John & Rose

Agreed.  I didn't think it would work in the first place but what may work for State may not work for USCIS.  I am still watching this one.  They are actually paying for AOS so they are not saving money.  They may also get denied for adjustment so the lawyers will also cost them.

I think the date of the marriage will be interesting as they were not “officially” married in the eyes of the state department until after the K-1(?) got to the states and they met again. For AOS the marriage certificate will show the date of the actual ceremony before arriving on the K-1. They are probably going to end up fine but I will bet there will be some head scratching going on at USCIS. 

Agreed.  I didn't think it would work in the first place but what may work for State may not work for USCIS.  I am still watching this one.  They are actually paying for AOS so they are not saving money.  They may also get denied for adjustment so the lawyers will also cost them.

Agreed.  I didn't think it would work in the first place but what may work for State may not work for USCIS.  I am still watching this one.  They are actually paying for AOS so they are not saving money.  They may also get denied for adjustment so the lawyers will also cost them.

I am the one who talked with the couple.  It was allowed because they did meet in person prior to filing and since they did not meet after the wedding they were not "married enough" to prohibit the K-1.  It blew my mind but they are here now and we are all watching to see what AOS will be like.  The State Department may look at things differently than USCIS.  
 
Online marriages were used to allow the US citizen to visit the beneficiary during Covid restrictions.  Those have mostly been lifted so now US citizens can travel to visit the beneficiary.  We don't hear too much about online wedding anymore unless they are military related.

I am the one who talked with the couple.  It was allowed because they did meet in person prior to filing and since they did not meet after the wedding they were not "married enough" to prohibit the K-1.  It blew my mind but they are here now and we are all watching to see what AOS will be like.  The State Department may look at things differently than USCIS.  
 
Online marriages were used to allow the US citizen to visit the beneficiary during Covid restrictions.  Those have mostly been lifted so now US citizens can travel to visit the beneficiary.  We don't hear too much about online wedding anymore unless they are military related.

If someone is accused of being violent (and they're not), then meeting in public is safer for them.  Let somebody record.  That will be proof that no violence has occurred.  Meeting in private allows for false claims of violence to be made with no proof otherwise.
 
Now, if the person is actually violent, then a public meeting does not work in their favor.

You denied her access to her own funds......You can try to rationalize it all you want.  It looks like you were vindictive and you were trying to punish her..it could even be illegal....not a good look.

Ok~ if you want to move to the US on K1 or spousal you will have to meet in person at least once. 
The case I was talking about involved a couple who had met before filing K1 but then married and not met after marriage... 

They absolutely did tell the officer and they even showed the online certificate from Utah. They sent it with the K-1 petition too since they didn’t want it to seem they were not being transparent.  They had an I-130 in process when they cancelled for the K-1 and even disclosed that AND mentioned it to the CO. Their lawyer was adamant about making sure they were overtly transparent during the process. That makes me think the lawyer anticipates AOS questions. 
 
Everyone here is saying the same thing I originally mentioned to them when they decided to take this path. I never expected them to get this far but their lawyer was very confident and accurate to this point. I believe the thought may be that if questioned, they did not consummate until after the K-1 approval and her arrival into the US. So the State Department can use their online wedding date but they were not official married in the eyes of USCIS until after she arrived on her visa. 

Yes they can file but they did meet in person after the zoom wedding. Jo Anna was very pregnant so they wanted the online wedding before the baby was born. He ended up getting out of quarantine the day Polo was born and he was there. 

Thank you for this!  
 
By the way, AJ and Jo Anna are now married. 

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

All I see is "I struck "my filipina" and now she is upset".  The cultural differences are huge and difficult to manage at times.  As difficult as those challenges are, no man should ever strike his partner.  It is interesting that the OP claims the 27 year old is the one who is immature.  If I hit my wife, I would expect her to react the same way.

That is an odd way to describe a spouse, imo.  

Saw the “my Filipina” reference and thought the same thing.
 
To the OP, marriage is a two way street, and having a spouse from a different culture that picked up their life and moved to another country adds more challenges.  I would suggest marriage counseling at this point, as well as more education along cultural differences.
 
Good Luck!

Honestly, sounds like you think of her as a commodity that you are now displeased with.   You feel you didn’t get your money’s worth.
 
We reap what we sow.

100% my thoughts...scammer.  Too many unrealistic things going on in the beneficiaries life...LOL

That is false.  I did two interviews there and most couples used joint sponsors.  I know of hundreds in a K-1 group that were approved with a joint sponsor.  Crapidvisa is clueless and I believe they are confusion joint and co sponsors.
 

Well then, all the overseas Filipinos who believe Marcos Sr. was the greatest president of all time and that Junior's going to start a new Golden Age are free to go get jobs back in the Philippines.

As bad as social media is here in the USA, it is even worse in the Philippines.  Marcos’ re-election is a direct result of a dumbing down of society to the point that millions of sheep will hop onto even the most self-destructive hype train without giving any of it much sincere thought.