Heleni1990

Thank you everyone, can we apply for spousal visa outside of us? like in greece?

my boyfriend is with me now and we are planning our engagement ceremony first then wedding here.

can we file now with court marriage(official signitures only)? but in this case, we won't send anything supporting in the package?

do you recommend filing it fast with just court wedding and do everything else late?

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Obviously most people in your situation are in the same situation.

true.thanks for your time. 

11 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Yes

 

After filing you continue to meet, and do what is possible to unify finances. So for example, add each other as authorized users to your credit cards.

thanks for your time.

49 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Sorry. I should have written no

45 minutes ago, Mike E said:

It is slower.

 

Because you will enter rhe U.S. as an LPR able to work and able to travel internationally. As a K-1 you will wait 2 more years for a gc, and sit around the house bored. 

 

Not in the experience of thousands of visa journey members.

thank you for replies. we can't get married quickly, we may need to wait 3-4 months to get married (for personal reasons)

if we get married on paper without ceremony to start the process (then make the ceremony in 3-4 months), and send the package: we don't have enough proof for marriage. we never lived together or shared bills or have kids together. if we get married just to start the application, we won't have anything other than photos.  can you please provide guideness on this? is this common? 

2 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

You can inform your school.  They will update your I-20 accordingly.

 

Your student visa status/history has no bearing on your K1, unless you overstayed in America after your F1 expired.  This is not your situation so there is no impact.

 

It is perfectly fine for your fiance to visit you in Greece during the process.

 

In your case, if you two truly want to get married, the  marry now and file for the CR1 spouse visa.  This will allow you to be an LPR as soon as you enter the US and start work and drive right away, and travel back to Greece to visit family.  

 

With a K1, you will need to wait 6 months to 2 years to get employment authorization, advanced parole and adjustment approval.

thank you so much, i heard k1 is faster. is it true? can you please explain more details on why getting married is better than fiance visa? 

i live with my parents (it is common here until marriage). we don't have enough proof for marriage. we never lived together or shared bills or have kids together. if we get married and not choose k1, isn't that going to be more difficult? we won't have anything other than photos. 

2 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I don't see any issues.  I am not completely familiar with student visas, but if you did not overstay in the US, it should have no bearing on a future K1 visa process.  As to my knowledge, you can drop school from anywhere, and I am not aware of any requirements for you to go back to the US on your student visa.

 

One thing you should do is thoroughly research the difference between a K1 visa and a spousal visa (CR1/IR1).  There are great limitations and downsides of a K1 visa especially after entering the US and getting married.

 

Good Luck!

thank you so much, i heard k1 is faster. is it true? can you please explain more details on why getting married is better than fiance visa? 

i live with my parents (it is common here until marriage). we don't have enough proof for marriage. we never lived together or shared bills or have kids together. if we get married and not choose k1, isn't that going to be more difficult? we won't have anything other than photos. 

49 minutes ago, Mike E said:

yyes

you said "yes" to question: Is there a problem anything illegal or unlawful about what we want to do?

can you explian? i meant to ask; if our plan has anything illegal or unlawful thing, do you think yes? i dont know and i want to change it if i am not aware.

please review my first message if you don't know what i mean by our plan. i tried to write it down in steps.

thank you

i have anxiety issues so i may talk too much and repeat question so please help and any help is much appreciated thank you again visa journey

Hello dear visa journey community. I live in Greece and my boyfriend(soon to be fiance) is a USA citizen(he became citizen last year). We met during my school in the usa (i returned back to my home for vacation together)

I went to USA for language school last year. I still have valid I20 and visa however I cannot continue my school due to high cost and I will have to work to save money. Also we plan to get egnaged soon. He told me he can apply for k1 visa so I'm trying to learn.

I returned from USA 1 month ago for vacation but i don't plan to go back now.

My fiance and I want to apply for fiance visa for me. I just have doubts about information i know, i don't want to make stupid movies without knowing all the rules about immigration. I want to be with my fiance soon but i don't know my options.

I want to talk to my school this week about dropping but I don't know what happens next? Am I allowed to drop school outside of US(I am in greece now) and apply for k1 visa? 

Will there a penalty because i returned back to my country and not use student visa anymore?

Will this affect my k1 visa?

what we want to do:

1 - We want to drop/cancel my school (i think my f1 visa will no longer work)

2 - I am currently in greece and I will apply for k1 visa with my fiance.

3 - i will go to usa with fiance visa and marry my fiance there when k1 visa is approved.

4 - during the k1 visa application, my fiance will live in the usa but he will visit me couple of times during the process. I don't have to go there.

Is there a problem anything illegal or unlawful about what we want to do? )

Can I safely drop my current f1 visa and start k1 visa now? (is it ok to not go back to usa anymore on f1 visa and start k1 here?)

Is there a better process you can recommend?

Is there anything we should do or not do for our goals?

any help is appreciated, thank you so much.