dhman2006

19 hours ago, Awesome22 said:

so I just called.  the agent gave me a receipt number (which is not working on the uscis website) and also said that the Noa was sent 9/27. 

Which option did you use to get to an agent? Did you call 800-375-5283?

13 minutes ago, Awesome22 said:

Hello 

 

we are preparing to send ours in two weeks.

 this what we have so far

 

photos together and with family&friends from nov 2016 until today is  date. (i don't know if snapchat photos are allow but we have plenty of those🤣)

employer letters ( we work at the same company but different department) Same schedule too. 

tax transcripts from 2016-2018

life insurance from our jobs stating each other as beneficiaries. 

bank statements (joint account) from january 2017 up to date.

copies of our ids and pay stubs showing mutual address.

copy of capital one credit cards me as the owner and husband as authorized user.

copy of tjmaxx cards me as the owner and husband as authorized user.

copy of credit one credit cards husband as the owner and me as the authorized user. 

hotel reciepts from our mini vacation for our 3rd wedding anniversarry. 

 

we don't have a joint utility bills since we're living with my family. (the bills are names under the family who also lives in the house with us.)

we bought a car but it's under my husbands name but we have payment statements stating 

we uses our bank checking account.

 

for phone bills we are also sharing with my family. 

 

what else are we missing? 

That looks more than enough to me. Let's see what others say. 

So I was thinking about doing the wedding in Italy, have our marriage certificate issued by a Italian consulate / religious institution, and applying for CR-1 for my wife.

Now, the question is will that really complicate the overall situation. If my paperwork (marriage certificate, clergies testament etc) will be in Italian / from Italy will the CO in Bangladesh be suspicious? I'd think there'll be less suspicion since there's a lower chance of fake papers from Italy than Bangladesh.

I think you are going to make it unnecessarily complicated. What is your plan? To Bering your fiancé ASAP once she completed her school in 2017?

Instead of all these u would recommend one of the suggestion. Get married in your native country and you can complete any ritual formalities whenever you want but register now. Start the CR1/IR1 process now and keep it simple for you. This is a long process and you will need to send docs to few different parties and you will be asking for trouble/delay if you fail to provide what they want on time.

Do a ceremony in Italy or Vatican or wherever but register in native country and kick off the process early. With IR1/CR1 you can finish it in less than a year if you are proactive and work within the process. Again, you may as there is no certainty with the immigration process.

Best wishes for you. Good luck

Yes, the plan is to bring my fiance here as soon as her school is over.

I think I sort of like your plan. What do you think about doing the wedding at Bangladesh Embassy in Italy. The problem with me going to Bangladesh is that it will take at least 3-4 days for the back and forth travel and I only have 5 days of vacation left after taking a month long vacation this year already. Do you think it'll complicate the process?

You can get married wherever you want.

No having secret clearance doesn't help you.

So if we get married in Italy, will we need documents from Italy or from Bangladesh? Also if we get the documents in Italy will they be accepted by USCIS?

It is my understanding it can take up to 12 months to get your green card after marriage plus more money. If it was me knowing what I know now, I would get civilly married as soon as possible. (You can still have your religous celebration in February, 2017) Then I would start the CR1/IR1 14-18 months before she wants to come to the USA. Then she will have her green card as soon as she get here. BONUS: If you have been married for two years upon her entry, she will have a ten years instead of two years on her visa.

Would it be ok if we get married outside of the country? We are planning on visiting Italy this September since her dad lives there. Would it be ok if we got married there and send appropriate documents to USCIS/ NVC while applying for an IR1? Or will that complicate the situation since none of us are Italian citizen (I'm a US citizen and she's a Bangladeshi citizen). Does having a secret clearance for my employment eases the situation?

It was mentioned on another thread that Muslim parents would not allow a daughter to travel un wed.

There is a R visa but probably not relevant.

We are both Buddhist and her parents are ok with it as far as I know.

~~moved from K1 process and procedures to what visa do I need as OP is debating visa paths~~

There is no R-1 visa. It is an IR1 or a CR1 depending on the length of marriage when the beneficiary enters the USA (referred to as POE.)

Don't do a K1 visa until you plan to be married. So file it in about a year because they traditionally only take 6-10 months from start to finish (filing the petition to visa.) You need to be married with 90 days of the beneficiary entering the USA but they normally have 6 months from the medical date in which to enter the USA.

The risk of the K1 doesn't come from the visa, it comes from the fact that the beneficiary doesn't have many rights upon entry to the USA. They need to adjust their status after marriage and until that goes through, they do not have a green card.

Hello,

Thanks for your prompt response. I really appreciate it. So in terms of getting the visa, K1 isn't really riskier compared to IR1/CR1 as long as I have enough evidence to support our relationship?

Also we need to get married upon entry into the US and apply for AOS, is that correct? Also will she be able to get SSN upon entry because as far as I know in order to get married in Massachusetts we need to apply for a marriage license which requires SSN from both parties.

~~moved from K1 process and procedures to what visa do I need as OP is debating visa paths~~

There is no R-1 visa. It is an IR1 or a CR1 depending on the length of marriage when the beneficiary enters the USA (referred to as POE.)

Don't do a K1 visa until you plan to be married. So file it in about a year because they traditionally only take 6-10 months from start to finish (filing the petition to visa.) You need to be married with 90 days of the beneficiary entering the USA but they normally have 6 months from the medical date in which to enter the USA.

The risk of the K1 doesn't come from the visa, it comes from the fact that the beneficiary doesn't have many rights upon entry to the USA. They need to adjust their status after marriage and until that goes through, they do not have a green card.

Also what is the average time to acquire green card upon marriage and change of status?

I'm new to this type of immigration related thing. So I'd really appreciate if someone can give me some direction / suggestion regarding my situation. So here's my story:

I recently got engaged overseas (Bangladesh), but we won't get married til February of 2017 as my fiance won't finish her med school til then. As soon as she's done we want to start living together by bringing her here. From what I understand the best options are R-1, K3, and K1.

Now, I've never heard a Bangladeshi couple filing for K-1 and not sure what the usual success rate is for a K-1 visa. I have read online that K-1 is a little "riskier" than conventional R-1 or K-3 visas. What is the validity of that information?

From what I've read K-1 is usually the fastest taking somewhere between 6-10 months, R-1/ K-3 take somewhere between 12-18 months. Now, my questions are:

1) How risky is K1? Should I be moving forward with a K1 visa application if we don't want to get married for 2 more years?

2) If K1 is indeed riskier than K3 or R1, should we get married by December of this year? So basically we forget about K1 and move forward with R1/K3.

So basically all I want is bring her here as soon as she's done with school in February of 2017 and I am wondering given my situation what the best option would be?