please help us....where do we start, again???

[appleegg 0]

hello everyone,

so, it goes like this - we do everything by the book (K-1 fiance visa) with great assistance and advice from this amazing site and terrific people. my lovely wife joins me in hawaii to start our new life. we get legally married and begin our aos process. one month before our scheduled biometrics appointment, my wives family experiences a emergency situation which require her to go home immediately (parents health).

wife and myself fly immediately to cambodia - thus forfeiting our visa application entirely.

as my wife was the only child that had not yet had a child and immigrated to another country she has had to stay in cambodia to assist her family through the situation for the past year. now things have cleared up and we wish to reunite back in hawaii.

where do we start? what process and forms do i begin to bring her "home"? cost is not an issue, we want to be together as soon as possible.

we are leagally married in usa, but NOT legally married in cambodia.

also, my wife now legally carries my surname and also now posses a new cambodian passport which also names her with my surname. so then, her legal name is not the same as it was when she first came over on the fiance visa.

thank you everyone for your help and best wishes as our "journey" begins once more.

appleegg and sreyon

Edited October 7, 2008 by appleegg

[pushbrk 13,222]

hello everyone,

so, it goes like this - we do everything by the book (K-1 fiance visa) with great assistance and advice from this amazing site and terrific people. my lovely wife joins me in hawaii to start our new life. we get legally married and begin our aos process. one month before our scheduled biometrics appointment, my wives family experiences a emergency situation which require her to go home immediately (parents health).

wife and myself fly immediately to cambodia - thus forfeiting our visa application entirely.

as my wife was the only child that had not yet had a child and immigrated to another country she has had to stay in cambodia to assist her family through the situation for the past year. now things have cleared up and we wish to reunite back in hawaii.

where do we start? what process and forms do i begin to bring her "home"? cost is not an issue, we want to be together as soon as possible.

we are leagally married in usa, but NOT legally married in cambodia.

also, my wife now legally carries my surname and also now posses a new cambodian passport which also names her with my surname. so then, her legal name is not the same as it was when she first came over on the fiance visa.

thank you everyone for your help and best wishes as our "journey" begins once more.

appleegg and sreyon

Start by clicking on the word Guides at the top of any page here. Married is Married. You'll use your US marriage certificate as proof of legal marriage for any purpose anywhere in the world.

Edited October 7, 2008 by pushbrk

[himher 634]

It looks like you have been married almost (2) years.

You probably want to go ahead and file either K3 or CR1, in either case your wife, after approval, should receive her 10-year green card instead of a 2-year conditional card if at the time of approval you have been married more than 2 years. The only difference between what you filed for K1 and what you need to file for either K3 or CR1 is that you file the I130 (and I129F for K3) for her as your spouse, in her new name, and submit your marriage certificate (US) as proof of marriage. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate event. A short letter explaining your situation would probably help as well. Good luck

[appleegg 0]

It looks like you have been married almost (2) years.

You probably want to go ahead and file either K3 or CR1, in either case your wife, after approval, should receive her 10-year green card instead of a 2-year conditional card if at the time of approval you have been married more than 2 years. The only difference between what you filed for K1 and what you need to file for either K3 or CR1 is that you file the I130 (and I129F for K3) for her as your spouse, in her new name, and submit your marriage certificate (US) as proof of marriage. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate event. A short letter explaining your situation would probably help as well. Good luck

10 year green card because our being married 2 years?? gosh, for once i have something to feel real good about regarding this matter. is there some link or anything for more information about this? and when filing, do i need to make reference to this in order to take advantage of it?

how do i choose which way to go, k-3 or cr-1? what are pros and cons of either?

thank you again for all of your help.

[pushbrk 13,222]

It looks like you have been married almost (2) years.

You probably want to go ahead and file either K3 or CR1, in either case your wife, after approval, should receive her 10-year green card instead of a 2-year conditional card if at the time of approval you have been married more than 2 years. The only difference between what you filed for K1 and what you need to file for either K3 or CR1 is that you file the I130 (and I129F for K3) for her as your spouse, in her new name, and submit your marriage certificate (US) as proof of marriage. Sorry to hear about your unfortunate event. A short letter explaining your situation would probably help as well. Good luck

10 year green card because our being married 2 years?? gosh, for once i have something to feel real good about regarding this matter. is there some link or anything for more information about this? and when filing, do i need to make reference to this in order to take advantage of it?

how do i choose which way to go, k-3 or cr-1? what are pros and cons of either?

thank you again for all of your help.

Really, you're still asking questions that are covered well in the guides. The ten year green card is simply a standard for an immigrant visa issued or first used or status adjusted after the second wedding anniversary. You arrive at verification by default. Notice in the guides where it indicates marriages under two years in duration result in "conditional" status for two years.