Yarem

Thank you, I will check them out right away!

Hello

Thank you very much for your help. Yes I will pay the USCIS fee, and I will apply for my spouse once I am over there. Thank you so much!!

Hello,

I got my DV visa in February and it expires on July 27. I was planning to travel to the USA somewhere around mid-july. But I don't know what are the steps to take here and after I land in the USA. Will I have to file anything to adjust my status? I'm also about to get married so I can apply for my spouse using the I-130 form.

What are the documents that I will have to take with me and where should I go? I saw that there were a lot of forms like the I-485 with a huge fee. Does it apply to me?
If there is something I have to do now or get ready for, please let me know ASAP before it's too late!

Please help. I don't know what to do.

I am the principal immigrant and I was hoping to get married to my fiancé before leaving so that I can apply for him once there. I know it will take years for him to become an immigrant, but I was hoping to get started with the procedure as soon as I could without having to come back and get married.

One of the papers required for a DV interview is a proof of your status: marriage contract, celibacy certificates, divorce certificates, etc...
I don't know, maybe they do a background check at your arrival? XD I'm preparing for all scenarios.

Oh, I didn't think about the change of name either, I don't think we do that in this country but I'll investigate further.
For the DV lottery I checked Single on the form, then for the interview I had to bring proof of marital status or celibacy in my case. Even in my Visa it says Single because of that celibacy thingy.
We will have no problem proving our relationship is real, I just hope I can find a way to apply for him once there without having to make another expensive round-trip.

The package I'll be showing at the POE contains a celibacy certificate that I requested for the interview. I guess I am worried about nothing, I just wanted to see if other people did it before and what happened with them.

I do, he is doing his PHD here anyway so he can't move right now so it's all good.
Okay, suppose I get married in the next 5 months, won't I need to notify anyone or ask to change my marital status on my papers?

Yeah I know we could have gotten married before the interview, but I only found out about the appointment around 2 weeks before so even if we tried we couldn't have made it for the interview time. This leaves me with the only remaining option, which is to petition for him once there... But a lot of people have been telling me not to get married before activating LPR and that it would disqualify me because my papers say "Single". Leaving and then coming back to get married is a ton of money considering I'm in North Africa right now and a student.

Hello everyone, I was hoping to get an answer on here after desperately searching the entire internet in vain.

I have just received my DV Visa and I have about 5 weeks before I leave to activate my LPR and receive my GC.

I am single but I wonder if I can get married in order to file a petition for my fiancé (we've been together for over 4 years) once I receive the GC. It takes about 2 years for an LPR's spouse to get an immigrant visa, but if I leave now as single and come back to get married it would cost a lot of money and it would make the process much, much longer.

My question is, can a person get married before leaving to the US for the first time to activate LPR or would it deny them entry to the US at the POE??

Help me please, I don't know what to do.