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    Receiving graduate school assistantship on a Fiance visa

    in Working & Traveling During US Immigration

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    Hi all!

    Thanks for your help last time, and I am back with a new question. :) I was recently admitted to a graduate program, and was also offered a 25% TA assistantship along with the tuition waiver. This 25% TA assistantship consists of working for 10 hours a week as a teaching assistant, and receiving a small amount of stipend. I would love to receive this assistantship to help affording the living cost in Chicago.

    However, I am entering the U.S. on a fiance visa (the visa was approved last week). I understand that I can only work with a EAD, which I can apply after I get married. I was wondering if I can receive the TA assistantship on a fiance visa. Is the TA assistantship considered working? Do I need the EAD to be a TA?

    Thanks for your help in advance!

    Getting married after 90 days of entering the U.S with a K-1 visa

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi all again! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge for this post. It was helpful to read what you had to say in one way or another. I think my fiance and I will stick with getting married within 90 days to avoid the risk of deportation or possible disadvantage when filing for AOS. We will just have to work our way around the busy schedules. I am sure something will work. Thank you again! I think it's great that we have this space to support and put our minds together. :)

    감사합니다!

    ps. haha it will be nice to take photos in hanbok!

    Getting married after 90 days of entering the U.S with a K-1 visa

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi!

    Thanks Lainie B and Ppll909 for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it. You are right. It's better to not risk breaking the 90 day rule. I've thought about doing a court house wedding and then have a family reception later, but for religious reasons, I cannot do that. The religious ceremony is considered a legal marriage and the civil wedding and religious ceremony cannot happen on a different day. This is why my fiance and I are a bit desperate to find ways to have a wedding after 90 days.

    Once again, thanks for your comment! It was much sooner than I had expected. If you have any more ideas, please feel free to share them!

    Getting married after 90 days of entering the U.S with a K-1 visa

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi all!
    I recently this post on NOLO:

    "But if something happens and you were not able to marry within the 90 days -- yet the marriage is still what you want -- your best bet is likely to go ahead and marry. As long as the U.S. immigration authorities have not caught up with you before you are ready to submit the green card application, you should be able to apply for it through normal procedures, as explained below.

    Filing Late for Your Green Card

    If you marry after the 90 days permitted by your fiancé visa, your spouse will have to submit an I-130 visa petition on your behalf. (It is similar to the Form I-129F that he or she filed in order to start the process of getting you a fiance visa, but this form is used for married couples.) Because you are already legally in the U.S., the I-130 can be submitted with the rest of your green card application, which you will send by mail to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Form I-130 shows your eligibility to immigrate (this time as the immediate relative (spouse) of a U.S. citizen, rather than as a fiancé) and your spouse’s willingness to support your application. Another consequence of marrying after the 90-day expiration of your visa is that you will be living in the United States unlawfully. Although this is a serious concern, it is unlikely that the immigration authorities will search you out anytime soon. The agency has higher enforcement priorities than going after people who will ultimately have the right to a green card but are simply late in applying for it. (http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/fiance-marriage-visa-book/chapter5-25.html)"

    I am planning on entering the U.S. around mid-August, 2014. So according to the 90 days requirement, I should be married to him by early or mid-Nov. However, getting married in Dec will be most ideal since that will be the time when my sister can attend the wedding. Also, both my fiance and I will be in school, so we would like to avoid getting married in the middle of the semester, just before finals. We can't get married anytime before Oct because my parents will only be able to come from South Korea to the U.S. after Oct.

    I wouldn't want to play above the law or rules, but my fiance and I are desparately looking into ways to make this marriage a special time for both our families (my sister and my parents are the only ones from my side of the family who can attend the wedding, besides my U.S. friends). Would you please share your insights and advice on this? If petitioning for I-130 after getting married after 90 days is a legal /lawful thing, we would like to pursue it.

    Thank you very much for your consideration and help!

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