Fiancee comming to USA to get married, what next

[soco7tech 0]

My Polish fiancee has decided to come to the U.S. to get married.

She has already been approved for a visitors visa.

From what I understand, we will need to apply for a K3 visa after the wedding.

1. Do we need to apply for a K3 visa as soon as we get married?

2. What documentation should she bring with her?

3. Once the K3 visa packet has been sent, can she stay in the U.S. durring this waiting period?

Any additional information will be appriciated greatly.

[Donna A 4]

getting married on a vistitor visa is illegal. she needs a k-1 to get married here.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Coming to the USA on a visitor visa in order to get married is considered like fraud by the US government.

You can either apply for a fiance visa (K-1), so she can come to the USA and you get married there, or you go to her country to marry her and then apply for a spouse visa (K-3).

Everything is explained in the guides here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=guides

[MsZ 6]

She can come to get married but she is ineligible to stay for the entire period of the time it will take for a K-3 to be processed. If you wanted her to stay, you should have filed for a K-1 instead of a visitor's visa.

If she tells the guard at the point of entry that she is here to get married, she will be likely turned away. If you are willing to try anyway, she should have a round-trip ticket and documentation proving her ties to Poland -- a mortgage statement, a letter from her job stating when she'll return, etc. But I'm pretty much thinking she's not going to be let in. Just a gut with her being from Poland.

And if you lie and get caught, you're going to get her banned from the country.

Why don't you go there and marry her after her visit? It'd simplify things a lot.

BTW, the two people who said her coming here to get married is visa fraud are wrong. It would only be visa fraud if you didn't ask the last question and you had every intention of her staying in the country and adjusting status after the marriage. Since you are willing to have her return home, you're very legal.

Unfortunately, it is still up to the discretion of the guard. And this is where you're going to run into trouble.

Edited June 3, 2008 by MsZ

[Zee Bee 61]

getting married on a vistitor visa is illegal. she needs a k-1 to get married here.

Coming to the USA on a visitor visa in order to get married is considered like fraud by the US government.

You can either apply for a fiance visa (K-1), so she can come to the USA and you get married there, or you go to her country to marry her and then apply for a spouse visa (K-3).

Everything is explained in the guides here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=guides

She can come and get married but will have to return to wait out the visa. It only becomes illegal if she comes with the intent of immigrating.

A K1 is so that the beneficiary can come to the US, get married and stay to adjust status.

Coming to get married and go back is not a problem

[pushbrk 12,605]

getting married on a vistitor visa is illegal. she needs a k-1 to get married here.

Coming to the USA on a visitor visa in order to get married is considered like fraud by the US government.

You can either apply for a fiance visa (K-1), so she can come to the USA and you get married there, or you go to her country to marry her and then apply for a spouse visa (K-3).

Everything is explained in the guides here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=guides

She can come and get married but will have to return to wait out the visa. It only becomes illegal if she comes with the intent of immigrating.

A K1 is so that the beneficiary can come to the US, get married and stay to adjust status.

Coming to get married and go back is not a problem

Second that. This is one of the most misunderstood issues. She may stay as long as her I-94 allows her to stay and not one day more.

[MsZ 6]

The best thing to do is to have dual intent. She's going to come and visit friends and family and have a vacation and then return home. Unless they probe (or find a wedding gown in her bag) and you don't lie to a question asked, you can avoid the second intention. And again, since she's going to go home she's not doing anything illegal.