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Cw1977

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  1. VAWA cos your part time husband doesn’t want to live with you???!
  2. or now not want to go through with this obviously fake marriage
  3. so long as you leave before your date permitted, you’re fine. That won’t impact your interview.
  4. Why not suggest to her that you would be open to moving to Honduras with her for several years, since she wants a life partner and so she can continue her life back in her home country. Will be very interesting to see her reaction to that
  5. I did my biometrics yesterday. Got the invite letter about a wk ago. surprised how quickly that came tbh
  6. I would be happy it was signed for! That a good sign it was received. I paid slightly more to send mine via fedex and so it needed a signature so I knew that
  7. even if this is approved, you realise this will mean you cannot leave the US for many many months. Do you not have anything back home that you have left and is waiting for you? Job? Car? Rent? Pets etc
  8. that’s true. Yes, i assume both party would want to work, but if they’re not going to do that and rely on one salary, you make a good point. The other issue though of course is if the beneficiary needed to return to their home country at short notice (like a funeral unfortunately, they would be unable to. That’s def a draw back
  9. 100% agree with this. Plus the cr1 is cheaper overall. And you keep earning money throughout. I’m surprised k1 is even an option for most people these days.
  10. you are absolutely allowed an engagement party. Just try make it look as simple as possible! my other advise would be not to include those photos in anything you submit so they can’t be interpreted wrong. A nice photo with his family, taken before any party would be perfect.
  11. You could def do the formal wedding in US if you’re doing the cr1. That’s what many (incl me) on here did. He can then travel back and forth to spend time with you as you wish. the issue will be the engagement party. You’ll need to really ensure it doesn’t look like a wedding celebration to anyone (think what a suspicious 3rd party observer would think). Def avoid the dress, cake, etc or anything like that but in theory an engagement celebration is fine - just so long as it’s crazy clear that’s all it is
  12. this will likely cause huge issues. They will see the first ceremony as the wedding and make you ineligible for k1. why not actually get married at the first ceremony and then file i130 for cr1? That would be a much better option anyway plus mean your fiancé would still be free to travel to and from US on ESTA whilst the paperwork progresses (subject to usual border approval/admittance etc) and you could have as many subsequent parties as you like. this would also allow him to continue working in France and earning money until making the big move across (this is exactly what I did), rather than having him in US for many months unable to earn a single dollar and relying on you until the visa is issued
  13. Rolling 12 months means any 12 months together count as a year. So March 2025 to February 2026 is a year, August 2025 to July 2026 etc. in your plan, you’d be away for 6 months in a rolling 7 months so that’s not good.
  14. listen, I’m all for chasing a dream! the time is based on a rolling 12 months, typically
  15. yes! The green card is meant to live in the US! That’s why they start to assume you’ve abandoned it/given up wanting it if you’re away for half the year!! You won’t make any money on your posts then. TikTok needs you to have min 10,000 followers before they even consider you to earn anything from posts, and insta is similar (slightly lower number I think). Just trying to help you be realistic before you quit your job, my friend.
  16. exactly. Being outside the US for 6 months (which effectively you will be - your few days back in the middle won’t fool anyone) will def attract a lot more focus and review
  17. Do you already have thousands/hundred of thousands of followers? Will be very difficult to make enough money to live off for 3 months!! Do you have a large amount of savings to live off in case you don’t earn anything from your posts?
  18. I just looked on the USCIS site and it says 80% completed within 17 months
  19. where are you getting that from? Nothing I see says that
  20. @crazycat has the best comparison between the two
  21. I believe they’re both taking about the same, within a few months but the cr1 is WAY cheaper too. My CR1 took about 14 months (but this was a couple yrs back) The k1 has so many drawbacks though. I’m surprised anyone goes through with it tbh. But that’s your call.
  22. hi. Why would you do the k1 visa instead of getting married and doing cr1? It’s such a better idea, especially if one of you is from the uk and can still travel during the wait using an ESTA. K1 means your fiancé would be unable to leave the US or even work for many, many months after arriving. Are you guys prepared for that? def a marriage then cr1 if you can
  23. I just meant cr1 (i130) might be your best option cos if you just do aos he won’t be able to leave US for many months so you’d need to figure out what happened with those things from thousands of miles away
  24. Always book tickets in same name as passport. Anything else can cause trouble at check in
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