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5 hours ago, Yogi Yogi said:

I am also in a same situation waiting to get married to my fiance in India. Waiting from more than one year since Dec 2019. When your fiance will return to USA ? 

Around April 2021  

3 hours ago, Diane and Chris said:

Will you two apply for the K-1 Visa when you meet up again?  That’s when the real wait begins. Best of luck to the two of you. 

We don't know yet. He'll be in Europe for a while so I think we'll start doing it once he's back to the US.

9 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

My wife and I were apart for 13 months in pre-Covid times.  Separation is the norm for the immigration process.  It isn't fun, but it won't kill you.  Keep busy, and continue to stay in contact.

Thank you, that's so true. 

Hi guys! How are you dealing with your long distance with covid? Me and my boyfriend have been apart for a year already and I am feeling so drained, he's also in the military so I guess it gets a little more complicated. 😢  Hopefully we'll be able to reunite soon and all of this mess will come to an end.

On 8/22/2020 at 3:10 AM, Dav88 said:

Travel to Hong kong. A lawyer can marry u for 1900 hong kong dollars ...250 usd. They can get u a license in less than 30 days then u travel there and get married in a few minutes in a nice decorated place or anywhere like beach or restaurant for extra money. U can evem bring guests

 

http://www.hkm.mobi/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4f35BRDBARIsAPePBHxD87gQ52_nMAptWRGKqp9aajOnRWr9z8mrLrw8W447ABG5vTAmq3EaAuBJEALw_wcB

We decided to wait if and when the situation will improve a little, he cannot go anywhere because of the military and I don't feel okay spending 14 days out of Schengen, my option was Croatia as I am super close since I am from Italy but now it's a mess.

Let's just hope some good news will come soon. 🤗

26 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

All those things you read about proxy weddings not be a good thing is true.  Don't do it.  

Yeah I was not reading good things about it 😅  seemed too good to be true 

16 hours ago, HRQX said:

Only if they consummate the marriage after the marriage occurs. Cannot file before proxy marriage is consummated. See INA 101(a)(35): "The term "spouse", "wife", or "husband" do not include a spouse, wife, or husband by reason of any marriage ceremony where the contracting parties thereto are not physically present in the presence of each other, unless the marriage shall have been consummated."

See above info of proxy marriage from the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Oh thank you! So with proxy I am allowed to travel from a Schengen country, we just need to "consummate" the marriage once together.

On 8/12/2020 at 2:50 PM, LauraLozano said:

I honestly haven’t read all 96 comments but would like to share what I saw at the airport. 

I flew to the US to activate my green card and a guy got denied boarding cause of a K-1 visa. At the moment you HAVE to be married to even be allowed to enter the US. So a K-1 wouldn’t make sense. 

 

Im a mil spouse myself and would recommend you to get married somewhere else which sadly isnt currently easy. I’ve heard (!! Don’t know if it’s true) that some foreign born spouses did proxy weddings with their mil spouse even not being mil to mil, maybe an option to look into in this current time. 

Thank you ! I will try to get more info about that proxy wedding, I did not read many good thing about it... 

1 hour ago, Xia Angela said:

Depends on his branch,DoD already lifted the travel restriction for service member to travel outside US but it's getting hard to get approval for leave and yes no third countries are allow for active duty. My F in the army,now for him tp request leave outside US the approval goes to General which is nuts 🤐

He's army too, but yeah I already know they will never approve it  

7 minutes ago, Juliet57 said:

I would take into account the timelines in your countrys embassy to decide.

I live in Italy, so k1 in normal times does not take that long from what I saw...

23 minutes ago, HRQX said:

Yup, it has worked with ESTA:

 

I was actually thinking of Croatia  Thank you so much!

41 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Hello,

 

As I see it, the only real benefit for the the K1 is if you have not spent much time together and the 90 days allows you a chance to see if marriage is right for the two of you.  Or if it's the only reasonable way to obtain a visa for the US.

 

But if you are from the EU or another VWP country, then it's better just to visit and live with your fiance for a length of time, before deciding on marriage.

 

Also, if you are in the EU right now, there are ways to still travel to the US.  I believe you can spend 2 weeks in Serbia or Croatia, then you are allowed to travel (as long as you do not transit through an EU country).  That will allow you to go to the US, marry, then return to wait for the CR1 approval.  And you can still visit him by doing the same thing (via Serbia/Croatia).  But I realize this takes time away from work and may be costly (2 additional weeks of travel expenses).

 

I was actually thinking about that too, spending 14 days away and then go see him, this can be an option I guess  

3 minutes ago, Cheburashka34 said:

I just decided to go with K1 since I can't go marry my fiance right now and with work its much harder trying to line up vacation time during all of this and find a place that will marry us.(In Russia we would have to apply and then wait 30 days to even be able to pick a date!) I figured as long as he can come here by sometime next year then at least we will be together even if we have to wait longer on some things to process.

In italy same, they told me it takes about a month to get married and that's something impossible for him. What a terrible situation, months ago I thought it would get over by summer  

28 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Is there a third country where you two can meet and have a destination wedding?

 

I agree with others that during these unpredictable times, a spouse visa appears much more secure. K1s are not considered mission critical and therefore not being processed at all in many embassies. Especially in countries with currently travel bans in place. The travel bans to the US only exempt spouses, not Fiancés.

 

The lower priority will more likely than not increase overall processing times, eliminating the only significant benefit of K1 vs. spouse visa.

 

With USCIS processing within the US becoming more and more of a headache (have you heard of form I-944 which must be filled out if you file adjustment of status from within the US?), furloughs hanging above the heads of 70% of USCIS staff, any timeline predictions for EAD, AP, Greencard are impossible. Sitting in the US without a drivers license, ineligible to work etc etc makes any adjustment/settling down a challenge by itself.

 

In the end it’s up to you - if all those seem acceptable for you in favor to secure a spot in line rather sooner than later, the K1 might still be your best bet.

Spouse visa has for sure a lot more benefits than K1. I think the military won't let him go to a third country which makes it harder  

6 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

As long as you're okay with living with the restrictions of the K-1 once you get here, that's kind of why I'd say go ahead and file if you've already done enough that approval is likely.

If you can't meet (but already have), you might as well let USCIS do as much processing as they can while you're waiting.

I was in the US with him in March, then Europe started closing borders and I had to rush back home, at least we got to meet  

1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

Agree......The K-1s seem to be even more disadvantaged under the current situation as spousal visas are deemed "mission critical".....

Only thing is that my fiancé is in the military so I cannot go to the US to get married because of the travel ban (and then apply for the spousal visa) and it's even harder for him to come to Europe. It's such a mess  

Do you think it is still a good plan to file for K1 during these times or just wait for the situation to improve? 

Hi!

I am currently working in Poland but planning to go back to my home country ( Italy) in a few months. For the I-129, is it okay if I put my physical address the one in Poland, where I live at the moment, as mailing address the one in Italy where I will be and as embassy Naples?

Is it a problem if I move country after filling or just wait until I am home? 

Thank you. 

38 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Just being an EU citizen does not give Warsaw jurisdiction,  but living and working does (or it should)  

Thank you! I will get my temporary residence, so it should be fine, in case I guess I'll just fly back to Italy.

Hi, I am getting super confused, I am italian but living and working in Poland, I just want to make sure I can go to the Embassy in Warsaw instead of flying back to Italy.

Do I need to have a permanent residence or even temporary is fine ? Since I am EU citizen...

Thank you! 

Hello everyone!

I need some help, I am Italian and currently living and working in Poland (less than a year for now), am I required to present the italian and polish police check? My residence is still in Italy.

And also,  for the interview in my case, will it be done in an american embassy in Italy or Poland??

Thank you in advance for your help.

I am Italian and my fiance is in the us army stationed here, we want to get married, what are the things to do so I can follow him when he has to leave?? 

My fiancee decided to break up with me, all in a sudden, the day before he was normal and then surprise.

I can't believe he came to Italy and proposed to me, celebrated with my family and then he left me. We were so close to finally be together.

Yes you can say you are visiting your girlfriend, you don't need to tell them you are getting married, because you are going home!

The only problem is when people visit on a tourist visa and want to stay.

This is not your problem!

Congratulations for the wedding!

5 minutes was about how long it took to get the license. Because I was a resident of the county (my then-finacee technically was not yet), we had to wait which was OK because we had planned on getting married 2 weeks later. If we had gone 1/2 hour North to a different county to get it, we could have had a 'destination' wedding on the same day!

I know Colombia has (or maybe had?) a 10 day wait/public notice period before getting married. I remember walking by Churches there and seeing pages of notices of upcoming weddings posted outside the doors to meet the notice requirements.

In Italy is the same, you wait 8 days (public) plus other 3 days!