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Hello all...hope you can help me...

I am an English teacher who has lived in China for the past five years. I've dated a wonderful lady for the past four years and it's time to get married. I'm FINE with that...here's my dilemma...we are not sure if it will be better to get a K1 visa or a DCF visa. I hear from my friends here the advantages of both. Ideally, I THINK I would like to move back to the States in about two years, but I'm not SURE. I like my job here. I'd like my fiancee to see the US as soon as she can...she's waited long enough. So...in short...my question is, is it better to get the K1 and get married in the States or get the DCF, get married here in China and go from there, not exactly knowing what my residence plans will be during the next few years. Any help is much appreciated!

-Aaron :)

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I will point out one thing. Neither a K-1 or CR-1 is a "tourist" visa. They are immigrant visas and should be used as such. If your future wife wants to "see" the US, then she should apply for a tourist visa. If she doesn't qualify for a tourist visa, and applies for an immigrant visa to "see" the US, then that is frowned upon and makes any future immigration more complicated.

In my opinion, you must decide where you want to live, in China or the US. That choice will determine your visa plan.

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I will point out one thing. Neither a K-1 or CR-1 is a "tourist" visa. They are immigrant visas and should be used as such. If your future wife wants to "see" the US, then she should apply for a tourist visa. If she doesn't qualify for a tourist visa, and applies for an immigrant visa to "see" the US, then that is frowned upon and makes any future immigration more complicated.

In my opinion, you must decide where you want to live, in China or the US. That choice will determine your visa plan.

I'm not looking for a tourist visa. My job situation makes it impossible for me to know where I'll be in two years, but I just want the option of being able to live in the US-with my wife-as quickly as possible if my time in China comes to an end.

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in either case, the K-1 or DCF, your wife will have a limited amount of time to move to the US - if she misses that time then the visa is no longer valid. You should really wait to see what your situation will be I guess. IF you are looking for SPEED, usually DCF is quicker than the other options from what I've seen

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