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Of your working illegally concern, i was in a similar situation working in china legally but being paid in cash, no real way to show how 'official' the situation was.

We were stressed about it too, so enquired with my husband's family accountant and the IRS and as long as we filed back dated returns for the time we were away and paid taxes on the amount, there's absolutely no problem.

**I am not saying I know 1000% that this is your situation but thought I'd share my seemingly similar experience.**

Thanks jajaju - to hear what other people went through with this is exactly what I was looking for!

Thanks Takeo -

I agree...this site is amazing! I'll try to avoid hiring someone as I've also heard that they don't know all the ins and outs as well as you would expect.

I've looked into the business partner situation and haven't found anything similar...I'm hoping someone has some insight!

Hi there, my (soon to be) fiancée and I run an online business together and we met at a job where we were working somewhat illegally in another country (where neither of us are from). I'm wondering how many of those items will be potentially damaging to our success in this process and if we should hire an attorney to help us explain what we need to include in the best light possible?

I'm just starting to fill out the I-129F now.

Specific questions/concerns, any advice greatly appreciated:

1. I'm worried they'll think we're getting married just to do business - is this a valid concern? We've lived together, traveling the world for the past 2 years and are very much NOT doing it for work reasons (as I think the tax implications are worse when we're married anyway!)

2. I don't want to lie on our application about how we met in any way shape or form. So if we met working in another country, will our employment situation be questioned? It was just an unofficial job, nothing against the law for us but the company could get in trouble. But are they concerned about these issues in this process?

3. We've been traveling and working, sometimes on tourist visas (but usually on work visas). Are they concerned about this?

4. I'm having a hard time finding out what police records suffice for where we've lived for longer than 6 months to a year at a time (or more). Anyone have any tips or examples?