potentially stupid question

[no name 1]

LOL.....yeah even people from the UK cant understand a word i say LOL

Seriously! I lived in London for 2 years & I could barely understand Northerners...luckily my man has a slight Bristol accent but mostly London.

[anya-D 8]

hi Science

I'm just wanna add some volunteer you can do.. If you love animal..there should be a animal shelter in almost every county, they always need people to walk the dogs(especially on weekdays) or play with other animal.. I'm doing it and I love it. It's just something for you to look into. no skill needed and animal wont critic your accent anyway

anya

[maya62 7]

Threads like this one are what helped me decide that we should go through JFK and get that temporary work authorization, and I thought I'd chime in and advocate it here for any newbies who might be reading this thread and are considering it.

Even though it is only for 90 days, it was WELL worth it for my husband, just to give him an opportunity to get out of the house and speak with other people and earn a little money. As luck would have it, he is still at that job (with a hiatus between when the 90 days were up and he received his 1 year EAD). It's not something he plans to do long-term, but I think it was definitely the right decision for us. I think he would've gone nuts at home and it's been a good chance to get a better feel for the culture and language as well (English is his 4th language and he has a strong accent).

To the OP, I wish you the best in resolving your challenging situation and I salute you for taking the time to deal with this stuff before marriage.

Maya

Edited July 7, 2006 by maya62

[digbeezgrl 0]

Science,

No one understands Sean either. I have to scream over his lap at the drive-thru cuz he will literally repeat his order 6 times and the 16 year old in the window is like... "Huh?" hehehehehehehehehe

He gets VERY frustrated (learning to drive my Sunfire) at traffic, how people flip each other off and scream on the road, etc.. and just Americans' mannerisms have taken a LOT of getting used to for him. He thinks everyone is looking for a knock up the side of their skull most times, but I just have to remind him, this is the way Americans interact with each other! hahaha

Seriously, Science, you sound exACTLY like Sean... do NOT give up. I can guarantee you that if you went home tomorrow, you couldn't think about anything else but being back with her, even though you fight.

Feel free to send us a PM.

Where in the UK specifically are you from?

The closest I can compare Sean's accent to is the little green dude on the Geico commercials... except ten times stronger and thicker. Not fun in Florida, where Southern Drawl reigns supreme!!!!!!!!!!

[john_and_marlene 162]

please forgive me and be patient with me regarding this. i seriously hope someone can help because i fear have no one else that can help us. i am seriously depressed and at the end of my rope.

i am in the US with my fiancée on a K1 visa. we've ran into some personal problems with which we have the hope that they can be fixed...however, time is running out with the visa (literally days) and that's not helping with the stress or depression. we have not yet married - it's come to a point that we won't until these problems are dealt with or show real signs that they'll improve.

I'm getting more and more depressed because I'm under the impression that if we don't marry that I'm going to be deported since we have not fulfilled our obligation for this visa (not married within the 90 days). I feel like I can't talk to her (at the moment) or anyone about this. I know that the right thing is for us not to get married, I know in my head that we're just not ready for it. You're reading this and probably thinking - "you should of thought about all that before coming over and that you're making a fool of the K1 process!" and yes you'd probably be right but we had no idea it was going to end up like this. However, be it stupidity on our or my part in coming over, this is the situation now and I beg for any help. If you don't want to see it as helping us, then maybe think about it as helping other people who are about to begin the whole process?

So, the question is: are we still able to stay together and sort these things out once the K1 has expired (maybe just meaning more paperwork when it comes to adjusting status?) or would I be now illegally overstaying and due for deportation? I can't see how going back to my home country can help our problems, to me it'll just make things worse and we'll grow apart, God forbid please. Being with each other, I feel, we can truly fix these issues. However, if the law is what I fear then there's nothing I can do about it and I'll have to respect it.

I am seriously not posting this looking for sympathy from anyone, I'm just hoping to get the advice or facts regarding the visa.

Thanks in advance and sorry for the long winded post.

The rule is is that if you want to adjust your status based on the K-1 visa, you must be married within the 90 days. However, there is nothing stopping you from getting married at a later date and subsequently filing an I-130 and I-485 together.

However, every day past the expiration date on the I-94 and the date that the I-130/I-485 is filed is considered time out of status. When you acquire more than 180 days of time out of status, you will have a 3 year ban on reentry. Additionally, once you acquire time out of status, you are not eligible for VWP and your ability to get a subsequent visitor visa to the US will be diminished if things don't work out...

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/LPReligibility.htm#d

You were a fiancé who was admitted to the United States on a K-1 visa and then married the U.S. citizen who applied for the K-1 visa for you. (If you married the U.S. citizen but not within the 90-day time limit, your spouse also must now file USCIS Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative ). Your unmarried, minor children are also eligible for adjustment of status. See How Do I Bring My Fiancé to the United States? for more information. If you did not marry the U.S. citizen who filed the K-1 petition in your behalf, or if you married another U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, you are not eligible to adjust status in the United States.