Unusual case

[visahelp 0]

Is it way outside the cultural norm for an Indian man to marry a foreigner 16 years older than he is?

ummm, pretty much, yeah. they (in some villages) have no quips about marrying a girl child to an old man, however...

Has his family met you and if so do they approve of this marriage?

he has no family, so no one to approve or disapprove. that part makes it easy, since that can be a gigantic hurdle in india!

[freecake 0]

Is it way outside the cultural norm for an Indian man to marry a foreigner 16 years older than he is?

ummm, pretty much, yeah. they (in some villages) have no quips about marrying a girl child to an old man, however...

Has his family met you and if so do they approve of this marriage?

he has no family, so no one to approve or disapprove. that part makes it easy, since that can be a gigantic hurdle in india!

Yes indeed, have lived and worked with several people who immigrated from india or who have parents that did, and most all of then have arranged marriages/were strictly forbidden from seeing people outside of their nationality, religion, etc etc etc IF they could date at all (usually not allowed)... The foreigner thing would be a MAJOR issue imo

[visahelp 0]

Yes indeed, have lived and worked with several people who immigrated from india or who have parents that did, and most all of then have arranged marriages/were strictly forbidden from seeing people outside of their nationality, religion, etc etc etc IF they could date at all (usually not allowed)... The foreigner thing would be a MAJOR issue imo

the foreigner issue is not such a big one; many indians are married to foreigners. the family is generally the biggest obstacle to that since yes, most all indian marriages are arranged, by the families. but family is not an issue in in this case since he has none.

[freecake 0]

the foreigner issue is not such a big one; many indians are married to foreigners. the family is generally the biggest obstacle to that since yes, most all indian marriages are arranged, by the families. but family is not an issue in in this case since he has none.

oh no..i meant in general, not in your case

[Arnold_and_Joan 0]

i have not worked since sept. '06. i lived in india the last six months. i am now doing some PT work for a previous employer, but the bulk of my work will writing a book that i went to india to do research for. (meeting my fiance was a surprise bonus )

i lost nearly four months of wages in '06, which shows last years salary below the poverty guidelines on my tax returns. i can get a letter from my employer, but that does not help with the tax returns. i do have adequate funds in the bank to support my fiance when he comes, so i just need to understand how to go about presenting this on the given forms. it looks like i need to do further research with re to the I864 to understand how "$50000 would substitute for $16666 shortfall".

what a great forum!

I went to the Philippines in Dec 2005 -- met Joan in May 2006 --- came back here for a couple of months to start the petition then back to Philippines again --- and just now got back to U.S. with Joan a couple days ago. So I was gone for over a year and unemployed for that amount of time. I just got a Notarized statement from my bank with how much money I have. I gave them my prior year's income tax return just to show how much someone makes in my profession. I stated my current job as a freelancer (rather than saying Unemployed which sounds negative). During the interview, I was asked if I still have a job when I get back here and I just said YES. No problems. I think that if you have enough assets, they wouldn't worry about it. Good Luck!!!