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It may not even be an issue at all. We are thinking of sending off the application in the next month, and she finishes school in December 2010. She won't be away forever, just for the start of it.

you seem to be quite confused. You have 90 days to get married after entry on a K-1. Adjustment of Status is when you send in your papers after you get married. Takes about what? 5 months to years.

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I fully understand the need to get married in the 3 months. I left it out as sort of a given. The question I just asked was, how long after you send off your papers for the AOS does it take for the interview. I am assuming your '5 months to years' was in response to that?

Normally, but not always...2-6 months.

Ok. It doesn't really change much though because we'd need the same address before we even send off for the AOS, so it looks like I'll have to hang fire for a bit.

Thanks though.

Thanks for all the responses guys.

I didn't know the addresses had to be on the packet sent away while applying for AOS within the 90 days, so thank you for that Nik+Heather.

karimcharleen: The rest of my family are on E2 visas, so they couldn't bring me in on a K2 I don't believe.

Yea I think the best course of action for me would be to delay sending off the initial application for a bit. That way I have the 6 months in which to activate the visa to line it up with her leaving school. Bit of a shame, I was hoping I could get back a bit sooner...

Anyway thanks for the help guys.

you seem to be quite confused. You have 90 days to get married after entry on a K-1. Adjustment of Status is when you send in your papers after you get married. Takes about what? 5 months to years.

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I fully understand the need to get married in the 3 months. I left it out as sort of a given. The question I just asked was, how long after you send off your papers for the AOS does it take for the interview. I am assuming your '5 months to years' was in response to that?

I would think that the combination of the two following facts would, indeed as Gary and Alla said, "make it an uphill battle."

1- you already have a job lined up and

2- you aren't living together.

i would be concerned that intentions for immigration using the K-1 would be misunderstood.

Actually I may have misunderstood some of the timing of the whole process which may clear things up. Once you file for AOS in the 90 days you have after entering, how long is it usually until the AOS interview where you have to prove you are living together?

So start your K1 process in March 2010 approx. So by August you will be in US again, living with her and getting married

She has an apartment with a roommate in Orlando. What proof do they require that you are living together?

Could I just use her address in Orlando as my own once I'm there or do they require both names on the lease as proof?

No, you can't pick and choose, you should tell the truth. Telling something which isn't true for the purposes of meeting the requirements so you can be approved would generally be termed as fraud...

From an earlier post: "There is no requirement, per se, that you live together"

Has anyone else been in the same situation and been approved without living together? If so, what did you use to prove a bona fide marriage?

So start your K1 process in March 2010 approx. So by August you will be in US again, living with her and getting married

She has an apartment with a roommate in Orlando. What proof do they require that you are living together?

Could I just use her address in Orlando as my own once I'm there or do they require both names on the lease as proof?

She will be moving back to Palm Beach in August of 2010, but won't be graduating until December 2010. As of August though, we could potentially be living together.

I've been lurking for a bit but just signed up today.

My girlfriend (USC) and I (British Citizen) are going to start a K1 application soon, and I had a question regarding the importance of living together once you are married.

We are going to get the process started soon, but she is still in Grad School right now. If I get the approval and the Visa before she is finished with grad school, and we aren't living together right away, does this cause problems for the AOS side of things? Or do they take into account that she is still away at school and we will be living together as soon as she is done in a few months?

Thanks in advance,

Andy

You'll be moving to the states with the K1 and staying. Where will you be living if not with her?

To cut a long story short, I have been in the US on several E2 visas over the course of the past 8 years. My last one was denied, so I am in Spain right now.

I have been with her for the last 2 years I was in the US, during which time, she went to school in Orlando, about 2 and a half hours drive away from where I was living in Palm Beach, and where my family (parents and one sister) still live.

When I move back to the states, and become legally able to work, I will be living back in Palm Beach and working at my parents company again. Her family also lives in Palm Beach, and she will be moving back down upon graduating.

So are you suggesting it is such a large problem that I should hang fire with sending off the application until it would line up with her being finished with school and moving back to Palm Beach again?

I've been lurking for a bit but just signed up today.

My girlfriend (USC) and I (British Citizen) are going to start a K1 application soon, and I had a question regarding the importance of living together once you are married.

We are going to get the process started soon, but she is still in Grad School right now. If I get the approval and the Visa before she is finished with grad school, and we aren't living together right away, does this cause problems for the AOS side of things? Or do they take into account that she is still away at school and we will be living together as soon as she is done in a few months?

Thanks in advance,

Andy