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sorry if this is a lame questions, but I didn't see the filling out of the DS-156 and DS-156K forms on "Step-by-Step Guide on How to File for a K-1 Visa for your Foreign Fiance". Do I need to fill it out and turn it in when I submit the 129F? When do these forms come in the picture? do i need to worry about the yet?

thanks

we will still be "engaged" when she comes here . its not uncomon that i go there fto meet her, then she comes back to meet me here

I see that nobody has mentioned the possibility that the UKC might be denied entry on the VWP, as she has no job, I assume, that would let her just up and leave for 3 months.

For the benefit of the OP, in order to gain entry on the VWP, your fiancee may be asked for pretty extensive proof that she will return to the UK. Having a K1 visa underway can either hurt or help, because although it shows that you are trying to do things through legal channels, it also shows that she ultimately has immigrant intent. Some things people use to show that they intend to return are evidence of a work commitment, a lease on a flat or homeownership, dependents reliant upon them longer term.... If your other half can just come over to the US for 3 months, she may not have any of these long-term ties to the UK. "I'm visiting my fiance, but I'll leave after 87 days" is probably not going to cut it.

If your plan is to have a "wedding" in the UK and have her over here as a visitor while she waits for the K1 to be processed, you must also consider what will you will do if she is denied entry at the POE.

I mentioned it, but the OP didn't respond to it. I said - "I am almost positive that she will not be allowed to enter the US after being married on the VWP for 85 days. They would have no reason to believe that she would return. It would definitely look like she intended to immigrate as she does intend to immigrate eventually."

so my friend is going thought the same process as me, but his case is a little different, heres why: He is also engaged, but heres how it happened: His relatives in England referred him to a girl there, (their culture is different), he went there , they met, talked or whatever, liked each other, so he proposed for her to her parents, they consulted her, she accepted, so they accepted, and they got engaged. However, they dont have any proof of an ongoing relationship, but he does have the proof of him flying to the UK. Is that enough proof to show that they met or whatever. no phone bills, no emails, not photos of them together

Also, the girl doest have too many ties in the UK: not working, finished school, lives with parents. so if she wanted to visit him, would a return plane ticket, and letters from her family suffice to show her ties to UK?

thanks

Ok, two things;

-getting an non-offical marriage to happen shouldn't be a problem for me. I think I already have the man for that

-secondly, me moving and staying in England while this process goes on is somewhat out of the picture, wouldn't really work for me unless i get married in over a year (and im not waiting that long)

anyways, i would like to take this moment to thanks u guys again. Thanks a lot for making my life simpler

what dou guys think about this.

we file for a fiance visa (K1) for the us right now.. than i go to london in august and have my non-legal/non official marriage and then she comes back to the US with me in august for the 3 months with the visa weiver program, and return in november. all this time, we remain "engaged" . and when my fiance returns to UK in NOV, she stays there until the interview comes and after that passes she comes here and we have a court marriage to make it official.

I have not lived in he UK for over a month, for those who were asking.

so lemme repharse my question:

-so, my fiance and I are not married yet, and we will not be having a legal marriage.

heres what I want: not to be seperated from her after we marry (at least for not over 2 weeks). we already bought a plane ticket for her to come over in the same flight as me. it is for roughly 85 days. we went with the fact that usually UK citizans can freely come to the US without visa

so would u recommend: we wait until we get married in august, file for the K3 in london, have her come over with me in end of august and return to UK, and then come back, and repeat until things get approved...

or would u reccomend: (im not sure if this is the correct procedure): that we apply for K1 now (would we do it now? ) and then have our non-legal marriage in august and have her still come over to the US with me in the end of august until end of November, while the K1 is pending? -- would there be a benifit in this, just becasue we would be starting the process about 4 months before we would be able to start a K3. would she recieve her visa quicker?

thanks a lot. sorry if i seemed confused about many of these things

OK, heres the deal.

I am an US citizen. My fiance is a UK citizen. We are getting married in August in London, and our plan is that she will come back to US with me after we get married.

Should we start a fiance visa (K1 i think) now or should we do the K3 once we get married. Which will be the quickest way? Usually, british citizens arent required to have a visa to visit the US for 3 months or something, so she will be able to come back with me while its processing and return to UK for the interview right?

Please inform me of what the best way would be and wheather she will be able to come here under the tourist thing while this is giong on(becuase she is UK citizen)

thanks a bunch in advance

-sorry about double post, my browser is weird

It all depends on your time schedule...have you checked the What Visa Do We Need? section?

im not sure what u mean by time schedule. we will be gtting maried regardless in august. so should we do the K3 after marriage or pretend like the marriage never took place and once she is in the states, we do the K1 visa...

OK, heres the deal.

I am an US citizen. My fiance is a UK citizen. We are getting married in August in London, and our plan is that she will come back to US with me after we get married.

Should we start a fiance visa (K1 i think) now or should we do the K3 once we get married. Which will be the quickest way? Usually, british citizens arent required to have a visa to visit the US for 3 months or something, so she will be able to come back with me while its processing and return to UK for the interview right?

Please inform me of what the best way would be and wheather she will be able to come here under the tourist thing while this is giong on(becuase she is UK citizen)

thanks a bunch in advance

-sorry about double post, my browser is weird

OK, heres the deal.

I am an US citizen. My fiance is a UK citizen. We are getting married in August in London, and our plan is that she will come back to US with me after we get married.

Should we start a fiance visa (K1 i think) now or should we do the K3 once we get married. Which will be the quickest way? Usually, british citizens arent required to have a visa to visit the US for 3 months or something, so she will be able to come back with me while its processing and return to UK for the interview right?

Please inform me of what the best way would be and wheather she will be able to come here under the tourist thing while this is giong on(becuase she is UK citizen)

thanks a bunch in advance

sorry about double post, my browser is weird