heading home and getting read to start the process

[Shergar 0]

Hey everyone,

So we got married on the 26th March on Hilton Head Island SC, with all our family including mine from Ireland, I have spoken with a lawyer about our options and we have decided that I will return to Ireland and I will file from there while my beautiful wife remains in Boston.

I am flying out in May and was just wondering when we should start to file? I will send all our documents to the lawyer to go through and check, however I am unsure whether to send them to the USCIS until I have left the country.

This is going to be a tough time having to be apart from my wife after only 2 months of marriage but it is a necessary evil I guess and we have been apart for long periods before while I undertook my masters in Belgium so we are remaining very positive.

Any help is appreciated and thank you and good luck in your own visa journey's in advance.

Cheers

Brian & Ashley

[Barbara J 115]

Hey everyone,

So we got married on the 26th March on Hilton Head Island SC, with all our family including mine from Ireland, I have spoken with a lawyer about our options and we have decided that I will return to Ireland and I will file from there while my beautiful wife remains in Boston.

I am flying out in May and was just wondering when we should start to file? I will send all our documents to the lawyer to go through and check, however I am unsure whether to send them to the USCIS until I have left the country.

This is going to be a tough time having to be apart from my wife after only 2 months of marriage but it is a necessary evil I guess and we have been apart for long periods before while I undertook my masters in Belgium so we are remaining very positive.

Any help is appreciated and thank you and good luck in your own visa journey's in advance.

Cheers

Brian & Ashley

Your wife needs to file CR1 now while you are here get it started. You don't file she does as she is the USC? yes. I take it you came to the US to marry that was your purpose and you know that now filing a spousal visa is the way to go yes? Good on you so glad to see someone doing it the legal way and I can't even imagine being apart from my spouse after marriage to get a visa knowing it is going to be months before it is approved. Hence we went the 129f route. I wish you all the very best and hope that she can come visit you while this process is happening.

[Shergar 0]

Thank you Barbara J, yes we both felt the most legal and less risky route was the best, it pains me to say that as I feel I have been away from her enough but I would never jeopardize the great career she has built for herself by asking her to move to Ireland, if anyone can get through it we can thought and we will do it with a smile! plus we can rack up some good savings in the time the process is going on and get a nice wee place in the sun we are reading this together and going through the forms in order to get started, so exciting, once again thanks for the heads up and all the best xxx

[Amy and Nick 37]

Youre in the same spot I was (about 5 months ago!) We married and Nick sent off the packet about a week after the wedding just as soon as we got the marriage certificate through the post!

I wasnt there for long afterwards but sent it about a week before I left. Just make sure on the I-130 you put how you entered the US, and in one of the questions it asks what consulate you will be applying at, or if youre AOS-ing, so thats where they will know that you are going CR-1.

It sucks being apart after marrying, but to be honest im (trying!) to use this time to get my stuff at this end together before the move. Not that youll have this problem but changing my name on everything is a feat in itself! And Nicks certainly happy hes got a chance to save for a while

Good Luck, and let us know if you have any questions - I know this is the real daunting stage of the process!

[Irishlover 2]

Good luck with the process. If you two really wanted to be together during the process, unless there are commitments in Boston, It is very easy to live in Ireland as a USC. I have been here for over a year and just got my GNIB card renewed for 4 years. It took about 5 minutes at the Garda station. Good luck

[Shergar 0]

Good luck with the process. If you two really wanted to be together during the process, unless there are commitments in Boston, It is very easy to live in Ireland as a USC. I have been here for over a year and just got my GNIB card renewed for 4 years. It took about 5 minutes at the Garda station. Good luck

Sorry about the delay unfortunately my wife was taken into hospital, jeez this doesnt get any easier!! she looks to be on the mend though and is troopin on through it,

Cheers for the response, yes she has a great career going for her here so I would never get in her way by looking for her to come to Ireland but if she really wanted to do that it would of course be great.

haha our beloved Garda, that % minutes on your GNIB was pron their work quota for the week fulfilled ;-)

[Shergar 0]

Youre in the same spot I was (about 5 months ago!) We married and Nick sent off the packet about a week after the wedding just as soon as we got the marriage certificate through the post!

I wasnt there for long afterwards but sent it about a week before I left. Just make sure on the I-130 you put how you entered the US, and in one of the questions it asks what consulate you will be applying at, or if youre AOS-ing, so thats where they will know that you are going CR-1.

It sucks being apart after marrying, but to be honest im (trying!) to use this time to get my stuff at this end together before the move. Not that youll have this problem but changing my name on everything is a feat in itself! And Nicks certainly happy hes got a chance to save for a while

Good Luck, and let us know if you have any questions - I know this is the real daunting stage of the process!

Hey sorry about about the delay and thanks for the reply, congrats to you too!! It is daunting but exciting too and I wish you all the best with your process, I am preparing the packet now but I do see some questions popping up and I will post them this evening so feel free to have a look, you can prob see what I am on about since you have done it so recently,

Thanks again for the valuable input, appreciate it

[Calli 2]

Hey everyone,

So we got married on the 26th March on Hilton Head Island SC, with all our family including mine from Ireland, I have spoken with a lawyer about our options and we have decided that I will return to Ireland and I will file from there while my beautiful wife remains in Boston.

I am flying out in May and was just wondering when we should start to file? I will send all our documents to the lawyer to go through and check, however I am unsure whether to send them to the USCIS until I have left the country.

This is going to be a tough time having to be apart from my wife after only 2 months of marriage but it is a necessary evil I guess and we have been apart for long periods before while I undertook my masters in Belgium so we are remaining very positive.

Any help is appreciated and thank you and good luck in your own visa journey's in advance.

Cheers

Brian & Ashley

Congratulations!!!

I also am on the the same timeline as you! My husband and I got married on April 6th and we mailed off the I-130 petition on April 11th (yesterday), the day I had to leave him in the USA.

I look forward to hearing about your Visa Journey and good luck!