Thank you for the answers, this is very encouraging! I though for sure there would be some problem with that plan. For now the plan is to travel to Vietnam in October and get engaged, start my leave in February and live in Vietnam on 30 day tourist visas for a year, but I'll also travel back to spend time with my mom. I will start the CR1 process online from Vietnam. I'm still not 100% sure of our plan after that year is up. I'm guessing it would be simpler to show domicile if I would return to the USA at that point at resume working, but that would result in 6-12 of separation. Or I might be able to extend the leave. I'm sure I'll have more questions as I get into this process. I guess a question is how soon after marriage do folks start the process? Does there have to be some time to establish the legitimacy of the marriage, open joint accounts, get both names on a lease, and things like that?