Can my fiancee stay outside of the US during the K1 process ?

[hoomanik 0]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

you can't file for K1 visa if you are married .

K1 visa (fiance(e) visa) is just for people who are are not married .

[hoomanik 0]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

you can't file for K1 visa if you are married .

K1 visa (fiance(e) visa) is just for people who are are not married .

Thanks for the reply yes, I understand that we have to get married after I arrive to the US, but my question is: Can she come and live with me in my country while the K1 visa is under process or she has to stay in the US ?

Thanks again

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

you can't file for K1 visa if you are married .

K1 visa (fiance(e) visa) is just for people who are are not married .

Thanks for the reply yes, I understand that we have to get married after I arrive to the US, but my question is: Can she come and live with me in my country while the K1 visa is under process or she has to stay in the US ?

Thanks again

yup she can

[hoomanik 0]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

you can't file for K1 visa if you are married .

K1 visa (fiance(e) visa) is just for people who are are not married .

Thanks for the reply yes, I understand that we have to get married after I arrive to the US, but my question is: Can she come and live with me in my country while the K1 visa is under process or she has to stay in the US ?

Thanks again

yup she can

Dear Hot Guy,

Thanks for the fast reply but I'm still a little confused because She needs a US address and also need to show tax stubs to and US tax returns to prove she can support me in the US. If she is living outside the US how can she do this ? can she use a co-sponsor ?

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

Let me explain our situation. We aren't married yet. We were living together in Dubai. I'm American, he's originally from Iran though he's currently in Dubai.

2 1/2 months ago I returned to the U.S. We haven't decided which is best: Should I stay in the US and apply for a K1-Fiance visa for him or should I return to Dubai and marry him and apply for the K3-Spouse Visa? Which is better/faster?

Both say that I have to be in the US and he has to be in the country where he has residency while we wait? Why is that?

Can't I go back to Dubai and work and save money while we wait for his visa to be approved? It is very hard for us to be apart. Not to mention it's a financial strain on the two of us. He has to struggle to pay rent on his own without me there working and helping out and i've come to the states where unemployment is high and I can't find work so I just stay with my parents. It would be so much better if I could return to Dubai so we can be together and I can work and save money.

Also, how will I prove that I can support my Fiance when i'm unemployed and he's going broke due to how expensive Dubai is?

[pushbrk 13,011]

Hello All,

My fiancee is US citizen, We are going to get married soon and she is going to send the required forms for the K1 visa, It takes some months until I enter the US and meet her, this is so hard for both of us, Is there anyway that she can come to my country while the K1 visa is under process then we go together to US ?

Thanks for any suggestions

you can't file for K1 visa if you are married .

K1 visa (fiance(e) visa) is just for people who are are not married .

Thanks for the reply yes, I understand that we have to get married after I arrive to the US, but my question is: Can she come and live with me in my country while the K1 visa is under process or she has to stay in the US ?

Thanks again

yup she can

Dear Hot Guy,

Thanks for the fast reply but I'm still a little confused because She needs a US address and also need to show tax stubs to and US tax returns to prove she can support me in the US. If she is living outside the US how can she do this ? can she use a co-sponsor ?

She can come and stay if your country will let her but will need to deal with the public charge concerns in some way, either assets or co-sponsor. Using co-sponsors successfully is less likely in some countries. Please fill in your timeline and profile so we can answer more effectively.

Edited August 18, 2008 by pushbrk

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

She can come and stay if your country will let her but will need to deal with the public charge concerns in some way, either assets or co-sponsor. Using co-sponsors successfully is less likely in some countries. Please fill in your timeline and profile so we can answer more effectively.

Thanks. I was living in Dubai with my fiance for 6 months. I came back to the states thinking I had to to file for the fiance visa. Now we still don't know which is best: Me staying here and applying for the fiance visa. Or me going back to Dubai so we can get married and file for the Spousal visa and stay together while we wait. Which is best. We want to be together but we don't want this to drag out for a year or more.

[MichelleN 0]

Thanks. I was living in Dubai with my fiance for 6 months. I came back to the states thinking I had to to file for the fiance visa. Now we still don't know which is best: Me staying here and applying for the fiance visa. Or me going back to Dubai so we can get married and file for the Spousal visa and stay together while we wait. Which is best. We want to be together but we don't want this to drag out for a year or more.

Well my advice is to check the Timelines on the site and the processing times for the Service Center you'd be using to see whether K1 or K3 visas are getting processed faster. Unfortunately you don't have much control over how long the process takes so I'd advise to make a decision which way to go and get started as soon as possible.

[pushbrk 13,011]

Thanks. I was living in Dubai with my fiance for 6 months. I came back to the states thinking I had to to file for the fiance visa. Now we still don't know which is best: Me staying here and applying for the fiance visa. Or me going back to Dubai so we can get married and file for the Spousal visa and stay together while we wait. Which is best. We want to be together but we don't want this to drag out for a year or more.

You must have a US address to file an I-130 or I-129F.

Your best bet would have been to marry before you left Dubai and file for a CR1 visa via Direct Consular filing. Coming back to the US, interrupted your Dubai residency so that option is dead. Since you're here now, I'd just get the petition filed for the I-129F and then you can go back to Dubai for the balance of the process as long as somebody will receive and forward your mail.

Again, you still have the public charge concerns to deal with, either with assets or co-sponsor.

[Der Bücherwurm 1]

You must have a US address to file an I-130 or I-129F.

Your best bet would have been to marry before you left Dubai and file for a CR1 visa via Direct Consular filing. Coming back to the US, interrupted your Dubai residency so that option is dead. Since you're here now, I'd just get the petition filed for the I-129F and then you can go back to Dubai for the balance of the process as long as somebody will receive and forward your mail.

Again, you still have the public charge concerns to deal with, either with assets or co-sponsor.

I will use my parents address as my US address as they've lived the same place since I was a kid. And I will get a relative in the states to be a co-sponsor, probly an uncle.

I really want to return to Dubai to be with my fiance. We just can't bare to be apart. If it means we spend longer in Dubai I guess we have to do that and I will go back to working in Dubai.

Are you sure I can't just classify this as a visit home and have the 6 months I was in Dubai count?

Direct Consular Filing seems to be faster than either the Fiance or Spousal Visa so that's what we want to do.