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thats wat allah wanted,losing the one u love is really the most hurtfull thing,im sure ur strong enaf,im really so sorry ofr the bad news

i wish u the best

أعود بالله من الشياطان الرجيم

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

{وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِينَ الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ أُولَئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَوَاتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ}

Congratulations to you guys!!!!! Best of luck with everything that comes next

I have flown Delta, Northwest Airlines, Air France, KLM, and Royal Air Maroc. I usually try to look at Northwest Airlines first because of my frequent flier miles, but honestly I would just first check kayak.com and go through all of the airlines to find the best price. cheapotickets is good and so it orbitz. i just flew home on Sunday the 14th and I bought my ticket directly from nwa.com and it was an overnight flight on the way to Morocco...about 14 hours air time, and the return flights were all on the same day. Ya gotta remember the time difference is going to make it super hard to find a flight that is less than 2 days. We're adding 5 hours from where I am in Ohio.

I flew NWA from Dayton to Detroit, NWA from Detroit to Paris, Air France from Paris to Casa. Return was Royal Air Maroc from Casa to Amsterdam, KLM from Amsterdam to Detroit and then NWA from Detroit back to Dayton. All booked simultaneously through nwa.com....their site is great IMO.

2 days for a return trip is a long one. Would have really expected just one day for that, but we have to really expect 2 on the way over. Hope some of that helps I don't know where in Morocco you are heading, but for me it is more economical to fly into Casa. It's a very nice airport too

Enjoy your trip

I am also older than my fiance. The have not mentioned it to us as a problem or asked about it at all. Howevery, we have been in AP for over one year. I think the age difference is part of it-especially if the woman is older. If the man is older people accept it easier.

Good luck with your visa!!!

So does that mean that you guys are just kind of like on indefinite hold? I hope that ends quickly for you so that you guys can have your life, inchaalah Good luck to you guys as well, and thank you so very much

Salam 3alikom

Hi everybody! I am completely new to this process and have a couple of questions. First, has anybody ever run into any problems due to an age difference? Also, has anybody had any issues regarding children from previous marriages?

I live in the US and my fiance lives in Morocco. I just returned here 2 days ago from spending the most amazing 3 weeks of my life with my love We had planned on getting married during my trip but ran out of time because we had alot of running around to do between the Consulate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Embassy, translators, and the list goes on. As we were trying to figure out what to do to be able to have our dream of getting married still become our reality (because as you can imagine, this was astronomically heart-wrenching, this running out of time thing; and incidentally, i could not postpone my return flight due to the extra cost...i already had to postpone my initial flight dates ; plus there was visitation issues with my daughters' related to the holiday/winter vacation period) I remembered about the K-1 Visa and told my fiance about it and we decided to try to do this in hopes that it would bring us back together faster for our marriage than having to wait until i am able to fly back to Morocco to get married. Being separated from the man of my dreams has made me miserable to say the least and he is equally as miserable...and the quickest way for us to be able to have what we had intended to already have at this point (our marriage) is what we are trying to accomplish now.

Back to the questions: I am 41 years old. 11 years older than my fiance. Has anybody ever run into any trouble getting approved, etc.... due to a woman being older than her fiance? Age is only just a number for us, but do the people who process everything and approve everything also feel that age doesn't matter??Or are we going to wind up with some strange questions regarding this difference? Has anybody ever gotten grief regarding their ages?

Secondly, I am twice divorced and have an 17 1/2 year old son from my first marriage, and 2 daughters, ages 9 1/2 and 7 1/2, from my second marriage. What kind, if any, problems/issues has anybody had regarding children from prior marriages? I have custody of both girls, and my son wanted to move to his dad's about 2 years ago cuz he thought there'd be no rules there. If anybody has had problems due to children from former marriages, what was the outcome, and how did you have to deal with these issues?

We have not sent in our forms yet, but do have them all filled out and everything ready to go. We filled them out together while I was still in Morocco.

Regarding the fee for filing the I-129F forms: we have to send the fee inside the pack of papers, right? Which is the better payment form: personal check, or money order? and why?

We really wanted to know what kinds of problems may arise and get some answers and opinions to have an idea of what we might be up against during this process. I didn't see these particular questions addressed elsewhere, and these questions were something that he and i were talking about a bit yesterday, and he suggested that I ask in here. To get some answers from people who have already been through this process, or at least are in the process.

What seemed to be the most diffiucult part of getting approved? (other than waiting to be with the loves of your lives)

Any help you can give us is so greatly appreciated as once again we embark on our dreams of becoming husband and wife inchaalah it will all go totally smootly and we won't ever have to be apart again alhamdoulillah

Salam

It is quite common for the women to be older than guys in mena. It seems most get approved with no problem and others as robina said..get put in ap. it all depends on the co and if they buy that its a true relationship. You arent old enough to be his mother so it shouldnt be as big of a deal IMO (sorry in advance if that offends anyone)

make sure you are keeping everything right now..emails,phone records ect ect

the k1 is also usually approved faster than a cr1 or k3 by uscis. it may be a blessing in disguise that you werent able to marry on this trip.

I hope your journey is fast and you are able to be with your love asap.

Lisa

Thank you so much....I can't wait to be with him again. I feel like there's the biggest part of me just missing. Gone. Soon we will be together again inchaalah

We usually text each other more than email, but I do have emails, ecards, cell phone records, and am keeping everything. Also msn archives. Skype records of texts I've sent to him. Can these all be used for valid proof of relationship? We have pictures, and other papers that we had to get while we were so desperately trying to collect every form that was needed for us to be married. If the interviewer could see us together they would know without a doubt that we have a true relationship. Are these interviews generally one-on-one or as a couple? I've seen posts that make it seem both ways, and i can't tell which is more prevalent...hmmm...

May every one of our journeys come to speedy, peaceful, and happy endings

~houria~

Wow So about 10 minutes after I write a post I noticed the ones that my adorable fiance had already written!!! Which just so confirms what I was thinking for a while now anyway: I neeeeeeed sleeeeeeeeeep!!! LOL Gonna text my amazing man and crash. I'm falling asleep as I am writing this. (past my bedtime) lol

For those who are concerned about me having been married twice before, I think it's sweet that you voiced your concern for his personal well-being to my fiance. It does, in fact, not sound good that I have been divorced twice and have children from both marriages. Abusive relationships are a terrible thing to endure, and while divorce is not a good thing, it is better than staying. Unfortunately, they also are rather a vicious cycle. Meaning that if you have been in one, your next one will probably also be abusive. Maybe not in the same way, but yet still is a sad cycle. There are those of us who have been fortunate to finally break this cycle, to pick ourselves up and brush ourselves off, and to find the right way and follow it. Took a couple of years. And it is since that time that I have fallen head-over-heels in love with the most amazing man. Wonderful heart. Incredible and honest soul. He is my love.

No we haven't been together all that long, although we know each other as if we have been together for 20 years. This is priceless.

Both of my ex-husbands are American, by the way. So I guess if I have to have an ex-husband , having an American one is better??? (with me living here)

salam

Salam 3alikom

Hi everybody! I am completely new to this process and have a couple of questions. First, has anybody ever run into any problems due to an age difference? Also, has anybody had any issues regarding children from previous marriages?

I live in the US and my fiance lives in Morocco. I just returned here 2 days ago from spending the most amazing 3 weeks of my life with my love We had planned on getting married during my trip but ran out of time because we had alot of running around to do between the Consulate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, US Embassy, translators, and the list goes on. As we were trying to figure out what to do to be able to have our dream of getting married still become our reality (because as you can imagine, this was astronomically heart-wrenching, this running out of time thing; and incidentally, i could not postpone my return flight due to the extra cost...i already had to postpone my initial flight dates ; plus there was visitation issues with my daughters' related to the holiday/winter vacation period) I remembered about the K-1 Visa and told my fiance about it and we decided to try to do this in hopes that it would bring us back together faster for our marriage than having to wait until i am able to fly back to Morocco to get married. Being separated from the man of my dreams has made me miserable to say the least and he is equally as miserable...and the quickest way for us to be able to have what we had intended to already have at this point (our marriage) is what we are trying to accomplish now.

Back to the questions: I am 41 years old. 11 years older than my fiance. Has anybody ever run into any trouble getting approved, etc.... due to a woman being older than her fiance? Age is only just a number for us, but do the people who process everything and approve everything also feel that age doesn't matter??Or are we going to wind up with some strange questions regarding this difference? Has anybody ever gotten grief regarding their ages?

Secondly, I am twice divorced and have an 17 1/2 year old son from my first marriage, and 2 daughters, ages 9 1/2 and 7 1/2, from my second marriage. What kind, if any, problems/issues has anybody had regarding children from prior marriages? I have custody of both girls, and my son wanted to move to his dad's about 2 years ago cuz he thought there'd be no rules there. If anybody has had problems due to children from former marriages, what was the outcome, and how did you have to deal with these issues?

We have not sent in our forms yet, but do have them all filled out and everything ready to go. We filled them out together while I was still in Morocco.

Regarding the fee for filing the I-129F forms: we have to send the fee inside the pack of papers, right? Which is the better payment form: personal check, or money order? and why?

We really wanted to know what kinds of problems may arise and get some answers and opinions to have an idea of what we might be up against during this process. I didn't see these particular questions addressed elsewhere, and these questions were something that he and i were talking about a bit yesterday, and he suggested that I ask in here. To get some answers from people who have already been through this process, or at least are in the process.

What seemed to be the most diffiucult part of getting approved? (other than waiting to be with the loves of your lives)

Any help you can give us is so greatly appreciated as once again we embark on our dreams of becoming husband and wife inchaalah it will all go totally smootly and we won't ever have to be apart again alhamdoulillah

Salam

hi all,wish u a gd evenin

she s dovorced and have 3 kids from two differant ex-husbands.

Probably won't be a problem for USCIS.

USCIS (part of US Department of Homeland Security) doesn't decide whether to issue visas. US Conslulates (part of US Department of State) have that responsibility. I'm afraid both the recent (Is it one time?) meeting and her being older will count against you in evaluating whether your relationship is bona fide. If either of her previous husbands were immigrants she sponsored, that will count against you too. Casablanca is a tough Consulate and they definitely consider cultural issues when evaluating bona fides. If you're 58 and she's 67 with kids grown and out, that's a much smaller issue than if you're 25. The Consular officer will consider the totality of circumstances in making their decision. If I were you, I'd make sure both you and your fiance join this board and spend a lot of time learning the process and what it means to show evidence of a bona fide relationship. It starts by actually having one. I've not seen great results in cases where the foreigner is the only one pursuing knowledge about the immigration process here. It shows a certain indifference from the petitioner which will not help your case in the least.

ur right,thx for clarifyin the situation im really thank full 2 u

everything will be going well inchaalah

thx

she s dovorced and have 3 kids from two differant ex-husbands.

Probably won't be a problem for USCIS.

But to me 3 kids with 2 different husband is a personal red flag. Please proceed with caution, and make sure you are making the right decision.

thx for encouraging me my friend im so gr8full

hello everybody,

we're goin,me n my fiancée,to aply for a k-1 visa so soon n im wondering if our aplication will be denied or not,since we've just met about 3 months ago,n my fiancée came n visited me in morocco,n she s older than me about 11 years,im really worried if they wud deny our aplication coz of the age n also coz we've just met recently,by the way she s an american muslim n she realy a gr8 woman,ah n also thers a problem,she s dovorced and have 3 kids from two differant ex-husbands.i love her so much n im really afraid if they wud deny our aplication.thx for being interested in readin my words,wish the best for everyone