bellona

Thanks for all of your advice on this. I never thought I would be in this situation, so this has definitely been a very eye opening experience for me. He had told me that it was very hard to get a visa from there to US, and he suggested we move to Afghanistan, but I was being hard headed and didnt think it could be THAT bad. Unfortunately, I dont have the means to just leave work to take trips out of the country to visit him whenever we want, which is why we were thinking the fiance or marriage visa would be best for us. But, i was ignorant on that it could take a year or longer to even get that approved.

Forgive me if i posted this in the wrong spot....

I am a US citizen and have been dating someone from Afghanistan. We have been discussing marriage and want to start a family. I cannot move there because I was divorced 8 years ago and have a daughter that lives with me from that previous marriage. So, he is willing to move here to be with us, even though all of his family lives in Afghanistan. He has actually never been to the US, but speaks and writes perfect English, and has a Bachelors degree, which hopefully would make him finding a job here so much easier. We have been looking at our options on visas and its been sort of disheartening reading the forums on how long it takes and how some people are getting denied left and right.

So my question is, which is the way to go, that will be more likely on him getting a visa to come here and eventually get his citizenship in the US? We are planning a trip to Dominica in July and have talked about getting married while we are there. But then, we worry that even if we got married, he still might get denied the visa. Is there a bigger chance to get approved if you are married or ???

I guess I just need some answers on the best approach to all of this. We are just looking for suggestions and advice.

Forgive me if i posted this in the wrong spot....

I am a US citizen and have been dating someone from Afghanistan. We have been discussing marriage and want to start a family. I cannot move there because I was divorced 8 years ago and have a daughter that lives with me from that previous marriage. So, he is willing to move here to be with us, even though all of his family lives in Afghanistan. He has actually never been to the US, but speaks and writes perfect English, and has a Bachelors degree, which hopefully would make him finding a job here so much easier. We have been looking at our options on visas and its been sort of disheartening reading the forums on how long it takes and how some people are getting denied left and right.

So my question is, which is the way to go, that will be more likely on him getting a visa to come here and eventually get his citizenship in the US? We are planning a trip to Dominica in July and have talked about getting married while we are there. But then, we worry that even if we got married, he still might get denied the visa. Is there a bigger chance to get approved if you are married or ???

I guess I just need some answers on the best approach to all of this. We are just looking for suggestions and advice.