Starting K-1 with Past Visa Question

[together2love 0]

Hi All,

Well, here I finally post! I got bored of being a guest real quick so I made the next step!! Although everyone already knows how great of a website this is, I think everyone just needs to think of where they would be at this time without the support of VJers . Yikes, I have just started my journey and have gotten so much help already! Thank you all .

Here is finally a question that I have that I could not find on this website after some time of being a “guest.” Here is some background. I met my fiancé for the 1st time while interning at a company using a J-1 visa. I never knew him before that. I was offered another summer position the next summer at the same company (which just so happens to be the same company that my fiancé works for.) I accepted the position, and worked another summer at this company using a new J-1 visa, and I lived at my fiancé’s house while I worked there. I did not overstay either of my J-1 visas and was in good standings for both. However, I am wondering if there is a chance of a red flag since I lived with my fiancé (boyfriend at the time) while working using the last J-1 visa. Will they think I had bad intentions – thinking that I just got this visa just to visit my fiancé? I needed a summer job, and the extra bonus was that I could spend some time with my fiancé (boyfriend at the time) for the 4 months that I was there for.

If this could be a problem, is there something I should be prepared to provide the interviewing officer at my K-1 interview (LONG time off, I know) to hinder her assumptions of my intentions, and my possible denial of this visa based on the above situation?

I hope I’m worrying for nothing!

Thanks in Advance,

Together2love

[Babsi 0]

I think you should be fine! I had a J1 visa before I got the K1...since you didnt overstay or did anything illegal you shouldnt have anything to worry about!!

[wodengdaini 0]

No red flag at all, it's all green flags. That is a pefectly normal and acceptable way to start and develope a releationship. You did everything by the book and have nothing to worry about. Good luck to the both of you.

[together2love 0]

Whew, Good thing.

Got some reason I thought that since I had lived at my fiance's house while on a different visa that someone might get the wrong impression at the interview.

Thanks for settling that worry. Have a great day!

[Thilo 0]

No worries!

More important: Check if your J-1 visa comes with the two-year home residence requirement (HRR). Even if it is not printed on the visa itself, you maybe subject to that rule. However, I don't think you are subject to HRR as you haven't received government funding!

[Ladylethal 12]

That was the only advice I'd have for you, to check the two-year rule, if it applies to your case, other than that, you'll be just fine.