Eric&Tasha

Congratulations to the Noa2's. I hope all of us is going to get ours soon

Our case is stuck right now in expeditionland. We got a messege telling us that we need to send them more information if they where going to expedite our case. So right now we are waiting for those papers *sighs* A part of me is thinking that maybe we could have had our Noa2 if we hadn't ask for them to expedite our case.

Congrats! And wishing to everybody a very soon approval.

Yes of course, that will be great. Very nice to meet you. I live here in Houston, Texas. I must say that I have learned so much about immigration processes and I have a newly found respect for those that have endured this process. Our hearts do not care about race or culture or another country. It's amazing how love finds us in the not so obvious places. I'm excited and I'm so glad to have true love!

Drop me a line anytime, please. I see we are in Texas, Houston you and Dallas me, maybe once our fiances are in Texas, we can meet in person. I am excited about the whole process and this wonderful possibility to fall in love with the person, not a skin color or country. The long distance love is not easy, here trying to keep it and take it to the happy end. Good luck to you too!

Tasha

Hi,

We have the same NOA1 date on January 28th. The latest approved application that I have seen on Igor's List is January 14th so we are getting closer. I'm so appreciative that we are being processed at the California Service Center and it's good to see the applications that are steadily being approved each week. I just enjoy seeing our number in the list going decreasing each day, which means more and more applications are being approved and then we're are next. I think it is very important at this time to make all the necessary preparations with your home and to look into what type of employment your soon to be spouse may be interested in once he/she is approved to work. This website's forums are phenomenal and very informative, so you can also read them and be knowledgeable of next steps in the process after the application is approved. Best of Luck and enjoy the journey!

Thank very much, I am excited to share our NOA1 date and you are right, we are moving forward. May I add you as a friend? This way I can remember and see how your process is going. And I am an American woman by the way.

Tasha

Thanks.

Here also January and NOA1 on January 28, I wish it goes faster

Tasha

America: Love It or Leave It!

Nobody is forcing you to come or stay here.

We just got our NOA2!!

Cool! Congratulations!

Hi January Filers!!! I just checked my USCIS Case Tracker, My Case was Approved on February 18, 2016!!!! I am Super Excited!!! I'm hoping and praying that I'm the first approval of many more to come...

Congratulations!

I am 64 and my fiance 33, I hope everything works well, we love each other.

Tasha

Wow, am I the only petitioner who fell in love with an older woman?

I am older and my fiance is much younger than me, 30 years difference, it was very hard for me to accept him yet we are still together and trying to make it for life, ... i hope

You're implying that's it's ok to come here knowing that this is the plan....it's not. Additionally,there is no 60 90 day rule, that's false despite what you think. This is fraud...everything you're implying. Don't give out this advice.

I am NOT implying anything, read what I said. It is not a fraud. The people can have a tourist visa, the people can plan to go to K1 visa process in their country, the people can go to visit without even thinking to marry on tourist visa and the people can suddenly change their mind, marry and stay in US to adjust a status. Not a crime, not a fraud, it's life and the Immigration allows this. Period.

The OP has already stated that they want to get married. So coming here on a tourist visa and then getting married is fraud.

No. It's not a fraud. He can go to visit her with intention to visit and not getting married yet to change his mind staying with her over 60-90 days. people has the right to change their minds and the Immigration recognize that. Time changes situations and people, could be health, relatives influence, pregnancy, much more emotional attachment etc. Not a fraud at all.

I met my boyfriend through a chat forum 3 years ago. We actually were friendstill all that time and started dating a month ago. He wants to move here and I want him to move here too so that we can get married. I didn't realize all the regulations and paperwork you have to go through in order to move to the United States from New Zealand. Can anyone help me? Is there anyway he can just fly here with his passaport and we can get married? Or do we have to go through all the paperwork first? What are some things I can expect? Is there a long waiting list? He does not have a criminal record or even a traffic ticket.

I he comes to visit you as a tourist, you can get married in US and go through all immigration process inside the US. It is not a fraud if he comes to visit and then he changes his mind deciding to marry you, it's not a fraud to apply for a green card without leaving his wife an US. There is some 60-90 days rule, like you cannot change your mind and marry too fast but after 60-90 days it's OK. By the way, going through immigration process from tourist visa to green card inside of US is much more easy even if it takes time. Good luck!

I would say you need to go and to see by yourself if you do love her. Long distance, mixed marriage, immigration, many of us have 2nd thoughts, go, do not rush the marriage, talk to her, you will see if you really wish to marry her or not, the same she. It's also possible you would regret not marrying her if there is the real love. Use your mind and listen your heart, don't lose your visa and going there, do not rush the marriage. Talking and being honest it's also good.

Tasha

He will be able to travel once he receives his advanced parole and he will get it in a combo card with his work authorization. The EAD/AP combo card will arrive in about 3 months after filing for AOS. His green card will take much much longer than 3 months to receive.

He needs to bring a copy of the EAD/AP combo card upon his return to the US. It would probably be best to also carry a copy of his marriage certificate and AOS receipt notice.

True. and the best way to travel is with Green Card in hand.

and, of course, we both wish to have the K1 visa approved right away as everybody else, faster to be together and less spending, now I feel like I am paying 2 places to live, US and Ghana, not easy

If you check people's timeline you can see where they are at in the process.

Click on timeline in their profile.

No, they still have a pending petition.

True. We are waiting for NOA2 but I do not worry, probably we will be approved as we have lots of time together and all docs well and, even if there is a delay, I am willing to live with him in Ghana and wait or marry him and do the spouse visa, everything for to be together and it will work. The most important, I think, it's keeping the relationship going, long distance and mixed relationship freaks people out, not easy to understand each other and wait but we decided to go forward, not worrying about our personal differences, anyway we cannot live without each other

Thank you for the help!

Where is your fiancé from ?

Nigerian living in Ghana

and ouch, it's a lot of spending, lol! But it's the best spending we ever had and willing to spend again.

I understand that we are seeing each other often too because it's so hard being apart.

True. For us it's hard to be apart, for the CO additional evidence. It's life.

unfortunately that's not always enough.

Of course, visiting, keeping a very close communication, family, friends, all time spent together, we all need to put the effort for to be with the fiance(e), effort from both, it's mostly for the couple yet it's an evidence for the CO. Age or no age, seeing each other just once and 2 years ago doesn't convince anybody, even ourselves.

I did travel 3 times in the last 5 months and I plan to go again very soon, his interview ... I will be there too. And when I traveled, I didn't know it's necessary as an evidence, it was necessary for both of us, missing each other

The embassy has a fraud sheet and it indicates a large age gap as a fraud indicator among other things and that is why they look deeper into the relationship.

The burden of proof rests with the couple to convince the CO that they are bona fide, no matter what the couple themselves think about their

age difference. After all, it is the CO that will either approve or refuse the visa, who else thinks what is irrelevant.

Yes, confidence does shine through with other quality evidence.

Thank you. I think if there is the real relationship and both are really genuine, apart of all evidence, it does help a lot. I wouldn't go to the official interview with some doubts in my mind, it's a big step, mixed marriage for anybody, better first to be very sure about it.

It's not because it's a red flag for the couple. It's is considered a red flag for the embassy where the interview will be at. There just need to be more focus on the interview and more strong evidence especially if it's a hard embassy to get through.

I understand that. What I was trying to say it's if both have no doubts, no worries about their own genuine relationship, they both will answer all many and hard questions with real genuine answers which show the real couple to any embassy officer

Age difference? I think it's not a red flag at all, it could be more questions why and how did it happen? In our case we have a very big age difference, 30 years and I am older. The age difference was a big issue for both of us before to start dating, before to decide to marry each other, before applying for K1 visa, we both had so many doubts and so many times we said to each other the same, I do not believe you, again and again and on and off, both running away so many times and both always getting back to each other with more love than before. It was a red flag for both of us, it was until we both felt we cannot live without each other and we won't fight our own feelings anymore, we cannot stop loving each other and ...

after understanding each other and getting so close together ... Now, it's no red flags at all! Anybody can ask questions, anybody can doubt but not us, we are sure we wish to spend all our life together, whatever time we have is God and Destiny are giving us such a wonderful Gift! After understanding this, believe me it was not easy at all, we both decided to apply for K1 visa, no doubts, no age difference anymore, he is a man, I am a woman ... in love and we wish to be married, to be together

If you, this Topic Starter, get to the same point, you won't even ask about some red flags, just do whatever needs to be done to keep your love and to build your future together. Good luck to you and to everybody and to any age!

Tasha

Thank God i got my K1 visa in Lagos last week

Congratulations! and Welcome to Texas!