I am 59 and she is 57. I am retired and have a modest income and own my home. My girlfriend has agreed that we are going to get married but I have not asked and received an official answer so technically we are girl/boy friend. However, she is coming over at the end of February and we are going to get married the first week of March. We then must go back to UK for about two months and then return here to reside permanently. What are the best steps to take to make this as simple as possible?
Thanks
Steve
2007-01-31 17:15:13 · 6 answers · asked by Steve T 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Oh dear..I'm afraid the way you want to do it can make complications for immigrating to the US.
My suggestion will be..apply for a k1 fiancee visa. Once she has been approved she then can come over to the US and you both have to marry within 90 days. Then she will have to change her status, and apply for Green Card. This will be the easiest and straight forward way.
Once you have applied for k1 visa, nothing stops you from visiting her in the UK whilst you are waiting for this.
Alternatively, you can marry in the UK, then you apply for a K3 visa. (bringing you spouse to the US).
K1 visa is quicker but for her to be able to leave the US before her Green Card is issued, she must apply for advance parole to travel).
The K3 allows your spouse to leave and enter without asking for parole until her visa runs out. (usually 2 years) Hopefully her Green Card will be issued to her by this time.
If you were to marry here and not reside here, there wouldn't be a problem, but as you want to marry here then your wife wants to return here to reside here, then you could run into problems.
Please look into this very carefully, you need to know what is the best path to take regarding immigration.
2007-02-01 08:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by sweet_h 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fiance Visa are issued with limited times for marriage in the US. If you do not marry in that time, the visa becomes invalid. So in your case i don`t think you can keep her with you all the time, unless you decide to marry her. Yes i also agree with the lady comments below mine that getting her a job would be a good idea too, but those kind of jobs with visa waiver are hard to find. She needs to go back and re enter again i would say
2016-05-24 00:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by Megan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister in law married a US citizen and although I don't have an awful lot of information to help you, the one thing I do know is that she had to prove that theirs was a legitimate relationship with letters, photos and the like proving they'd been together a while. I would start documenting your relationship, keeping all letters, phone bills, photo albums and so forth. I hope it all goes well for you.
2007-01-31 17:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by f0xymoron 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats, if comes to be. Just look before you leap. Study all the laws thoroughly before you act,or you it might result in legal issues. (unfortunately there are alot of laws and unseen conflicts)Yes these laws are very cold. Check out Visa Journey,US Immigration sites ok Best Wishes
2007-01-31 17:36:30 · answer #4 · answered by Yukon Cornelius 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ask the us and uk embassy's. my partner is portuguese but luckily i am english so we have the european right!?? i am sure at your ages there should be no problem if there is no financial dependency problems and if there is no crimianl record from the uk. Good luck
2007-01-31 17:20:43 · answer #5 · answered by kerrie w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steve, tried to contact you off this site, can you send me an email and I will try and explain this to you.
regards.
2007-01-31 17:19:03 · answer #6 · answered by candy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋