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THANKS A LOT , I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. The lawyer that´s going to represent my mother and us, only answered me that the fact i had married disqualified me (obviously), and that if i got that marriage annuled, we would have to give grounds and argument, in other words justify it, my answer to her was that the fact that a court actually approved it , should be grounds enough to say it is justified. As far as the age the child protection act covers me ,, phheeww! haaha, greetings!.

oh and sorry i forgot to ask ...did you infer my age? ahha

You have never been married, and for all practical purposes you are still a virgin.

haha, im sorry what are you saying?, i mean i guess im so stressed that i dont recognize if this is a joke or an advise or comment, haha sorry, could you please explain it better.

There are only 2 countries in the all WORLD where there is "NO DIVORCE"....one is the PHILIPNIESS and then other is MALTA, both of them ISLAND countries...there ANNULMENT is required....a long and drawn process lasting years...

Every other country in the world there are DIVORCE Decree Certificate by the court....

You should be fine as long you have the actual divorce certficate and if you fit the "age requirement of unmarried child"...

I think you may have more problem fitting the age requirement...then anything else

Best wishes...

THANKS A LOT , I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. The lawyer that´s going to represent my mother and us, only answered me that the fact i had married disqualified me (obviously), and that if i got that marriage annuled, we would have to give grounds and argument, in other words justify it, my answer to her was that the fact that a court actually approved it , should be grounds enough to say it is justified. As far as the age the child protection act covers me ,, phheeww! haaha, greetings!.

My aunt petioned for my mom (and thus her kids) years ago, she´s a Us citizen, and after many years the process has started its final run. For the last two years i was an F1 student in a college in the usa and recently ive come back home; while i was there i married randomly ( yes, stupidly and non sensically for no specifical reason, i guess i was drunk, young and dumb) anyway, nothing happened it wasnt a real marriage, proof of that is that i got it annuled.

So now im back home and since this process (my aunts petition) has started im covered aswell. Now, you guys must know that the requirements for the children of the aplicant (my mom) to be included are to be under.. 24 i think (or 22 ) and UNMARRIED. My question is,,, am i still gonna be included if i show my annulment certificate? as i see it the annulment itself shows that an american court declared that marriage to be voidable and not real so it should make me unmarried. Does anybody know a case like this one?

id appreciate anyone's comments and experience, thank you vj'ers.

As I understand, Annuled means, no marriage happend so yes, you area unmarried but you have to show your annulment papers during interview.

YES THAT'S THE SAME THING I THINK, they never state " unmarried , who havent ever married" they just say unmarried, in that case even divorce would be plausible.

My aunt petioned for my mom (and thus her kids) years ago, she´s a Us citizen, and after many years the process has started its final run. For the last two years i was an F1 student in a college in the usa and recently ive come back home; while i was there i married randomly ( yes, stupidly and non sensically for no specifical reason, i guess i was drunk, young and dumb) anyway, nothing happened it wasnt a real marriage, proof of that is that i got it annuled.

So now im back home and since this process (my aunts petition) has started im covered aswell. Now, you guys must know that the requirements for the children of the aplicant (my mom) to be included are to be under.. 24 i think (or 22 ) and UNMARRIED. My question is,,, am i still gonna be included if i show my annulment certificate? as i see it the annulment itself shows that an american court declared that marriage to be voidable and not real so it should make me unmarried. Does anybody know a case like this one? has anybody been through this?, i would really appreciate some guidance from someone who knows about this? any lawyers? i wanna be part of the process-

i was wondering if having overdrafts and probably a bad credit in the usa while i was a f1 student, will affect my immigration to the usa thru a family related visa now that im back in my country and starting that process.

30 Days. That's the magic number. More precisely, if somebody up to 30 days of entering the US gets married, the default assumption is that there was intent beforehand, meaning they will most likely ask some detailed questions. After 30 days, this turns around and the assumption is to believe the applicant that this was not planed beforehand.

It's in no book I know of, so and please don't ask me why that's the way the cookie crumbles, as I don't know. I'm just telling you what I learned from Mr. Shusterman, one of the most respected immigration attorneys in the US, who, at some radio show, gave exactly this answer to a caller.

I was wondering the same thing as snivvel, i was also for almost two years in the usa and my gf and i have been together more than a year, i came back to my country to fix some things and i wanted to know : if i get married when going there again will they take into account the period of time since i arrived the second time or will they take into account all the time (2 years) i was there the first time til the time of marrige?

hi!, I'm sorry if this reply is not exactly about what youre discussing about, but it certainly IS k3/AOS-related.

I recently posted a topic in the AOS general info section. Im colombian too.

I have been living as an international student on a F-1 student visa for 9 months in the US. Soon I'll be marrying my girlfriend and soon after that i'm thinking of voluntarily going back to colombia to avoid USCIS accusations due to the fact that I came here on a F-1 non-immigrant visa and now im getting married thus staying in the US, which apparently contradicts my initial intentions when coming here. If that is in fact the best thing to do (I would appreciate ideas about wether or not this is "the right way"):

- is it true that if a US citizen spouse files an I-130 for its foreign spouse (who is in his country) in order to begin a K3 process, and at some point the I-130 is approved prior to the issuance of the K3; both parties can start a AOS process right away without necessarily continuing a K3 process?

-and if this were true: Is it "logical" or better to file the I-130 and purposefully wait its approval to then start a AOS? and not a k3?

I'm really confused, and I would appreciate any help.

thank you.

sorry for posting twice.

hi!, I'm sorry if this reply is not exactly about what youre discussing about, but it certainly IS k3/AOS-related.

I recently posted a topic in the AOS general info section. Im colombian too.

I have been living as an international student on a F-1 student visa for 9 months in the US. Soon I'll be marrying my girlfriend and soon after that i'm thinking of voluntarily going back to colombia to avoid USCIS accusations due to the fact that I came here on a F-1 non-immigrant visa and now im getting married thus staying in the US, which apparently contradicts my initial intentions when coming here. If that is in fact the best thing to do (I would appreciate ideas about wether or not this is "the right way"):

- is it true that if a US citizen spouse files an I-130 for its foreign spouse (who is in his country) in order to begin a K3 process, and at some point the I-130 is approved prior to the issuance of the K3; both parties can start a AOS process right away without necessarily continuing a K3 process?

-and if this were true: Is it "logical" or better to file the I-130 and purposefully wait its approval to then start a AOS? and not a k3?

I'm really confused, and I would appreciate any help.

thank you.

If i get married in the US on a F-1 student visa and soon after I go back to my home country to avoid accusations from USCIS (since my f-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa meaning i wasnt intending to stay) and later start the process of filing the I-130 (my spouse being in the US (US citizen) and I abroad). Could I wait for the I-130 to be approved and later file for the AOS (adjustment of status) directly instead of going through the K3 Process? This assumption is based on the concept (I've been reading) that if you start a k3 process and your I-130 is approved before the issuance of the K3 visa then you can go ahead and apply for AOS right away.

I would also like to know how risky it is to get married on a f-1 student visa and stay in the US during the AOS if I've only been living in the US for 9 months?.

This can get confusing and i would appreciate anybody's wisdom. I dont have much time to decide what to do.

THANK YOU