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How long can someone with a tourist visa remain in the US? My fiancee, currently living in the Philippines, has her passport and I'm thinking of just bringing her to the US to live with me while we work on getting her the k-1 visa.

Does this make any sense?

If she doesn't have a tourist visa yet she can't get one anymore cuz' you began the K1. If she already has a tourist visa it is good, she can come 6 months and this visa is good for 10 years.

Noooooo, the k-1 hasn't been filed yet. I've just started looking into the process. I'd like to get Revelyn over here now on a tourist visa and then start working on the k-1. Is this ok with immigration?

How long can someone with a tourist visa remain in the US? My fiancee, currently living in the Philippines, has her passport and I'm thinking of just bringing her to the US to live with me while we work on getting her the k-1 visa.

Does this make any sense?

our attorney did nothing but put the documents we filled out and gave him into and envelop and mail them he to date has not fought for us and the delay we have had when we ask for copies of what he has sent them or received from them he sent us only copies of what we sent him so i would do it with out attorney in a heart beat if i have to do it again

I wish I had found this message board a month earlier! I feel like such a schmuck for sending that law office all that money....especially when they haven't done a single thing yet! I just hope my credit card company is successful in reversing the charges.

I just contacted my credit card company and had the charge reversed. I've already wasted a month with these clowns. Flying solo now!

First step. Go to these links:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/immigrants_1340.html

http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3023.html

Learn all you can and download all the forms. (Before you do that, buy a computer with a fast internet connection from your $1,750! You're goint to do a lot of surfing! )

If you have further questions, feel free to ask here.

Next step: File it yourself (Use the change from your computer purchase to pay for Fedex and other visa fees! )

Good luck and wishing you the best!

Thanks for the helpful links and advice! I now have a book titled "Fiance and Marriage Visas" which was highly recommended. Looks like a step-by-step walk through the whole process. I'm sure I'll have tons of questions along the way but now I know right where to go to get answers!

Hi - I'm very interested in knowing the difficulty factor of filing a K-1 visa application on your own, vs. paying money to an attorney.

I just paid a lot of money, $1,750, to a big law firm (Michael S. Solomon) that specializes only in the filing of K-1 and K-3 visas, but am starting to wonder if I made a mistake.

It's been a month since I sent the money in and filled out their application. Since then they don't return my phone calls or e-mails. They haven't contacted me once for any sort of information, documents, photos or anything since the initial questionnaire that we completed.

I'm thinking of asking for my money back and filing myself. Is this a mistake?

Thank you!

Oh my,

ABSOLUTELY! you should complain- I also paid a top notch lawyer with my K-1 visa (he specializes in K-1/K-3) , he replied to my emails every day and required my documents as soon as possible- needless to say we did everything and filed my petition in a period of 16 days! If you paid him he needs to provide the services requested- hope it goes well with you- I also made sure he was legite- so maybe you should do the same....

I wish I knew before how to evaluate an K-1 attorney. I ended up just going with what appeared to be the biggest, big-city, high-power law firm that was out there. Very impressive web site.

So much for appearances. They might be very capable but are just taking on anybody who'll throw money their way. Cash grabbers!

Sorry to hear that! But YES, I think you may have made a mistake IMO. Unless you have some real sketchy situation you need to work around in order to get your fiancee here, doing it yourself is not hard at all... In fact, with the help of this site and others, I was able to put together my package fairly quickly.

Even though you paid him, you will still be required to gather the necesarry documents and provide information to fill the forms out in order to apply for the visa. I was thinking of doing the same thing but once I realized what I was doing, I thought it would be more of a hinderance than anything else...just the middle man, AND I have to pay him.

I hope it goes smoother for you in the future, Good Luck!

I just contacted my credit card company and had the charge reversed. I've already wasted a month with these clowns. Flying solo now!

Hi - I'm very interested in knowing the difficulty factor of filing a K-1 visa application on your own, vs. paying money to an attorney.

I just paid a lot of money, $1,750, to a big law firm (Michael S. Solomon) that specializes only in the filing of K-1 and K-3 visas, but am starting to wonder if I made a mistake.

It's been a month since I sent the money in and filled out their application. Since then they don't return my phone calls or e-mails. They haven't contacted me once for any sort of information, documents, photos or anything since the initial questionnaire that we completed.

I'm thinking of asking for my money back and filing myself. Is this a mistake?

Thank you!