I am a U.S. citizen. My fiance is not. After the wedding we want to visit the U.S. but live in her country. Do you think we should go through the immigration process even though we won't be living in the U.S.?
2007-02-20 13:18:58 · 21 answers · asked by Me 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Depends on how bad you want to visit the U.S.
2007-02-20 13:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Hi 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The whole Immigration process takes time and money. If you are not planning on living in the US it would be worth asking yourselves whether there would be any benefit to your wife in getting her Permanent Residency Status for the US. You may change your minds or the political situation may change in her country forcing you both to re-locate so it would be an advantage to have that residency in her back pocket. Also if her country doesn't not have a treaty with the US whereby she can enter the States for 90 days without a visa it is going to become a regular pain in the backside to apply for a tourist visa everytime you want to travel home.
2007-02-20 13:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by Golf Alpha Nine-seven 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need to at LEAST contact an immigration lawyer and have an initial consultation with him/her about this. As I understand it, the state is correct. USA doesn't recognize marriages in foreign countries from an immigration perspective. At least I know that is true of one is a citizen and one is not. You will have to get married here also. You will have a passel of paperwork to do here...and likely would be better advised to get married here first and get the paperwork started, then go there for your year, then come back with the USA paperwork all done. TALK TO AN ATTORNEY, at least an initial consultation, to see what you are going to be up against. Most of immigrations seems to be forms, money, and time. Where it gets confusing is the forms...and we all know lawyers love forms. ;)
2016-05-24 00:23:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a US citizen who married a foreigner. She came to the US on a fiancee visa and we got married. After 3-4 years, she applied for citizenship and got it. But if she were not living in the US, she would not have been eligible to apply for US citizenship, even though she was married to me. So if the two of you plan to live abroad, you will still have to apply for a visa so she can travel to the US to visit here, but I don't think it will be possible for her to become a US citizen until she has lived here in the US during the 3 years+ that she is married to you. But I'm not the BCIS. Ask them.
2007-02-20 13:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by Larry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a US citizen, but I'm treated like a foreigner because I was born here. Whatever you do, DON'T bring her here illegally, okay? That's what's making so many people upset. Maybe you should contact the immigration agency and talk to them about it, or better yet, an immigration lawyer.
2007-02-20 13:23:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get her a passport if she is just gonna visit. I don't understand what immigration process you are talking about. She will have to present her self at a Port of Entry when she enter the country if she enters legally.
2007-02-20 13:24:32 · answer #6 · answered by JM 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I married a Central American lady. It seems to be easier to get a fiancee visa than one for a wife.. The American embassies are real strict. After we were married and had twin boys, the embassy told me that I would have to re-establish residence in the USA and have a steady job for 4 years before I could bring my wife there. Our twim boys already had their US citizenships and passports. We still live in Central America
2007-02-20 13:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should stay here in the USA until she gets her papers.If you marry and go to her country and live,her papers could take forever.Yes,I am currently married to a foreigner.Get ready to spend much money on getting your wife legal.
2007-02-22 14:55:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i have. you will need to become at least a permanent resident of her country, if you plan to live there, and you should get her a tourist visa each time you plan on visiting the US. Its a lot harder than you think to get her residency in the US, and if you dont plan on living here, i suggest that you just get her a tourist visa. Plan on having to have 10k in the bank in her country for them to allow her the tourist visa. Good Luck
2007-02-21 06:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by Mendi8a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I haven't but that is of course your choice . Love doesn't have a race or nationality.I would wait to see how you like living in her country first before I decided on the immigration status.
But good luck,and ignore the hat wearing impostor above.
2007-02-21 00:57:34 · answer #10 · answered by Yakuza 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is there any particular reason you don't want her to visit America?
I brought my wife over on a K-1 visa before I married her. Took about six months, but at least she's got her green card now. And she's still with me.
2007-02-20 13:22:14 · answer #11 · answered by Guncrazy 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋