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if I was to get married in the UK and not hand in the wedding certificate to the registrars office, does that mean I'm not married? Erm NO it doesn't!!
Because I got married in the USA and cant hand in my marriage certificate to the UK government to be registered does that mean I'm not technically married in the UK? Nope still legally married here in the UK as well as USA.
The way I see it you have 2 choices, carry on with the K1 and get married in the USA after you have received the visa and then go to her home country and have another wedding.
or
Cancel the K1 and go to her home country, get married and file for a CR1.
No one on here is going to/should encourage you to break or bend the law. It's on your own head if you lie about things but you and your future spouse has to be prepared for the consequences of your actions.

I love this!
We had the most simple wedding ever. I had no dress, no venue, no seating plans, no guest list, no flowers. It was me, my son, my (now) husband, his mum, sister, best friend and the nice woman from the court house who married us in the sunshine. My son wanted a toy with his dinner so we went to burger king, I wouldn't change a single thing about it.

I love this!
We had the most simple wedding ever. I had no dress, no venue, no seating plans, no guest list, no flowers. It was me, my son, my (now) husband, his mum, sister, best friend and the nice woman from the court house who married us in the sunshine. My son wanted a toy with his dinner so we went to burger king, I wouldn't change a single thing about it.

My understanding is that the 3 year rule only applies if you are still married to the original petitioner and the time starts from the date you became an LPR. If you divorce, regardless of who is to blame you will have to wait until you have been an LPR for 5 years.
Sorry about your situation.

My understanding is that the 3 year rule only applies if you are still married to the original petitioner and the time starts from the date you became an LPR. If you divorce, regardless of who is to blame you will have to wait until you have been an LPR for 5 years.
Sorry about your situation.

My understanding is that the 3 year rule only applies if you are still married to the original petitioner and the time starts from the date you became an LPR. If you divorce, regardless of who is to blame you will have to wait until you have been an LPR for 5 years.
Sorry about your situation.

My understanding is that the 3 year rule only applies if you are still married to the original petitioner and the time starts from the date you became an LPR. If you divorce, regardless of who is to blame you will have to wait until you have been an LPR for 5 years.
Sorry about your situation.

My understanding is that the 3 year rule only applies if you are still married to the original petitioner and the time starts from the date you became an LPR. If you divorce, regardless of who is to blame you will have to wait until you have been an LPR for 5 years.
Sorry about your situation.

ive worked everyday of my life so far and that wont change once i get to america. i would rather do a crappy job for 5 dollars an hour than sit at home... which is probably why i dont have a lot of money because there have been times when i would of been better of on benefits in the UK than i would have working

I'm not a K1, I'm a CR1 who is still waiting for approval.
I think the process is already hard enough for the majority of folk on here. I like many others can,t afford to travel back and forth to the USA on a regular basis to see my husband, he can't take weeks and weeks off work to visit us, we will not see each other again until POE.
It's hard. We were apart for our first wedding anniversary and we are going to miss spending thanksgiving, Christmas, new year, my birthday and maybe even valentines day together again. My son misses his step dad, it's hard for a 6 year old to go though this.
As for the statistics on failed marriages, well any relationship can break down under normal circumstances. This process has killed off a good few VJ members relationships because this process took them past breaking point.
I hope that when I'm all done and dusted and back in the arms of my husband, and know I don't have to leave him thousands of miles away ever again, I can look back and think it wasn't so bad.
I will never forget how hard this process has been and will never tell anyone that is going through it that it should be harder for them than it was for me.

I'm not a K1, I'm a CR1 who is still waiting for approval.
I think the process is already hard enough for the majority of folk on here. I like many others can,t afford to travel back and forth to the USA on a regular basis to see my husband, he can't take weeks and weeks off work to visit us, we will not see each other again until POE.
It's hard. We were apart for our first wedding anniversary and we are going to miss spending thanksgiving, Christmas, new year, my birthday and maybe even valentines day together again. My son misses his step dad, it's hard for a 6 year old to go though this.
As for the statistics on failed marriages, well any relationship can break down under normal circumstances. This process has killed off a good few VJ members relationships because this process took them past breaking point.
I hope that when I'm all done and dusted and back in the arms of my husband, and know I don't have to leave him thousands of miles away ever again, I can look back and think it wasn't so bad.
I will never forget how hard this process has been and will never tell anyone that is going through it that it should be harder for them than it was for me.

I'm not a K1, I'm a CR1 who is still waiting for approval.
I think the process is already hard enough for the majority of folk on here. I like many others can,t afford to travel back and forth to the USA on a regular basis to see my husband, he can't take weeks and weeks off work to visit us, we will not see each other again until POE.
It's hard. We were apart for our first wedding anniversary and we are going to miss spending thanksgiving, Christmas, new year, my birthday and maybe even valentines day together again. My son misses his step dad, it's hard for a 6 year old to go though this.
As for the statistics on failed marriages, well any relationship can break down under normal circumstances. This process has killed off a good few VJ members relationships because this process took them past breaking point.
I hope that when I'm all done and dusted and back in the arms of my husband, and know I don't have to leave him thousands of miles away ever again, I can look back and think it wasn't so bad.
I will never forget how hard this process has been and will never tell anyone that is going through it that it should be harder for them than it was for me.

I'm not a K1, I'm a CR1 who is still waiting for approval.
I think the process is already hard enough for the majority of folk on here. I like many others can,t afford to travel back and forth to the USA on a regular basis to see my husband, he can't take weeks and weeks off work to visit us, we will not see each other again until POE.
It's hard. We were apart for our first wedding anniversary and we are going to miss spending thanksgiving, Christmas, new year, my birthday and maybe even valentines day together again. My son misses his step dad, it's hard for a 6 year old to go though this.
As for the statistics on failed marriages, well any relationship can break down under normal circumstances. This process has killed off a good few VJ members relationships because this process took them past breaking point.
I hope that when I'm all done and dusted and back in the arms of my husband, and know I don't have to leave him thousands of miles away ever again, I can look back and think it wasn't so bad.
I will never forget how hard this process has been and will never tell anyone that is going through it that it should be harder for them than it was for me.

I am very happy that you have read the Quran and that your husband is Muslim....now ask him if his sister that has never been married would be allowed to travel alone to a different country with out one of his family......
maybe Egyptians are not as strict about their unmarried daughters i don't know as im not Egyptian
but the process is hard enough as it is the only thing i think should be changed is the length of time to marry after the fiance comes to the USA
sara

No. Just no. Yes to giving us more time to plan a wedding but thats about it. Not everyone has an awesome job that makes lots of $$$ but we still deserve to get married to the one we love and have them live with us. Especially since he will be saving up money in Australia while its processing, and getting a job as soon as his AOS is done. Did the people saying raise the income requirement ever think that the beneficiary is a man sometimes? When we have kids I'm going to be the housewife and he will be working, so how much I'm making by myself doesn't matter in the long run (except to the US govt. for me sponsoring him and for helping him support us before we have children). This is what we want for our relationship and we both agree to it.
My man has a college degree and can get a better job than me. I couldn't afford to go to college after high school (though I haven't given up on going). Should I have to be punished for this, when there are ways of living a decent comfortable life on 125% of the poverty line? We have roommates, we'll have savings, and between his savings and my job we will be able to pay our bills and live decently until he gets the ability to work in this country. And its all doable on just ~$18000/yr.
Its not like I'm his welfare check, if someone really loves someone enough to marry them they won't want to be a burden on them. There is no doubt in my mind that the govt's requirement for me to sponsor him is unfounded. I know that they don't know everyone who comes here and want to make sure they don't bleed the system, and I accept that and am willing to comply. But its a bit offensive for people to say there is no way to live a decent life on $18000 a year, when AMERICAN couples do it all the time, and especially since I myself have never taken welfare or unemployment and my life is just fine.
Anyway...rant over Basically don't judge unless you've walked it, because nothing is impossible if you want it bad enough

Even if the k1 divorce rate is 40% as you say... That is still about right on target with the rest of the national average of couples who met here, married here and dated for months...whatever. I dont know how hard this was for you....but because it was made so hard for my husband and myself, we have now waited 2 years and 3 months and still arent even at nvc yet! So....im so glad for you that your spouse is with you, but I wouldnt be so quick to wish it harder as a generalization on anyone in this forum. We already have it hard emotionally and financially and this is not an easy process. Not at all from where im sitting. And I sure would hate to think it couldnt happen at all if I hadnt gone to college. My grandparents have never been over the poverty line their whole lives. They had the happiest 55 years of anyone I ever met.

I can relate to you completely and some days that feeling can feel like it will overwhelm you.
I put my studies on hold also, I moved back to my mums with my son to get a job and save the money needed for this process. We moved away from friends, my son changed schools, I hate my job, everything is taking much longer than we thought it would. Its not an easy journey to take, even though we all know it will be more than worth it.
Hang in there

if I was to get married in the UK and not hand in the wedding certificate to the registrars office, does that mean I'm not married? Erm NO it doesn't!!
Because I got married in the USA and cant hand in my marriage certificate to the UK government to be registered does that mean I'm not technically married in the UK? Nope still legally married here in the UK as well as USA.
The way I see it you have 2 choices, carry on with the K1 and get married in the USA after you have received the visa and then go to her home country and have another wedding.
or
Cancel the K1 and go to her home country, get married and file for a CR1.
No one on here is going to/should encourage you to break or bend the law. It's on your own head if you lie about things but you and your future spouse has to be prepared for the consequences of your actions.

The HPV vaccination isn't a waste of money if a female already has a strain of HPV, there are many different strains of HPV. You can have the vaccine and still catch a strain it doesn't cover.

if your pregnant you do not have to undergo the xray this can be done at a later date