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We just got our I-30 approval notice on March 22nd!!!! Our priority date was May 21st, 2020, so about 10 months exactly. I'm wishing everyone else a speedy approval!

We filed on May 18th (paper; not online). We haven't heard anything since the NOA1 😕

@RJandHamid Thanks so much for the good information! I've been planning on using a co-sponsor but I would love to work in Morocco if possible. Do you know what any of these online jobs were and how they got involved with them?

I'm thinking about moving to Morocco for a year this fall where my boyfriend lives but I'm still undecided. I'm visiting this June for 3 weeks and I obviously wont make a decision until that happens. If I do go through with it, we plan on getting married when I move there and applying for the CR-1 visa. 

A few questions...

-Would me moving there for a year greatly improve our chances of getting approved? (assuming the other requirements are met). 

-Could we begin the process while I'm still in Morocco?

Has anyone on here done this before? It's a big decision, but it seems like the best option right now. I'm at a place in my life where this is possible but I don't know if that'll be the case in the future. I can't really afford to make multiple visits and I know that's important for this process...plus my boyfriend and I have been together for two years now and we're at the point that we just want to be together, wherever that might be. However, I am worried that I'm being naive about how different life in Morocco would be. When I visit there this summer I'll get to see what it's like but I know that visiting there and living there are two different things. I'm working, so I would save up money and my boyfriend has a job as well so we wouldn't be completely broke but I'm still expecting less luxury than America. If anyone has done this before, please please share your experiences!! 

Yes, I definitely will get to know him in person. I won't start the process until December on my second visit and that's assuming that everything goes well. I'm just the type of person that likes to plan ahead...especially with a process as big as this one. 

@AfricanQ Thank you for the good advice. I will make sure to print out proof of the things we already have from your list and do the ones that we don't. 

Firstly, I know that the approval depends on a lot of factors and it's hard to tell me directly but I'd just like some opinions of people that have been through this. After reading advice from others on here, I think it would be best to go with the CR-1 Visa. My boyfriend lives in Morocco and I'm visiting him for the first time in June. My plan is to stay there for 3 weeks this time and then go for a second time in December, stay a month that time, and get married that time. I wanted to mention some other things...

-We have proof that we've been together and texting/video-chatting nearly everyday for two years

-I have proof that I text his sister often and that he texts my mom occasionally

-We don't really have an age difference. He's 5 years older than me

-His English is pretty good and is constantly getting better. I only use google translate for a specific word here and there

I don't know if these things mean anything but I hope so. I know that two visits isn't a lot but I hope the fact that I'm staying for a long-ish amount of time and the things I mentioned above will help? 

Also, can anyone else that has married someone from Morocco tell me how they managed to stay together? I've heard that Morocco has a policy against unmarried couples staying together, but my boyfriend said that some places (specifically apartments) don't care as much. I'm thinking about renting an apartment through airbnb and checking with the owner beforehand to see if it's okay or not. Does anyone else have a better idea? I want to see my boyfriend as much as possible but I also don't want to break the law. 

Thank you for the great answers everyone. After reading these replies it seems like getting married on the first trip there wouldn't be a great idea, and people are recommending making several visits there. The only problem is that I'm young still, in school, etc. However I think I can make at least two visits happen in 2019. For the first one, I'm planning to stay close to a month, and for the second one I would stay close to a month as well. Is it best to plan to get married on the second visit and then start the visa process? Or would they still view that as being fraudulent? I have proof that we've been texting and video-chatting nearly everyday for two years but I don't know if that means anything to them? I don't believe that they would find any red flags with us besides the number of visits. Not really an age difference (he's 5 years older than me) and we don't have the same ethnic/religious background but neither of us are that religious. 

Also, does anyone know what I would need to do to get married in Morocco or know how I can find out that information? 

I'm visiting my boyfriend in Morocco pretty soon and I'd like to get this whole process started. I noticed that the K1 Visa and the Spousal Visa have different income requirements, with the spousal visa having slightly higher requirements. This bothers me because I'd like to get married to him as soon as possible and just marry him in Morocco, but I don't want to have to meet higher requirements and make it harder on myself because I'm already worried about the financial piece. Does anyone know if it would make that much of a difference? I also heard that the spousal visa takes longer, is that true? 

Also, my boyfriend isn't clear on some information, like his fathers exact birth date and etc (he's passed away now). I've noticed this is fairly common in Morocco since birthdays don't seem to be as important as they are here. Does anyone know if this will be a problem though? Is it okay to make an educated guess? 

Finally, if anyone has any good tips for when I travel there, please let me know! It would be greatly appreciated. I know that we should take pictures together and things like that to prove our relationship but what else should we do? Thank you so much everyone. 

My boyfriend and I meet almost all of the k1 visa requirements. The only one I'm concerned about is the income requirement. I'm young and have never worked yet, but I plan to soon. My mom is willing to be a co sponsor but she's on disability, does that matter? Even with her disability, she's pretty close to the minimum. She has some equity in the house and some money in the bank, though. I'm going to speak to a professional but can anyone tell me what they think of the situation? Is using my mom a bad choice? I'll wait until I have a stable income if I have to, but i'd hate to wait that long.