Way to drag up an ancient thread.

Yes, you can move during the process.

By "marriage certificate", I assume you mean "marriage license"? They are two very different things - a certificate is proof of your marriage and is issued when you are married.

If he is not currently in the country now and is coming to live with you permanently, then yes, he needs the proper visa, called a K-1 visa.

The guides at the top have a step by step outline of the process, which is essentially that:

-You petition for him to apply. This is where the form I-129F is used. If that is approved, then:

-The information is forwarded to the US Consulate in NZ

-He will be invited to apply. This is called "packet 3".

-He will take a medical exam.

-He will attend an in-person interview, where they will approve, deny, or ask for more information.

Yes, your financial situation will affect your ability to get the visa. You must be making 125% of the poverty guideline for your household size. You can use someone to co-sponsor you if there is a financial shortfall, this is pretty common.

The process takes at best several months from start to finish.

Yes - if you're travelling before you have received your green card, you need something called Advance Parole. It is applied for when you apply for your EAD and green card at AOS.

If you leave before the advance parole is issued, you will not get back into the US and have to apply for a new visa, starting all over again.

I'm afraid I won't find another partner who will understand me, teach me things, and click with me like he did.

Repeat after me:

If he left, he didn't really understand you, he didn't really click with you, and he wasn't a partner by any stretch of the imagination.

Partners don't do that. Thinking of him as a partner and in those terms only puts him on a pedestal he clearly does not deserve. He may have only known her for three weeks, but your relationship didn't dissolve that quickly - you can bet anything that this has been going on in his head for far longer than that.

Stop blaming yourself. This didn't happen because you are depressed or because you had to have gall bladder surgery, this is because he is a worm - a spineless, backbone-free worm who couldn't even grow enough of a pair to talk to his wife about his problems.

No. They do not care how long you have known each other or been together, only that you have physically been in each other's presence in the last two years.

An I-130 is for a spousal visa. You are not eligible to file for a spousal visa unless you marry first.

$16.85 for me. Worth it for some real bacon!

It did take us two months to get our interview date.

BACON!!

Have just ordered a stock for me and hubby!

Yep, you can get married in the USA. As of three years ago, no visa was needed to enter Ireland if you were married, but that may have changed- I know the EU tightened up on immigration procedures- so do check on that with the embassy.

You still don't need a visa, per se, but you do have to go and register with the garda síochána. It is still free to do for spouses of Irish citizens and takes a few hours.

Wow, old thread!

Yes, they can. The main sponsor fills out an I-864 and the supporting sponsor an I-864a.

That's correct.

In a pinch, could you not move there?

They don't care, and your debts don't follow you.

Because that's a signature, not a timeline.

It depends purely on being able to satisfy the officer at the POE as to his intention to return home. Multiple visits can raise questions, which he needs to be prepared for.

I agree. But to each their own. Some people like the US and some the UK.

Then you don't need a visa, K-1 or otherwise, unless you have violated a provision of the Visa Waiver Programme. Simple as that.

You only needed a K-1 if you intended to settle in the US.

Actually if they are already married and wanting to move to the US wouldn't it be the K3 they need?

She's not asking about coming back, she's asking if she needed a K-1 when she came here to get married. And the answer to that is no.

You only needed a K-1 if you intended to settle in the US.

I walked down the aisle to Canon in D, and our wedding song was "Thank You" by led zeppelin.

We're here because my family is here. Once we have kids we'll go to the uk.

Immigration to the UK is rapidly getting more complicated. A good site to get through it is www.uk-yankee.com.

We're pretty comfortable here, but we know we'll move back someday - probably in the next few years.