1997pumpkin

1 minute ago, HRQX said:

I interpreted it as marry and leave before I-94 expired; so not marry and then sprint to Brazil. Note that in the initial post they said they might consider opening a joint bank account before leaving the US. In that timeframe they also could do the consular registration of the US marriage. After returning to Brazil, the marriage must be registered, again, at the 1st Civil Registry Office in the Brazilian city of OP's residence.

Yeah! I have the trip schedule for over a month.

Plus I've been to the US twice already and in both times they granted me a 180-day stay.

11 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Why?  That makes no sense whatsoever.

Well, that's how the Brazilian law goes. Also I have 180 days to validate it upon arrival in Brazil after getting married in the US.

8 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Brazilian consulate???  But you said you're returning after marrying, right?

Consulate, embassy, I mixed those up.

Anyways, after validating it in the Consulate or Embassy, either in Brazil or in the US, I have to register it in the Federal Registry. 

That's how it goes.

But anyways, I'll get a lawyer for that. 

My main doubt in this post was about the name change and joint bank account.

Solving things in Brazil is easy for me.

My concern is the things I have to do in the US. 

And if the name change affects my I-130 if my Brazilian documents have my single name instead of married name.

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

Yeah...you can't do that. K-1 means you must marry within the US.

as a brazilian, if i use the k-1 visa, technically i am getting married abroad (from my home country)
I'm sorry if i caused a misunderstanding 
 

Hi! This might e a little off-topic (and if I'm not allowed to do this, I am so sorry) but I was wondering if any of you know any articles, thesis or any kind of academic work about international relationships, marrying abroad and using the k-1 visa.

I am currently planning on applying for a k-1 visa and I am also in my last semester of college and I'm thinking of doing my final project on this kind or relationship.

If any of you are academics, professors or anything similar and/or going through the k1 process, I would love to hear if any of you have any knowledge on that!

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

So can she sponsor you without the help of a joint sponsor?

Yeah, we don't need a joint sponsor.

I was referring to lawyer fees, we can't afford a lawyer and we have to figure this out on our own.

1 minute ago, geowrian said:

I'm pretty sure everybody not born in the US and is currently in the US came through the border. 😆

I'm sorry hahaha English is not my first language and all this immigration stuff is new to me so I get confused

I meant without a visa

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

What does that mean?

She crossed the US border undocumented, without any kind of visa

37 minutes ago, milimelo said:

Well if the mother hopped the border (undocumented) without a visa that's one way to not be able to get an immigration visa (or AOS) without having to go to the country of origin and serving the ban. Ask your fiance how the mother got in?

Ohhhh, yeah, she came here through the border

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

It is not an uncommon situation, may not be seen on here very often.

Obviously a USC child could sponsor, I assume the issue is the 10 year ban.

10 year ban? This is all new to me and honestly I am completely lost lol
She has been here for more than 10 years though

My fiancé said that they tried to get her the GC/citizenship (I'm not sure), but they couldn't for some reason.
I don't really know why, but I do plan getting more information about it on the near future so we can figure out a way for all of us to stay in the US legally.

Right now my main focus is figuring out how to get in the US to marry my fiancé without putting her at risk.
But it appears that the K1 is the only way, so we'll probably a apply for it and go from there.
Unfortunetly, we are both 22 and money is kind of an issue right now, so we couldn't go any further than the free initial consultations with lawyers, but we'll keep fighting through it and hopefully we'll get there without any complications.
 

9 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

I am not aware of any case like yours, nor do I profess to know the outcome if you were to divulge your families information. Now I do know, is that if you are dishonest then you face a denial. This is a tough decision to make but it is one you and your fiance need to come to terms with. 

 

With situations that rare like yours it would be a big help to the VJ community that you would post to this thread your progress and what, if any, was the outcome of what you decided to do. 

 

Best to you and your familly.

Thank you!

Yeah, I've seen two similar posts here in VJ, but they were from 2018 and there is no outcome from it. 

Chances are me and my fiancé are going to apply soon, so I'll be posting the progress here in hopes to help people in the same situation in the future.
I just hope everything goes right.

 

1 minute ago, Poseidon1212 said:

In theory it could cause trouble for her, in practice I doubt it will cause any issues for her.  

 

More concerning, if you will, is that there might be a possibility that it will be detrimental to you. Technically your families actions shouldn't affect your case (safe for the specific questions about human/drug trafficking and you benefitting from it), but there have been VJ members who indicated that they've heard of situations in which immigration related activities (in particular questionable activities) has been stated as a reason to deny certain visa or immigration benefits.  

 

Now as I understand the mother is the USC's mother? That might make a difference. I have no idea, the members in questions that have heard of such experience might be able to shed some light on the matter. 

 

 

In what state does the mother live?

Thank you for your answer!

Yes, it's the USC's mother who's here undocumented.
I've here that when it's the beneficiary's mom it's more risky, because they usually ask about it.
But in our case, it's the petitioner's mom.
 

She lives in New Jersey.
I know we only put her city of residence there, but she lives in the same address as my petitioner, which we do put on the form, so there's my fear.

Hi, everyone!

So I am a foreigner who's engaged to an american citizen.
We want to start the k-1 visa process as soon as we can so we can get married.
But we face a problem.

His mom entered the country illegally and has been living in the US for a long time undocumented.
In the form I-129f, we have to put his mom's Contry of Birth, Country of Residence and City of Residence.
We know we cannot lie to immigration, that is not the point.
But we do have some questions that have been bothering us are:

Has anyone gone through the same situation or similar?
Do you think going through this process could put her in the immigration radar?

I know they don't ask for the status on the form, but do you think this process could lead to a situation dangerous for her?

Thank you in advance!