BirdyGirl85

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

I see this so often on Visa Journey. If people want to keep their residence status, I don't know why they don't research this before they move out of the country. You can't keep your residence status if you are living outside of the U.S. That is the point of the green card, to be able to live in the U.S.

I would suggest people who want to move out of the U.S. but want to be able to freely come back to the U.S. to visit or live there again, just make sure to live in the U.S. long enough to be able to apply for naturalization, and then don't move out of the country until after you become a U.S. citizen.

My husband is going through naturalization right now. He passed his interview and we are waiting for his oath ceremony letter to come in the mail. We are thinking his oath will be in March. We have no plans in the future to move to Finland, but just in case, we feel like it's a good idea to for him to become a U.S. citizen, in case we decide to be out of the U.S. for long periods of time. Then he can be out of the U.S. for as long as he wants and still is fine to be able to come back to the U.S. Just makes sense. One of the perks of becoming a U.S. citizen.

Wow, just wow. I can't believe people who do this. I am sorry your husband is treating you this way, but I don't know why you think you have the right to move here with a spousal visa when the two of you know that you aren't going to be together anymore. That is the point of that visa. If you want to move to the U.S., then get a different kind of visa, one that fits your purpose of coming here...

Wow, just wow. I can't believe people who do this. I am sorry your husband is treating you this way, but I don't know why you think you have the right to move here with a spousal visa when the two of you know that you aren't going to be together anymore. That is the point of that visa. If you want to move to the U.S., then get a different kind of visa, one that fits your purpose of coming here...

I don't understand why you thought him coming on a tourist visa you would get in this kind of trouble for NOT marrying him? What the heck? Yeah maybe if you filed for the K-1 Visa and you both knew it was fraud from the beginning. But in your situation? If anything I would be afraid of getting in trouble for marrying him because I didn't want to marry him after all and I was marrying him on a tourist visa, with intent of marrying before he got here.
I mean even if you file K-1 visa and the person gets here and you decide after all you don't want to get married, you don't have to go through with the marriage in the end if you don't want to. I really don't understand why you thought you would get in trouble for not marrying him, unless you thought he was going to hurt you if you didn't because of all of his threats... Maybe you should of called the police because of the threats and made him leave your home... Although I know you still loved him and wanted it to work, but that was not the right way, marrying when you were not ready.
Sorry you are going through this though.

I don't understand why you thought him coming on a tourist visa you would get in this kind of trouble for NOT marrying him? What the heck? Yeah maybe if you filed for the K-1 Visa and you both knew it was fraud from the beginning. But in your situation? If anything I would be afraid of getting in trouble for marrying him because I didn't want to marry him after all and I was marrying him on a tourist visa, with intent of marrying before he got here.
I mean even if you file K-1 visa and the person gets here and you decide after all you don't want to get married, you don't have to go through with the marriage in the end if you don't want to. I really don't understand why you thought you would get in trouble for not marrying him, unless you thought he was going to hurt you if you didn't because of all of his threats... Maybe you should of called the police because of the threats and made him leave your home... Although I know you still loved him and wanted it to work, but that was not the right way, marrying when you were not ready.
Sorry you are going through this though.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

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There is no reason to judge him just because he is not ready to marry after 10 months. My husband and I didn't get married until after we were in a relationship for 5 years. We still loved each other all the time, and missed each other a lot when we were separated by distance. But still I did not feel ready for marriage until after a few years. We would visit each other 2 to 3 times a year. And when we were apart, we would talk pretty much every day. Just because someone is not ready for marriage after a certain amount of time even though others have, doesn't mean he loves her any less, and it doesn't mean he never wants to marry her... But sometimes you need more time, marriage is a big decision in life, and you need to make sure it's feels like it's the right time.

Yeah, these two years did go by fast! I am planning to send our ROC package this Monday. We're pretty much done with it expect for a couple of things, but I know we will get it done tomorrow. Good luck to us all!

(Can someone please edit the title of this thread from "Filter" to Filers? It's bugging the perfectionist in me.
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NikiR, I was thinking of the same thing a bit earlier. That maybe he can drive down to Texas with his belongings and she can fly there. I think that would work out better, because her being in a moving van with her fiance I think would just raise too much questions and probably be denied.

Huh, I didn't send any part of the I-693 with my husband's AOS package. We got no RFE(s) so I guess there was no problem sending it that way. No where on the instructions for I-693 do I see where it says you have to fill out part of the I-693 if you are a K-1 who took your medical within the last year, except this, "If the vaccination records (DS 3025) was not properly completed and included part of the original, overseas medical, examination report, you will have to have the vaccination report completed by a designated civil surgeon. In this case, you are required to submit Part 1, Information About You, Part 2, the vaccination chart and Part 5, the Civil Surgeon's Certification, of Form I-693."
So... It sounds to me that if the vaccination records were properly completed and included in the original overseas medical, you wouldn't have to fill out any part of the I-693. I could be wrong, but if I was, why did my husband not get a RFE? He already had his biometrics taken, and we even had an AOS interview letter. (Although we had to reschedule, so we are waiting for our new interview letter) But my point was that we got that far with no RFE, so I'm sure what we did was fine. We did send with the AOS package, was a vaccination report that my husband received when he has his medical. We assume the sealed package he gave at the POE was sent to USCIS since that is what I read here on VJ.

Well honestly, it might be some good advice for him in the future to have a relationship last, if you get to know the person more before deciding to marry them.
I'm sorry this happened though.

Yeah I don't really understand these couples breaking up because they can't handle the distance for just a few months. I mean don't most of these relationships here on VJ start as a long distance relationships anyways? I would think most people have dealt with this before they even started the visa process. Unless all they did was meet in person once and then file. Which in my opinion is not enough time to know if you want to marry someone. I know there are a lot of couples here that started the visa process right after meeting only once, so they are probably annoyed with what I just said, but that's still my opinion. My husband and I were in a long distance relationship for 4 years and 8 months before we filed for the fiance visa. We were apart for months at a time so being apart wasn't something new for us. Don't get me wrong, it was very hard to be apart, and got even harder after each visit we had, but as long as you talk often during that time you are apart you can get through it. It has all been worth it in the end to be married and living together.

I don't know if you're a troll or not, but I'll post anyways... People have been asking if you the baby is really yours or not. In my opinion, it doesn't matter. You know you at least had sex with another women and that is CHEATING. I don't feel sorry for you at all. If you really love someone, I don't see why you would even think to cheat on that person. You better tell your fiancee what's going on. Poor woman...