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For CR1 visa, the POE date and the green card issue date should be the same.

If you go there and get married, then you would have a better chance bringing her here on a I-130 IR1/CR1 visa but it will take another year plus to get her here.

The K3 process can no longer be obtained. If married, you must do an I-130 for a IR1/CR1 visa. Once the CR1 is approved at the USCIS, the NOA2 paper work is transferred to the National Visa Center (NVC) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In your case, it will be a CR1 visa because you would be married less than two years when applying for the visa.

The K1 visa will get you in the USA about 4 months quicker than an CR1 visa. The CR1 visa takes approximately 10 months before interview at embassy. This varies between countries. See timelines for England on Visa Journey for both K1 and IR1/CR1 visa.

Perhaps her parents or a friend would be willing to become a sponsor if she does not initially qualify.

If not, you will need to wait until she qualifies based on income. I don't know if they will make any exceptions to the rule just because she is becoming a Doctor. I know the banks will make exception for loans based on becoming a doctor but I not thinking the government will make exception.

Perhaps someone else can shed some light on this.

Having been married to a Ukrainian and my brother is still married to a Russian, I can state based on experience and observation that Ukranian and Russian women are extremely materialistic. This 21 y.o. gal had a chance to be married to a wealthy man who could have been a great provider is far more important to her than the age difference. She would have never came here if it was not for that.

Woman from eastern europe love very high end designer clothes, shoes and jewelry and they love to travel.

Unfortunately for my x-wife, my income was in the low 6 figures which did not afford her the opportunity to fly first class when we traveled. I told her that thats not going to happen while married to me.

P.S. I met my x-wife here in Boston and she was already a citizen. What I failed to see is just how shallow of a person she was until after we were married. It was within hours of our marriage that I began to see her true colors. After serveral years, I told her I had enough and wanted a divorce.

They say that there are two times in marriage that you are truly happy. The day you get married and the day you get divorced. In this marriage, it was true.

As far as age difference goes, my Filippino wife is 25 years younger than me. She is a sweet heart with not a mean bone in her and she truly loves me. She could have done much better than me but she is very happy with me and for the first time in my life, I am happy and in love with the woman I married to. I will admit though she has taken over my Lexus from me. She tells me that the Lexus is her car now. The good thing is it is now 5 years old and she will be happy with it for many years to come allowing me to buy a new one for myself if I desire.

Your boyfriend must be seeing a personality issue that you failed to mention. Why does he not want to marry you? Does he feel that your values are lacking? Maybe he believes you have not been sincere and you only wish to get a green card at any cost such as trying to find another man to marry so you can stay in the USA. As others have stated, NO CAN DO!

You can not stay in the USA if he does not want to marry you! You must return to the Ukraine! No options. The good news is he should pay for a ticket for you to get back to the Ukraine.

The baby is a US Citizen by birth in the USA. A USA passport for the child and a birth certificate for the child should be all you need.

My wife is 25 years younger than me. I could not be happier. She does not have a dishonest or mean bone in her body. She is beautiful ahd she truly loves me. The age difference is not an issue with her at all and she turns mens heads on the time.

Take the work visa and then apply for CR1 visa while in the USA. It will be much faster to get a work visa

Typically 6 months for I-130 to be approved at USCIS, then another 4 to 5 months from NOA2 to be processed at NVC and interview date.

Be prepared to wait for approximately 10 months between NOA1 and interview at manila embassy.

If it goes faster then you will be very happy. You have to be ready for each step of the process. So prepare in advance.

Have more than one original for all documents that need to be certified for both of you.

Petioner will need to send certified copies of divorce if applicable and birth certificate to you in Philippines.

You will need to send him a bunch of documents as well for processing at NVC.

Make a detailed folder for interview. It shows that you are organized. They will then hardly even look at it.

I thought that once you submit the K1 paperwork, I-129 that you will not be able to go to the USA until you have received the K1 Visa. I don't know if that applies to people residing in Germany. Can anyone clarify this concern?

You stated that you plan on coming in October to the USA. Just trying to make sure you won't have an entry problem and be forced to return to Germany without entry to the USA

First of all, I really don't know anything about this issue but wanted to pass along my thoughts.

Can she claim as an extreme hardship that living in the USA since she was 2 y.o. is the only life that she has ever known.

It takes two to argue. My wife is so wonderful. She never argues with me.

Perhaps you need to listen and try to understand why he is so unhappy.

I know that I would not like living with my in-laws for any period of time.

We have internet. That has made it so much easier for my wife because she can stay in contact with her family and friends she left behing via the internet and phone.

The quicker you get out of your parents home, the happier he will be. He obviously is experiencing more change than you.

Be patient and more understanding with him and see if that makes a difference. Most of all, get your own place together as soon as possible.

Good luck!

You mentioned that her husband lives in Singapore. Can you get the divorce done in Singapore? It may be a lot faster.

The USCIS does not care where the divorce occurred.

As long as she does not need to return to the Philippines before your marriage, I don't see being divorced in Singapore being an issue.

If you get married in Mexico before he comes to the USA, he will most likely be rejected if trying to enter on a K1 visa. You should either marry here in the USA if he comes on a K1 and wait for green card before returning to Mexico or marry in Mexico and then file for CR1 visa. The CR1 process may take as long as 10 months before interview at embassy in Mexico.

Good luck!

Once approved for the I-130, your case will go to the NVC where you will have to prove that you can support her and have an established residence in the USA. You can get a co-sponsor if you have a relative that is willing to sign as a co-sponsor if you don't meet the minimum income requirement. Good luck in getting her here. It could take close to a year to get her here.

If you are unable to obtain waiver, you can return to the Philippines and have spouse file a I-130, CR1 visa. It takes approximately 1 year to process. 5 months with USCIS and 5 months with the visa processing center and embanssy in philippines before interview.

Go there and marry her. Then file I-130 for CR1 visa.

File for an extension. Once she is here in the USA, obtain Socail Security number and then file return. That is what I did.

It is all day from early morning. You need to call phone number in Cebu. The hours on line is not correct.

My wife went to Cebu for CFO.

They will tell you in packet. You can also get info from Visa Journey, Philippine Embassy section or from US embassy Phillipones

Walmart greeter

You should have her eat a half of dozen Rocky Mountain Oysters.

In case you don't know what they are, Rocky Mountain Oysters are Bull balls. You can dip them in batter and fry them.

Yep, we live on the north side of Boston. Their are a lot of Fil-am couples here. My wife which is Filipino have been in the US for 11 months and she is working at a local retail store in Danvers along with five other Filipinos. My email address is carrtommy@yahoo.com. You can email me and let me know what part of Boston you live in and I will give you our phone number then.

P.S. My neighbors are also Filipinos.

Is Detroit the end of their flight or are they continuing beyond Detroit and Detroit is just the Point of Entry?

What are their ages?

The biggest issue is when they stop in Japan. They have to get off of the plane, go through security and then wait to re-board the plane for the next leg to Detroit

Detroit airport is easy to get through, especially if you have a domestic flight to catch out of Detroit. The problem sometimes is getting through customs quick enough to catch your domestic flight.

As far as flight attendants, they should be very helpful on giving them any advice. They will even help them fill out their declaration forms.

You should take a second job or get your wife into the work place. My wife was here for less than 6 months before getting her first job. She now works at Walmart as a cashier. I don't need the income but she likes the extra income to send back to parents and the Walmart management loves her personality.

I would not hold a grudge against your family because they refused to sign as a co--sponser. I actually don't blame them at all for now signing. That is a huge responsibility that I honestly would not do for my brother if he needed it. It is bad enough for me to assume the risk for my own wife that I would have to support her if she decided that she was not happy with me and wanted to live separately. Lucky for me, we have a great relationship.

Please forgive your siblings for not co-sponsoring your stepson. Especially considering that they would help financially in other ways tells me that they do truly love you.