DeepakChani

12 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

K1 is faster but more expensive and there's a period where they cannot work or travel

Thanks for your quick response. How long is this period? From what I read, it is approximately 90 days after your 485 is filed, is this correct? 

Hello. I am a USC based in the Bay Area, California. I want to marry a Canadian Citizen and am looking for the best risk-free and fastest solution for her to come here to the states. Is it better to marry in Canada and then do I130 to bring her to America or is it better to wait and file for k-1 and have her come and then marry and then to AoS? At the end of the day we want to live here in the Bay Area after marriage. What's the best option based on hte  current environment? Thanks!

Thank you! Did they ask any questions after you submitted the letter regarding the housing situation? 

I currently live with my family (My father and mother own the house and I am their child). I will be getting married to a F1 visa holder (bona fide marriage) and doing AoS. I want to know what proof of cohabitation can we prove (from a living standpoint) being that my father own the home and my spouse and I will be living in it after marriage? I want to know what proof would suffice to establish that we both will be living at my dad's house? 

Just now, KierenHby said:

Are you on F1 or USC?  Please keep to one perspective; posts are confusing. 

 

Haha sorry about that. I am a USC but my spouse to be is a F1.She has access to this account as well and posts questions too. That is why it looks confusing.

13 minutes ago, DrEllaNJ said:

If you're not concerned about working ASAP after your marriage and are only filing OPT to remain in status (you're talking about 150 days of unemployment), you should skip the OPT altogether and just wait for filing for AOS immediately after the wedding (or at least as soon as you get your marriage certificate). I can understand why being out of status makes you feel vulnerable, but it's perfectly fine (as long as you don't travel abroad or start working illegally). You will probably even file within your 60-day grace period, which means that you're then still legally present and will be adjusting from a legal status.

I wouldn't be too keen on making USCIS understand this is an arranged marriage - I'm not saying it's not bona fide, but they may get that impression. You want to make sure they understand you're not marrying to get the GC benefit.

For the record, I didn't live with my spouse until our wedding either. I moved from a different state, right after our wedding, and USCIS never asked anything about that.

 

Thanks for sharing your experience with me. I am brand new to all this so hearing your success story really helps bring confidence. In terms of AoS filing and all of that I am looking to hire a lawyer to handle all the different intricacies of the process. Did you guys use a lawyer? If so, what should I be aware of?  

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Marry now and adjust asap, problems solved.

I wish it was that easy. Being indian, we are getting a arranged marriage and we cannot cohabitate until I graduate since I am in Michigan and he is in California. Only after religious ceremony is held ( a week or two after my graduation), can I live with my USC spouse. I just want USCIS to understand the sitation that this is arranged marriage and that reason for me being in Michigan is to finish my studies and move to California after marriage. We plan to file for AoS  (concurrently) after the religious ceremony. Do you think this is the best route? 

2 minutes ago, DrEllaNJ said:

yes. But that way you can't start working until the 60th day after graduation. Your international office should be able to help you with this.

That is fine . Main reason is I plan to get married right after my graduation to a USC (bona fide marraige) and we need some time (150 days from f1 grace period and 90 day OPT unemployment rule) to file for AoS. I do not want to run into being out of status knowing we are in a Trump administration. What are your thoughts on this? WIll this be looked down upon by USCIS? 

Hello. I am on F1 Visa and Will be graduating in August. I had a question regarding OPT filing and how I can choose my start date of my OPT . I realize that in August, I will graduate and have 60 days beyond that to be in-status. Is it possible for me to choose a start date of the OPT on the 60th day of the 60 days? This way I can get more time to find a job and get an additional 90 days (90 day unemployment OPT rule) beyond the 60 days for a total of 150 days after graduation to be in-status? Is this possible? I want to extend the time looking for a job (planning for worst case).

Hello. I am planning to marry a girl on F1 student visa who lives on the East Coast. I currently live on the West Coast with my family and am a USC. In my culture it is not customary for the wife to live with the husband and his family until the religious ceremony is pperformed. Being that she is on student visa, we want to get the court marriage done as soon as possible but hold the rreligious ceremony in December after she graduates. I want to file for AoS for her after court marriage but want to know what proof I can show proving bona fide marriage being that we wont be living together until December (after religious ceremony). Any advice would be helpful.   

17 minutes ago, Cheezees said:

Why not have a courthouse wedding now, file for AOS, and later have the wedding of your dreams. Then the issue of being out of status goes away.

Smart idea! Question on that: Will having a courthouse wedding first without any ceremonial wedding cause any suspicion to USCIS of a sham marriage? I feel like having wedding photos sent with the 485 application would strengthen my claims of a bona-fide marriage. 

Thank You. Also  I have read that if you are a USC (which I am), over stay spouses can still do AOS without any issues. Is this true? 

Hello. I am a USC and met a girl who is here studying on her student visa (F1). She will be graduating in August 2017 and know that F1 status is valid 60 days after she finishes school. I will be marrying her later this year and doing AoS but don't want to run into the issue of her F1 being out of status as we await for AoS. When will she be considered valid to remain in the US awaiting AoS , in the case her F1 does expire? Is it when the form I 1485 is submitted? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.