Octopuss

Hello,

I am not sure this is the right place to post, I am trying to help a friend.

This is their situation: he is French, working in the USA with an H1B visa expiring in 1 year and a half. She is US citizen and they are getting married in France in August this year. They live in the USA.

What is the procedure to follow?

Thanks

Hello,

I am not sure this is the right place to post, I am trying to help a friend.

This is their situation: he is French, working in the USA with an H1B visa expiring in 1 year and a half. She is US citizen and they are getting married in France in August this year. They live in the USA.

What is the procedure to follow?

Thanks

Good for them! Thank you

Hi,

We have friends - she is a US citizen, he is French and working in the US with a H1B.

They plan to get married next year and would like to know what type of visa he should request.

Is/was anyone in the same situation?

Thank you!

Hello,

The OP thanks you all for your help

I will explain the situation at the interview and see what they say.

I can still volunteer at the school (help kids for homeworks, support, etc) and then get the "serious" job which is actually assistant of the principal later, when I get the EAD.

A school is a good place to volunteer, it is not as if I would translate all day in a office or working at a computer on statistics 40 hours per week.

Does someone know how long it takes to get the EAD from the moment we are legally married?

Thank you, this forum is a great place.

Zoé

So..... what would be the best for my case? Volunteering at the school until I get the work permit and not tell anyone??? Then as soon as I get the work permit, pretend I just applied for a new job at the school? I am very confused...

There is just something paradoxal to me: you have to prove that you have financial support from your fiancé(e) and show that you won't be a "weight" for the US government but if you want to work and support yourself financially, you are not allowed to

Thanks for your advice.

It would be a job at a French school (not teacher but assistant of the principal), located at one mile from the house so I really want that job! I would start as volunteer to be sure to get the job as soon as I am allowed to work.

The principal is nice enough to wait for me and not hire another person, I can't let this chance go away in this economical situation.

What is OP ???

Yes I think we will keep the wedding party on May 8 but make the marriage legal as soon as I arrive in the US to get the AOS sooner. In the meantime, I can still start working at that place as a volunteer.... but of course it would be better to get $$$, especially with all those fees

There is this information on the website of the Belgian Embassy: you can call on Wed. and Fri. from 2 pm to 3.30 pm for any question about pending visas.

Well, when you are lucky to have a receptionist on the phone, they transfer to another service when no one never answers until the beeeep beeeep just stops. And when you want to leave a message to the receptionist to ask someone to call you back "we are not allowed to take messages". Great!!! Thanks for the support

Oh of course you can call that 15€ phone number when you are told they cannot give you more information

I guess I have no choice but wait for the interview...

We planned to get married in May but then I think we will have to make it legal when I arrive in the US to speed up the arrival of the green card. We can still keep the party in May...

I will ask at the interview since there is no way to know more about it.

Thanks for the quick reply!

Hi,

I found a job in the US and I could start as soon as I move there. Of course I could not sign anything since I don't have the visa yet but the guy who wants to hire me is ready to wait.

Can someone tell me if I can work with a K-1 visa? Are there specific forms to fill in?

I checked on the consulate website and there is no information about that.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Zoé

Thank you, I can get prepared. I just HATE medical exams

Hi,

Could someone explain what is the medical examination? Is it only like a regular visit to a doctor or do they ask more?

Thank you!

Zoé

Hi,

Don't worry, I filed the I129F petition on October 3 and still have no news either. I don't understand why some cases seems to have the priority compared to others but it is so.... there is nothing to do except being patient.

Thanks for the fast reply!

Do you know what documents exactly they ask in package 3? I would like to prepare everything in advance, if possible...

Thank you

Hello,

could anyone explain what package 3 and 4 mean? I want to get prepared as much as possible even if NOA2 has not arrived yet...

Thanks!

I will even have 3 citizenships, and that's awesome!!

You made my day! This is great news. Thanks!

Hi,

I would like to know if I can keep an address in my home country during several months (3) while moving with a K1 fiancee? I would do this for financial reasons.

Thanks for your advice.

I found a way to go faster: bothering people and calling them every day until I get this paperwork It works !!! I hope to have everything ready for October 1st and this will help us to save 1.5 months! So to those who are waiting for administration stuff: CALL CALL CALL even if they will hate you. At least they want to get rid of you and will handle your request.

OK... thanks for your help. It just makes me sick to wait 2.5 months for one sheet of paper which will very likely be exactly the same that the one I just received by mail... But if you think I could be REJECTED for that I will trust you. I thought that they could start to handle the file in the meantime and that I could send the very official divorce decree as soon as received if they need it.

Dear all,

I was waiting for the divorce decree to start the K1 procedure.

I went to the court on August 4 and received a paperwork that really looks like the divorce decree but I was told I would receive the official paperwork later.

My question is: is the document I received sufficient as a divorce decree for an immigrant applying for a K-1 Visa?

It says:

The Court pronounced the divorce of:

xxx (name of ex-husband), born (date), living at (address)

and

xxx (me), born (date), living at (address)

who were married in (city) on (date)

+ signature of the judge and 2 people working at the court.

I want to translate this document (by an official translator) and send the package now to the Immigration (everything is ready, I was only waiting of the divorce decree) to start the procedure as soon as possible. Do you think it is a good idea to try, even if they come back with a question OR is it better to wait until the "official decree" which will probably be exactly the same document?

Thanks for your advice, always greatly appreciated!

Ok thank you!

My fiance is the US citizen, I am the foreigner/future immigrant. So I will put "none".

Thanks for your fast replies :-)

Hello,

Could someone tell me where I can find the Alien Registration Number requested at the bottom of the G-325-A form?

Thank you!