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Hello fellow users!

My fiancé and I are done preparing all the necessary documents for our I-129F petition the only thing we have left is to figure out how to pay the petition fee. I'm living in France. I can't do a Western Union money order to the USDHS because I must provide an actual name of a person cashing it in on the other side.

Anyone else have this problem??

The nearest USCIS office in Rome is not very helpful and we keep being circulated on switchboards. USCIS in Rome finally said to send a Western Union money order but the Western Union in France rejected it for the above reason. Apparently, I can't even do an international money transfer because the US won't accept them (so the clerk at Western Union told me)

HELP!!!!

Thank you!!!

When your fiancé enters the US on a K-1 visa and you two get married, you file for AOS and EAD and AP. EAD is a work permit so he can work before he gets his greencard, and AP is so he can travel outside the US if he wishes to. It takes about 90 days to get those two, you don't have to wait until the AOS (green card) is approved (which can take up to a year or longer).

thank you for your response. do you know if he's able to go to school on a fiancé visa? i've heard that he needs a SSN before being able to go to school so that would mean applying for the EAD, right?

thanks again

I am filing from France too for an IR-1 visa. Our case is really simple, married for 6 years, 2 kids, always lived together and very much in love :-). We filed beginning of August and the process is taking much more time compared to what we had planned. It's going to take about 9-10 months instead of 5-6 months. I would recommend to have a quick planned civil wedding at the Mairie in France not Bulgaria (your file needs to be as easy as possible for paperwork), plan the wedding you want in the US. there were a few cases of people who entered the US with a fiancé visa and who had an emergency situation back home. They went back home without any approval and got stuck (I think). So if you Have the wedding here in France plan 9-10 months for the visa process from the moment you file. You won't be in the US in the fall... Sorry! Good luck

thank you so much!! this is very helpful. i thought we we're cutting it short for our timeline but this does help. what part of france do you live in? i'm in the south in Aix.

Hello! I'm hoping someone can give some good advice.

Here's the situation:

My boyfriend and I (US citizen) are in France. He's Bulgarian. We're engaged and want to move to New York in the Fall 2016- me for work and he for school & work.

We're trying to decide which will be the better option: get married in France before going to the states of going on a fiancé visa and getting married there.

I've been reading the fiancé visa takes less time but a friend who recently did the same thing said the only thing was her husband wasn't able to leave the states until he had a status change and it took about a year. Everything worked out for them. He had no reason or emergency to have to leave the country but I don't want my fiancé to take the risk.

It seems that regardless of which option we decide, we should start the petition soon as it takes the longest. I just want to know if i should bother planning a wedding in the near future or should we wait.

Thank you!!!!!!

Well if you want to move in the fall K1 is your best bet time wise. Cr1 takes about a year. But with that said there is no guarantee that your fiancé will have visa in hand by the time you want to move. If you chose K1 he can't work when he arrives so make sure you have enough money to support you both. If you chose CR1 he can start working immediately. How long have you been in France?

thank you for your advice! i've been living in France for about 6 years. IS CR1 the same thing as K3?

Hello! I'm hoping someone can give some good advice.

Here's the situation:

My boyfriend and I (US citizen) are in France. He's Bulgarian. We're engaged and want to move to New York in the Fall 2016- me for work and he for school & work.

We're trying to decide which will be the better option: get married in France before going to the states of going on a fiancé visa and getting married there.

I've been reading the fiancé visa takes less time but a friend who recently did the same thing said the only thing was her husband wasn't able to leave the states until he had a status change and it took about a year. Everything worked out for them. He had no reason or emergency to have to leave the country but I don't want my fiancé to take the risk.

It seems that regardless of which option we decide, we should start the petition soon as it takes the longest. I just want to know if i should bother planning a wedding in the near future or should we wait.

Thank you!!!!!!