Beginner thinking about K1 for cuban fiancee, please help.

[eeo 0]

Hello, I just joined this site today, as I was searching for more information on the best way to be with my partner from Cuba. Please help me understand all this a little better, as I am having a hard time sorting it all out just by reading posts. What I had planned to do at first was to go to Cuba, get married there, then file for him to come to the US as my spouse. But from searching today, I came across the K1, and now I am unsure about the best route to take with all this. Generally, it seems that the K1 process is quicker and even more successful than the K3 route, based on what others are saying. Is this true? For me, I am waiting to raise enough money to go there and get married, and then I had planned on filing for a k3 (I had no idea it was called a k3 before now). Now I am considering the K1 route, as it seems quicker. Also, I met him when I was in Cuba last year and have been back once more, but I was there "illegally", without a license or anything: Does this affect my eligibility to be approved for a K1? I am just not sure if this is what I should do, and I am definitely not sure about all the specifics. Can someone help me get a better idea, with regards to Cuba? Sorry if I am a nuisance, I'm just new to this and am very anxious to get answers, and it is hard to navigate all the information that is out there.

I would really appreciate your help. Thank you!

[Ju&Ja 1]

Hello, I just joined this site today, as I was searching for more information on the best way to be with my partner from Cuba. Please help me understand all this a little better, as I am having a hard time sorting it all out just by reading posts. What I had planned to do at first was to go to Cuba, get married there, then file for him to come to the US as my spouse. But from searching today, I came across the K1, and now I am unsure about the best route to take with all this. Generally, it seems that the K1 process is quicker and even more successful than the K3 route, based on what others are saying. Is this true? For me, I am waiting to raise enough money to go there and get married, and then I had planned on filing for a k3 (I had no idea it was called a k3 before now). Now I am considering the K1 route, as it seems quicker. Also, I met him when I was in Cuba last year and have been back once more, but I was there "illegally", without a license or anything: Does this affect my eligibility to be approved for a K1? I am just not sure if this is what I should do, and I am definitely not sure about all the specifics. Can someone help me get a better idea, with regards to Cuba? Sorry if I am a nuisance, I'm just new to this and am very anxious to get answers, and it is hard to navigate all the information that is out there.

I would really appreciate your help. Thank you!

Hey,

I can't help you for informations about Cuba but I can try with the K1. I would say you to choose the K1, cuz it is faster (faster is a big word here cuz' it can take 9 months). We all want to be with our love and soon, so I would apply for a K1 if I were you. Do it soon cuz' like I said to you it is a long and hard road to get it.

And if you choose the K1 you don't have to raise money to go to Cuba to get married...

[Laura+Tom 2]

Remember though if you file for the K-1 you will have to get married in the US. I mention that just in case you were set on getting married in Cuba.

Edited September 20, 2008 by Laura+Tom

[eeo 0]

Thanks for replying. I know that I wouldn't be able to get married in Cuba on the K1 route, but that was my initial plan. I am now considering the K1. I still have my doubts, though. Can someone make me feel better about this? Everyone says the K1 is faster, but is it probable that we will get approved? Are there things I should know before starting the application process that might take away from our chances to be approved? I don't know much about the K3 route either, so I don't really know how to compare. I just want to have my bases covered and be aware of all the specific pros and cons before I start the process.

[eeo 0]

I guess I just want to make sure to chose the best and most secure route, and right now I don't feel informed enough to do so.

[Ju&Ja 1]

I don't know why you think that you don't have all your chances to get approuved. I mean if you really love each other, if you met during the past 2 years and can proove it and are free to get married (single) you might get approuved. Why do you have doubts ?

[eeo 0]

I don't have any doubts about our love, that is the one thing I do not have doubts about. I just don't know how to navigate the system very well, and so tend to doubt it and all the loopholes it may or may not have, and I want to chose the best route for us. I just don't know very much about these petitions at all, and don't know if there are certain requirements, etc. I just want to have all my bases covered, so to speak.

[Karena 0]

Hi, I think the K-1 is faster, and I also was the "illegally", I even went to the interview and they told me at the embassy that it helped that I was there. No one seemed to care if I was licensed to be there or not.

[eeo 0]

Thanks, Karena. I think I may be starting the K1 application process pretty soon here...

[bora bora 1]

Hello, I just joined this site today, as I was searching for more information on the best way to be with my partner from Cuba. Please help me understand all this a little better, as I am having a hard time sorting it all out just by reading posts. What I had planned to do at first was to go to Cuba, get married there, then file for him to come to the US as my spouse. But from searching today, I came across the K1, and now I am unsure about the best route to take with all this. Generally, it seems that the K1 process is quicker and even more successful than the K3 route, based on what others are saying. Is this true? For me, I am waiting to raise enough money to go there and get married, and then I had planned on filing for a k3 (I had no idea it was called a k3 before now). Now I am considering the K1 route, as it seems quicker. Also, I met him when I was in Cuba last year and have been back once more, but I was there "illegally", without a license or anything: Does this affect my eligibility to be approved for a K1? I am just not sure if this is what I should do, and I am definitely not sure about all the specifics. Can someone help me get a better idea, with regards to Cuba? Sorry if I am a nuisance, I'm just new to this and am very anxious to get answers, and it is hard to navigate all the information that is out there.

I would really appreciate your help. Thank you!

Check out the Latin American forum on this site, there are a few Cubans on here. Hopefully they can answer your questions. I think they were all illegally in Cuba too - you're not the only one.

The K1 seems to be pretty quick - assuming you have everything done right the first time and no convictions, etc.

I had a hard time being apart from my husband when he was my boyfriend and in Brazil, I didn't want to start out my marriage on different continents - so that's our main reason for choosing K1.

Good luck!

[eeo 0]

Thanks for replying, Bora bora, I feel the same way, and the fact that it is faster is a big deal too. Can you tell me where to find the Latin American forum on the site? I just don't see where it is...

[Carlawarla 1]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=96

[KimandRuss 0]

Read through the GUIDES at the top. Specifially.. what visa do we need. Also read the flowchart and K1 guide...here you will find a checklist with exactly what you need to file. Read through everything. It will help ease your mind. There are even example forms for you to use.

Follow bora's advice and visit your regional threads. You can can learn a lot about specifica requirements for Cuba there.

good luck.

[AaronM 0]

Your best option is to file for k1 visa , not a k3 . Its not only faster , it is cheaper too . I mean if you go to Cuba to be married , they will know you are a foreghner . They will have you pay more than someone that is a citizen of Cuba , cause they know you have money that's how you got there in the first place . All you need to file for fiancee visa , is to prove the both of you have meet in person 2 years prior to filling Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancee , that you obtain from http://www.uscis.gov just click on the form tab , and you can print the from you own computer . Or ask them to send you the proper form by usa posta mail . And allso you have a relationship , which you can use your postal mail correspondance that you have enchanged from eachother . I recondment using the most current correspondence as posible from the both of you , based on the day you file your petition . You allso have to prove that the both of you are legally free to marry , which you will have to study the law of Cuba . To find out if you need a special document from Cuba Government proving that he is free to marry . Each country is different in the laws , and you will have to go to the usembassy in Cuba to get an affidavit , from the usembassy stating under oath that you are not currently married . Or have been married but you marriage is terminated due to divorse , or death of your spouse . If this is the case , make sure you bring any divorse decree or death certificate of you spouse . To prove that you have a terminated marriage . To prove that the both of you have personally meet in person , use a camera and take many pictures of the both of you in the picture together . But keep in mind that this is not enough proof that , the person you are filling for in the petition , is the person you meet in Cuba . That you want to marry , What i did on my k1 visa petition is i had my fiancee make a photo copy of her government issued Photo id that is not currently expired . And made sure that the photo copy was in the best quality so uscis can later do comparision of the government issued id and attached photo of the both of you together . If this is not an option on id , then when you go to the usembassy to get your affidavit stating that you are legally free to marry . Ask the embassy officer , if he or she can make an affidavit stating that the both of you have personally met in person in front of that embassy officer . Before you leave Cuba to go back to the usa , make you fiancee write on paper his intenshion to marry you . So uscis will know you have a consentually relationship , you both want the same thing . File your Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancee , With all of your documents that you have used to travel to Cuba . Along with all of the pictures , and required proff that uscis ask for on the instruction provided with the fiancee petition . I hope this has helped you , and wish you the best of luck . In your future together

[Cailyn15467 0]

Go for the k-1 visa. If you get married in Cuba and submit a K-3 petition it will take 2-3 times longer than if you just go the K-1 route. I have a friend who went to Mexico and married her fiance there. When she came back she filed a K-3 petition and it took well over 2 years to get approved. If done right the K-1 visa will only take a year at the most.

The length the petition takes to get accepted depends on the country your fiance is from. You may want to find out if it is even possible to bring someone over from Cuba. I'm not sure about that though, I just know Cuba and the USA are not on the best of terms.