Jenane

29 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Is there one baby or two?

one baby. If we do the CR1 visa, she will definitely bring her on 2nd visit. 

On 10/19/2018 at 12:22 AM, Jorgedig said:

Yes, dating and marrying someone overseas is expensive.  Immigration is expensive.  Will it not also be a huge red flag that you have not met her child? 

We discussed bringing the baby but she said that 15 hours flight can be difficult for a year old girl. 

No, she can’t due to flight tickets are expensive. 

RJandHamid

As usual thanks everyone for the prompt response.

Knowing flight tickets (damn expensive) and PTO my girlfriend can only visit twice a year,  and she has 3 years old baby who needs someone to watch over her ( I don’t know if this explains the number of visits and days spent together to the officer comes the interview .)

I wonder what are the option we have? 

1- file for CR1 from first visit and do a second visit? 

2- wait until the 2nd visit and file for K1 visa?

On 10/16/2018 at 8:46 PM, RJandHamid said:

While yes, you only need to meet once within the past 2 years to be eligible to file the I-129F, it is highly recommend that you have more than 1 visit before filing, simply because Casablanca is a tough consulate. Very few K1s are approved, and the ones that are are ones that do have many visits as well as few of the red flags (large age difference is one of the most common ones) that are sometimes seen in cases there. 

 

My husband is Moroccan and he came to the USA on a K1 visa last year. I visited him 4 times before we filed the K1 petition. I know a small number of people who were approved with only 1 visit, but that is a very rare occurrence these days. 

 

Also, have you considered the spousal visa route? It would require you to marry in Morocco and may take a few months longer, but it is ultimately the better, cheaper and generally more successful visa, especially in Morocco. 

Thanks everyone  for the input. I would like to point out that the age difference is 5 years. 

My girlfriend and I met about 5 months ago on a dating website. She's gonna visit me in early 2019 for 9 days, And file for a K1 visa shortly after she returns to the US. My concern is whether one visit is sufficient to file for a K1 visa. Individuals from my country Morocco recommend filing after the second face to face meeting. 

Legally one meeting is enough, but I want some clarification please.

Thanks in advance 🙏🏼