Newbie! Help needed... with... everything!

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Where to start... Okay, I'm at the beginning of my Visa journey, I'm still pretty clueless and am unsure which Visa I should be applying for... I would REALLY appreciate any information you guys can give me...

It may help if I tell you all a bit about my situation,

Many months ago, I met an American boy and we fell madly and completely, head over heels, in love, it's gotten to the point where each day I spend without him grows more and more painful... The only thing standing in our way is the Visa, without this I can't see him, what with the expense of flying and cost of living I would be unable to go over unless I was able to work. Getting work is not a concern, my only concern is the Visa, this and this alone is the one thing stopping me from getting on a flight and leaving today!

Please help... We need it!

[dutchmatt 1]

Read this:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=compare

[payxibka 10,047]

Regardless of the visa choice, the USC must start the process with a petition

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Thank you so much... genuine tears were shed seeing those replies... It's so nice to no longer feel so alone and out of my depth!

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Anything other info you guys could give me would be incredible... I'm open to all visas... anything that would allow me to be with Myles, anything at all!

[Ellie-and-David 38]

Anything other info you guys could give me would be incredible... I'm open to all visas... anything that would allow me to be with Myles, anything at all!

Claire.

Do you want to get married to your boyfriend? Your on a family immigration site. And this is the first question you need to address.

Read the guides link Matt provided.

You have a few choices. All of them involve marriage, all of them cost a fair few bucks, and all of them incur a wait away from your boyfriend.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

Have you met yet in person or is this an online relationship? For a visa to be approved, you must have met in person.

Which visa you apply for will totally depend on your own preferences; K1 tends to be fastest, but often a couple wants to get married in the woman's country, in which case a CR-1 spousal visa is your best option, as it leads to an immediate greencard upon entry to the USA which means you can work right away. Another option might be for him to move to Ireland for a while, get married there, then file DCF, which is by far the fastest way of getting the actual visa, but required the USC to have lived in the foreign country legally for 6 months or more.

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Anything other info you guys could give me would be incredible... I'm open to all visas... anything that would allow me to be with Myles, anything at all!

Claire.

Do you want to get married to your boyfriend? Your on a family immigration site. And this is the first question you need to address.

Read the guides link Matt provided.

You have a few choices. All of them involve marriage, all of them cost a fair few bucks, and all of them incur a wait away from your boyfriend.

I do... I really do... and it's something that we've talked about... and we both feel will happen eventually... I just wanted to explore all my options before creating this deadline... I would do it in a heartbeat... but I don't want it to be because we thought it was our only option. If that makes sense!

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

Another thought: you sound quite young, are you still a student or would you consider going back to college? If so, and you can pay the university fees at a US college, a fast way of getting a visa is to apply to a US college or post-grad and then get a student visa. This would not allow you to immigrate permanently, but you could study in the USA and be with your boyfriend without the need to get married.

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Another thought: you sound quite young, are you still a student or would you consider going back to college? If so, and you can pay the university fees at a US college, a fast way of getting a visa is to apply to a US college or post-grad and then get a student visa. This would not allow you to immigrate permanently, but you could study in the USA and be with your boyfriend without the need to get married.

umm online... And I know this is the point where alarm bells ring... but it's not like that, at all! It's actually a really funny story... but I won't bore you with the details!lol

I'm still a student in Dublin... but I'm told (by USIT) that I'd have to finish this year in college if I was to be considered for a student visa... and I really don't want to leave it that long... I'm ready to just drop everything and leave.

[ddartt1 2]

Hi ClairelovesMiles. Welcome to VJ!

Edited September 28, 2009 by ddartt1

[ClairelovesMyles 0]

Welcome to VJ!

Awww... Thank you so much!

[Ellie-and-David 38]

Another thought: you sound quite young, are you still a student or would you consider going back to college? If so, and you can pay the university fees at a US college, a fast way of getting a visa is to apply to a US college or post-grad and then get a student visa. This would not allow you to immigrate permanently, but you could study in the USA and be with your boyfriend without the need to get married.

umm online... And I know this is the point where alarm bells ring... but it's not like that, at all! It's actually a really funny story... but I won't bore you with the details!lol

I'm still a student in Dublin... but I'm told (by USIT) that I'd have to finish this year in college if I was to be considered for a student visa... and I really don't want to leave it that long... I'm ready to just drop everything and leave.

Well your options have been outlined above. Fiance Visa - K1, Spousal Visa - CR1 / K3.

The visa by way of fiance / marriage will take at the very minimum 6 months to do. You have a wait ahead of you no matter which path you take.

Have you met your boyfriend face to face in the last 2 years? That's the most important bit as a starting point. Without this requirement having been met, you can not go forward with either of the above mentioned visa routes.

Dont worry, a large proportion of the VJ community met their spouses online. i met mine on a karaoke website

[jimnlena 8]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=guides

This is where we started. Good luck!!

[Nik+Heather 121]

Dont worry, a large proportion of the VJ community met their spouses online. i met mine on a karaoke website

Ellie! That's funny!

Nik and I also met online - in a game (not WoW - a certified geeky thing called a MUD).

The fastest way to immigrate here is through marriage. There's a joke around Visa Journey that "There are no shack-up visas" You have to get married for one of the family based visas. I like the student visa ideas some have given you as well, but you can't stay permanently. When Nik was researching his first visit over here we came across the K1 visa. We felt like you did at the beginning of our relationship too - very excited and such, but we just put that in our back pocket for use later. Anyway, the very first step for ALL of the visas discussed on this website is that you must have met in person.

If you just want to visit and get to know each other, then you can go for the visa waiver program (someone said you were from Ireland?) and that will let you stay for up to 90 days. You should look into spending a long holiday over the summer (or winter) break. Not to be harsh, but the cost of this process is a LOT more than the cost of one plane ticket, so finances might be an issue if you think you'll have trouble with that.