Good morning everyone,
I do not know about the rest of you but it gets depressing seeing all the posts where someone was "scammed" so the love of their life can get that prized green card, they got married and the love of their life magically changed into someone they do not know, the love of their life left them and is now talking about VAWA, they found out the love of their life really had a secret lover back in their home country and once they got the green card they were going to bring that lover to the US, blah, blah, blah. I guess I could go on but I think you get the picture. Marriage is something real that real people that really know each other and want to spend the rest of their life together till death do us part so help us God desire to make that commitment. Finding someone on a web site and talking on Skype will find you in the first stage of love...Romantic Love. Hey I fully understand she/he and you experience the emotions of joy and excitement. The novelty of a new love leads you to think about your partner day and night, imagining all the possibilities of how this person can fulfill your deepest desires. You want to spend every moment of every day with your new partner in the bliss of newly discovered love. At this point (and I am sure each and everyone of you have heard) if it is too good to be true it usually is...but what a great feeling. You have to think about realistic and mature love and how the love of your life coming to the US will be thrown not only into a marriage but a complete different world from their home country.
okay I guess I will get off my soap box but I pray that everyone will step back and let common sense drive their decisions and not let emotions take control.
Elizabeth (my beautiful and wonderful wife) came from Mexico to work in the US on a TN visa. She is an accountant and we met while my company provided accounting consulting services for her company. There was zero conflict of interest when I asked her out to eat after we had known of each other almost a year. That night we sat and talked for over two hours and yes I was hooked (romantic love!). We dated for almost 6 years before I popped the question. Mind you we did not live together and simply dated. September 14th of 2013 we said I Do. I will be the first to say the whole visa process was very hard. Since we applied for a K1 visa she had to give up her TN visa and go back to Mexico City. The great news is she also had a tourist visa so was able to travel from Mexico to the US a number of times while we waited on USCIS as I also traveled from Atlanta to Mexico City a number of times. We made it through those times which made our relationship stronger. Our faith in God has been the foundation of our marriage. We have not waited for times to get bad (too late sometimes) before we try marriage counseling as we are doing that when the times are great. Our church offers a number of marriage seminars and counseling services which we have used. Those services have helped with the day to day life of being married and life itself. We do not have the perfect marriage but we are making every effort to keep our commitment to God until death do us part. Have we had a major disagreement picking out a color of paint when I painted the kitchen??? oh yes! But folks that is everyday life and what a joy it is to share it with your wife. I wanted to share some good news for a change and we will keep each and everyone of you in our prayers.
May God richly bless and keep you.
Elizabeth and John
Put Unemployed. That is what you are. Being a student is not employment. They do not check your financials or care about them for the I-129F petition approval. The G-325A is just for biographical info. You will provide the financials for the K-1 interview, and as long as your consulate accepts co-sponsors and your father is willing to be one, then you should be ok.
It is not a red flag to file the I-129F petition while being a young student and unemployed.
My fiance and I were 19 too and my interview is in a month We had a little work experience, but I don't see why that would be decisive.
Good luck and don't listen to the judgemental people you will have to deal with, only you know the potential of your relationship!
Hi JulMar... I put down my college/University as the employer and full-time student as my occupation. It is basically a job to be a student and then it also becomea clear to the Person looking at your application that you are a student.
Ah, it feels good to see other 20 year olds going for a K-1.
I'm in the exact same situation!
We feel afraid because society judges, but that's not what the consul is supposed to do. We just have to be confident and prove that we won't become a public charge, which you can prove.
Good luck!
It's not a red flag....there are many students that engage in international relationships and desire to marry and live in the US.
Red flag? No.....Great burden on the young couple...Yes
As long as your Embassy accepts cosponsors for K-1 applicants, you're good to go.
