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Good Morning!

I slept on it and I am putting the USA. I am comfortable with this.

I am just going to do it quick, so there is no turning back. jeje

You know, if this wasn't hanging in the picture, I could slide through this whole process

and handle any problems confidently. Oh well, I guess there is always something to cause

a guy a little stress.

Yeah it would be safe to say that the padres went, and are still on a very long vacation.

I don't want to lie. I am just looking for a little support and input on doing the right thing. Except for my wife, I am in this alone. For me, I do not agree with the family vacation, but I am not going to air their dirty laundry with my family/circle of friends, so I have not discussed this with anyone that I am close to. My wife does not agree with the family vacation as well, and she wants to be honest about all of this too, but we both cringes over this.

The difficulty begins when I start thinking about getting denied and breaking apart the word residency. After that, I can rationalize putting Colombia or USA and I'd like some advice. This might sound really stupid: So the correct answer would be USA? Just put Anytown, USA and forget about it?

That was my original idea and I started thinking that it technically might be Colombia depending on exactly how much/what they did here? They are also talking about returning home, so I start getting more lost.

I think I need to sleep and meditate on this one.

The waiting game is actually a piece of cake for me. I don't like it, but I accepted it many years ago because I knew this day would come.

Now, this is the absolute most confusing/stressful thing that I have in this process.

On the G325A, what would you put in the box "City and Country of Residence" for the Mother and Father?

It seems simple enough, but how would you answer it in regard to this thread?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;#entry818906

I have since been married in Colombia, so a K1 is out of the question.

I should have probably done the K1, since I knew this might be a problem, but I love my wife.

I can say no to just about anything, except letting her go.

As you can imagine, I have looked at this question in every possible way, but

before calling an attorney, I thought I might be able to get some input?

In my mind, I was thinking it could be about going as far as re-creating an exact copy except putting it in English. The exact copy would be right down to the seals, fonts, line spacing, colors and paper stock, or it could be as simple as writting it all out in Word, but in the same order. I wasn't sure????

Thanks!

That will work! That is right along the lines of what I was looking for. Just an idea.

One process of my work is re-creating things like forms and billing statements.

(It's actually for something like the other VISA ... VISA/Mastercard.)

When I reproduce original documents I have to do them exactly, almost as if I am creating a forgery but legally, and sometimes it can be days/months of work. I may be doing this myself, so that is why I was thinking about the finished product.

I am dreading the calls now because I can only imagine the time on hold, but that's coming next. I hope to gather everything up first because I have a lot of questions, I just don't know what they are yet!!! hahah

Thanks, very much!

Thanks!

I should probably be more clear. That is what I was referring to. I saw that statement in many posts that I read in my search, but what I was wondering is what does the actual document look like after it is translated?

In other words, what does a translated birth certificate look like?

What does an actually translated marriage certificate look like?

Does it look/formatted like the original but in English or is the text simply just typed out?

For example:

Is this a translated birth certificate?

____________________

"This doc says this guy was born on 5/7/70 and he was born in California"

I am fluent in Spanish and English.

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_____________________

You know, like what does an actual translated copy look like?

Thanks!

Hi!

Does anyone have an example of what a translated document looks like?

I have searched and read well over a hundred threads today and

most the threads that I saw gave an example of what the included statement should look like:

"I ___ am fluent in x and x. etc...", but I haven't seen an example of a translated document.

What does the actual translation look like? Is it just the info from the document written out

in a letter format?

Thanks!

Thanks for the compliment. I can respect all of what is said here.

On a side note: Her and I have only begun to discuss this between us, but what is really great for me is that we are both on the same page... We just want to do this honestly, step by step, and the correct way. (With the situation, I thought I might have some unsolicited advice. You know; the underground type, but she is 100% with me on this.)

All in all it seems like we actually have the same odds as everyone else, which is ok with me.

I wasn't sure if I had any before I posted. Ok, more info for me to read!

Thanks everyone for all the help!

Thanks everyone! I never thought I would generate so much discussion. I posted this at work, and watched the thread drop without any views, then I let it go until after work.

The reason I didn't post too many details is becasue I thought it might be general "yes/no, but..." type answer.

One of the big things is that she has had the oppurtunity to join her family in the past and never had the desire to come here. Also the family is possibly returning back to Colombia this year. If that is the case then that could put all of this to rest. However; that might not be until the end of the year, so the paper work would be started before they return home. I am about to buy my ticket to go back down again, so I I am going to get some more details from her. It is after my next visit that I would plan to start the paperwork.

There is a lot of good discussion and answers here. I really appreciate it. I think a couple of things that stand out are the question #37 and going with a don't ask don't tell. I really liked: "Would she risk her parents being deported to be with me?" That is a very good question! I have to admit, I have been in this game for a couple of years and I look for the red flags of the girls using me and this would be one good test! I would be 1/2 tempted to see, but she has passed everything I threw at her and we moved on into that calm trusting point of the relationship. I have seen and believe her to be 100% honest with me. Better yet, I can feel it too. We started our relationship of on the right foot.

I read the post: "Let's talk about red flags". I can see the flags are different in the eyes of the government. Besides her family being here, the only other flag we might have is:

"A very brief courtship followed by a plunge into matrimony" but I guess that would depend.

When the time comes, I also plan on going to the interview and have good documentation.

I did get an attorney; but I paid him to tell me everything I already knew, so now I will use him again as a last resort. Either way of the outcome I will definetly post what happens. In fact I plan to be around here during this whole process, so it looks like I'll have something to add after this experience.

Thanks a million for all the support and help!

Hello everyone,

What great information here! I read and like this board a lot. It's nice to see others in the same situation as well.

Since things are getting serious with my girlfriend, I thought it was time to join and post.

I am thinking the K1 is what we might do, but we are still open now.

I have a question, how do relatives affect the approval or denial of a K1?

My girlfriend has relatives here in the US that are on expired tourist visas.

They are actually immediate family that came on tourist visas a couple of years ago, and never went back.

They are Colombian and I am American. Interestingly enough, this may sound like a red flag,

but given all that I know about her, I am completely comfortable with it. (Except of course the legalities)

Anyway, would this affect a K1 for us? (or K3)

Thanks a million!