R&C

I was wondering how hard it is for someone in Peru to get a tourist visa.

If you get denied the visa are you not allowed to apply for other visas in the future?

Depends on the reason a person is denied - otherwise, your basic run-of-the-mill tourist visa denial doesn't necessarily prevent a person from applying for another kind.

If you come to the US on a tourist visa and get married how can you get citizenship?

It doesn't really work that way. Circumventing US immigration laws is not the recommended way to start a life together. Lawful entry comes first, then marriage, then obtaining a PR/Green Card - and a few years down the road, a person can file for citizenship.

What are the requirements for someone from Peru to get a tourist visa?

Essentially the requirements are the same for a person from Peru as they are for anyone else from any other country. Obtaining a visitor/tourist visa for a Peruvian national may prove difficult - very likely the person would need to show strong ties to the country (home, work, school, etc).

http://lima.usembassy.gov/visas.html

I have been with the person I want to marry for over a year and a half and she wants to get the tourist visa and I just wondered what happens if we marry while she is here?

I was wondering how hard it is for someone in Peru to get a tourist visa. If you get denied the visa are you not allowed to apply for other visas in the future? If you come to the US on a tourist visa and get married how can you get citizenship? What are the requirements for someone from Peru to get a tourist visa?

If you go to university in another country and get a degree such as an Assosicate degree, is it possible to transfer it? What is the procedure?

Anyone I can talk with from Peru who did this?

it's a process that teaches patience, that's for sure.

what type of visa is the op petitioning for?

I'm hoping I can do the DCF visa. I wish that people didn't have to go through all of this, in a way I feel that our government (U.S.) is a little too strict with allowing people in. Especially when someone has served our country, they deserve every right to be with someone they love.

I was wondering how you guys get through this. I came back a month ago and I'm still constantly depressed. I occasionally cry, I'm stressed everyday about going back to her, I hardly eat, and I just have no clue what to do to get through this and be somewhat ok until I can get back there. To make it even harder on me I had to get rid of our dog so I have to live with that too. How can I get through this?

Its not easy but when you are back together believe me you will look back at amazement on how you managed to get thru the hard times, my now hubby and i spent the best part of 3 years apart while waiting for my K1 in that time only spending 3 1/2 months together. we managed to do it and im sure you can too. in the meantime we are here to help and encourage you and before you know it you will be back together i promise!!! keep ya chin up

Wow, and I thought I had it bad having to wait like 5 or 6 months. It's not that I worry about losing her or anything and I have every bit of trust in her, I just miss her so much. Her and I have always been complimented together, we have had people tell us so many times that they wish they had a love like ours because her and I constantly put each other first and we treat each other the best we can. We got a dog while I was there and we were even stopped on busy roads as we walked down the sidewalk with him and had people compliment him and congratulate us.

I was wanting to talk a person or people who have done the DCF in Peru. I have many questions and would like to have someone to maybe chat with about all of this.

I was wondering how you guys get through this. I came back a month ago and I'm still constantly depressed. I occasionally cry, I'm stressed everyday about going back to her, I hardly eat, and I just have no clue what to do to get through this and be somewhat ok until I can get back there. To make it even harder on me I had to get rid of our dog so I have to live with that too. How can I get through this?

Can someone who moves to Australia and gets residency get an Australian passport?

DCF is only available to married couples who reside abroad. Since you guys are not yet married, you are not eligible for DCF You are eligible to apply for a K-1 fiancee visa, which is processed as indicated in the Guides

Good luck,

I thought that I could live there for 6 months whether I am married or not and when 6 months passes I can marry her and apply for the DCF.

I read on a website by an immigration attorny that said the consulate in Peru doesn't allow routine petitions now. The site was last updated on 2007 so I am not really sure if that is even true, it is one person saying it. I came here because this site is filled with people going through the same thing I am and is constantly updated. I was also wondering what all the requirements are for my fiance to come live with me in the U.S. from Peru.

A little off topic but today I came back from staying with my fiance for 2 months and it was the hardest point of my life, it has made me sick and I am not the same person. I don't care to see my family or anyone except her right now. I was wondering how you guys all got through this. I know that I won't be 100% ok until I am there with her again but I want to get better than I am now.

Hi, I want to do the DCF but I was looking into marrying in Peru and it says I need some documents and they need to be translated. How do I go about doing all this and how much will it all cost? It says I need a birth certificate, I think its an original but a new copy of it, and a single certificate. I have no clue how to get a single certificate. Please help.

The household is counted as one overall unit, so if there is 5 people including your wife (or fiancee, if you end up going the K1 route after all), you need to look at 125% of the povertyline for a 5 person household.

And if we end up going there and getting our own place but use a family member that has a household of 3, then what is requiered?

I was wondering, because her and I planned to save up money while we work down there and buy a place up in the U.S., if we would have to stay with someone for a month or two until I find a job would we need to meet the poverty requirements for two people or more than that? What if my co-sponsor runs their own business from home? I was going to try and get a job here in the U.S. doing Photoshop so we are earning USDs and I wouldn't have to worry about a job here in the U.S. or down in Perú.

You as the primary sponsor would only need to count yourself and your wife (plus any children you two may have by then, or any other dependants such as if you have a child already). If you have a co-sponsor, their whole household would need to be counted for the poverty guidelines. You ca also do a mixture of your own assets and income/ co-sponsor if neccessary.

Your co-sponsor would need to show how much they earned by submitting tax filings, whether they are salaried or self-employed. The same goes for yourself- I am not sure whether they'd accept a new business' projected earnings (ie you doing photoshop), I'd say probably not but if you can find several clients prepared to give you letters swearing they'll give you business for a year or more, it might be accepted.

I don't have any assets, I'm only 18 right now. I wouldn't do freelance Photoshop, I would hopefully do it for a photographer. So since when I move there I might not have a job unless I do Photoshop some how, how am I supposed to do this? Let's just say I don't get the job but I work one over there but I have a co-sponsor that meets the guidelines for the people in their household, would the co-sponsor need to make enough for 5 people instead of 3 or would they have to take the amount of 3 people and add it to 2 because that would actually require a higher income than for 5 people?

The requirements are that you live legally in the foreign country for 6 months. You also need to be married; you cannot get a fiance via this way. The other requirements are the same as for other spousal visas (you need to meet the 125% poverty line financials, you need to proof a bonafide relationship, you need to do the medical etc).

Assuming you can stay in the foreign country for 6 months before filing (you can return to the USA as soon as you filed), DCF tends to be easier than other spousal visas, because by living together for the 6 months, it is easier to have proof of bonafide relationship, and know the things about your spouse that they might ask at the interview. The problem tends to be meeting the financial requirements, as for that, you need a US based income or income that continues when you move to the USA. Most DCFers get around the problem by having a co-sponsor, but some do it via assets alone (we did- a house we bought in the USA and a US based bank account where we transfered all our savings to before the interview), or the USC might return to the USA after filing and get a job before the interview, but in the current economic climate, that last option is risky.

I was wondering, because her and I planned to save up money while we work down there and buy a place up in the U.S., if we would have to stay with someone for a month or two until I find a job would we need to meet the poverty requirements for two people or more than that? What if my co-sponsor runs their own business from home? I was going to try and get a job here in the U.S. doing Photoshop so we are earning USDs and I wouldn't have to worry about a job here in the U.S. or down in Perú.

It's possible, but you would need a US mailing address for paperwork, such as a family member or friend who can forward stuff to you.

The alternative, if you plan on staying in Peru for some time, is to get married there and file DCF.

Would that be longer than a fiancé visa? Is that the K-3 visa or a short version of the K-3?

You need to be a resident in the foreign country for 6 months before applying (just living there legally, not be married- you can apply the day after the wedding!), so it is not always faster, but as you already live there, it probably would be faster for you (fiancee visa tends to take 10+ months). DCF results in the CR-1 visa, which is superior to the K3 as it means your wife won't need to adjust status once in the US and gets a green card as soon as she immigrates, saving time and money- and also means she can work right away if she chooses.

So let me try to get this straight, please bare with me. I have to live there for 6 months, then marry her, and then apply? Also, what is the usual results of this? I ask this because it seems that K-1 visas are usually approved if you have all the evidence, and it sounds like the K-1 is very easy just a little long. I don't want to marry her and try for the DFC only to find out that we aren't applicable for it and then we have to turn around and do the K-3 visa which takes longer than the K-1.

What are the requirements for this? Is this harder than a K-1 or K-3? I read the guidelines but I'm still not exactly sure as to what we are required to do, how often people are denied, how hard the process is, etc. Please someone who has done this help me.

It's possible, but you would need a US mailing address for paperwork, such as a family member or friend who can forward stuff to you.

The alternative, if you plan on staying in Peru for some time, is to get married there and file DCF.

Would that be longer than a fiancé visa? Is that the K-3 visa or a short version of the K-3?

I was wondering if I can apply for the K-1 visa, I am from the U.S., and my fiancé is from Perú and I was wondering if we could apply for the visa while I'm living in Perú with her? I wouldn't live there permenantly, I would still be a U.S. citizen. So is this possible or do you have to stay in the U.S. the entire time?

legally married is legally married. Can't do a K1 if you are married.

But I mean that what if you got married when you are already in the process of a fiancé visa.

If you have already started the fiancé visa process but end up getting married in the person you met's country will it effect the visa process? Will they cancel it and make you do a spousal one or will the let you go but remarry in the U.S.?

Should I get 2 part time jobs that would both pay $7.50-$8 an hour or a full time job which would maybe pay $8-$9 maybe more, I'm not sure I've never had a full time job.

For 2 people it is 14,000 so if I add 125% it is 17,500. So if I was to have a annual salary of 17,920 let's say and that is without subtracting taxes, would that be ok for the visa or do I need to make 17,500 with taxes taken out?

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00048f3d6a1RCRD

viewing this site will answer your question..

good luck!

What part of the site?

I think that maybe I will just have to co-sponser either way since I will be in college and working.

I'm 18 and I will be almost 20 by the time my fiancé would be here. Now, I was wondering, since I don't work full time yet but I would just be starting to around the time we would be starting the application, would I need to have a co-sponsor or just myself? When she gets here about a month after she arrives her and I will move to a place together but before that I will be living at home. So I'm not sure if I have to have my parents co-sponsor since for a month I will be living in a house with 5 people including her total of if I would do it for just her and I.