Daughter US Citizen, Mommy not, don't want to get married!

[colombiacouple 0]

Hello all!

We are just now beginning the exploration of our options, so help is appreciated! I am beginning to scan the forums, but thought I would post up first!

I have lived in Colombia for two years after divorcing my wife who was from Colombia when I learned that my Colombian ex had a child with me but hid it from me for a few years. I moved down to Colombia to be a responsible father and am now in a relationship with the mother again but neither of us wants to get married! I have become a Resident of Colombia because of my child and her birth certificate has now been modified to show me as the natural father - she will get her US Citizenship first part of next year.

Now...what are my options for getting my girlfriend/mother of my child back to the U.S. without getting married out of convenience? I have been divorced a few times, TWICE applied and received visas for a Colombian wife but the first time was a victim of visa fraud and the second divorced so I could move and be with my daughter.

Can my daughter get her mother into to the U.S.? Can I get her in without getting married? Not looking for Tourist or Student options...already know about these.

Any help from the VisaJourney family would be greatly appreciated!

B, M & D!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

No. She cannot petition for her mom until she -daughter- is 21.

No need to open multiple threads.

You can apply for a CR-1 visa from Colombia once you get married.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hello all!

We are just now beginning the exploration of our options, so help is appreciated! I am beginning to scan the forums, but thought I would post up first!

I have lived in Colombia for two years after divorcing my wife who was from Colombia when I learned that my Colombian ex had a child with me but hid it from me for a few years. I moved down to Colombia to be a responsible father and am now in a relationship with the mother again but neither of us wants to get married! I have become a Resident of Colombia because of my child and her birth certificate has now been modified to show me as the natural father - she will get her US Citizenship first part of next year.

Now...what are my options for getting my girlfriend/mother of my child back to the U.S. without getting married out of convenience? I have been divorced a few times, TWICE applied and received visas for a Colombian wife but the first time was a victim of visa fraud and the second divorced so I could move and be with my daughter.

Can my daughter get her mother into to the U.S.? Can I get her in without getting married? Not looking for Tourist or Student options...already know about these.

Any help from the VisaJourney family would be greatly appreciated!

B, M & D!

Your daughter upon turning 21 can file for her mother. She cannot file for her mother until she turns 21.

You have only two options to help your ex - both of which requires you to marry her. Right now, there is no legal relationship between the two of you. While the two of you may have a child together, you and your ex are not a legal family. Under the immigration laws, you are two strangers who happen to have a child together. Option 1 - marry her and then petition for her as your wife. Option 2 - petition for her as a fiancee and then marry her. There is not other way for you to help her get an immigration visa.

[colombiacouple 0]

No. She cannot petition for her mom until she -daughter- is 21.

No need to open multiple threads.

You can apply for a CR-1 visa from Colombia once you get married.

Len...didn't open multiple threads, the two posts are distinctly different dealing with different questions in their respective areas of the website.

Also I mentioned clearly that we have no interest in getting married in this thread.

I have been a positive contributor completing two processes here previously under different names, please contribute to my post/questions only if you have positive responses that are helpful to the OP.

[colombiacouple 0]

Hello all!

We are just now beginning the exploration of our options, so help is appreciated! I am beginning to scan the forums, but thought I would post up first!

I have lived in Colombia for two years after divorcing my wife who was from Colombia when I learned that my Colombian ex had a child with me but hid it from me for a few years. I moved down to Colombia to be a responsible father and am now in a relationship with the mother again but neither of us wants to get married! I have become a Resident of Colombia because of my child and her birth certificate has now been modified to show me as the natural father - she will get her US Citizenship first part of next year.

Now...what are my options for getting my girlfriend/mother of my child back to the U.S. without getting married out of convenience? I have been divorced a few times, TWICE applied and received visas for a Colombian wife but the first time was a victim of visa fraud and the second divorced so I could move and be with my daughter.

Can my daughter get her mother into to the U.S.? Can I get her in without getting married? Not looking for Tourist or Student options...already know about these.

Any help from the VisaJourney family would be greatly appreciated!

B, M & D!

Your daughter upon turning 21 can file for her mother. She cannot file for her mother until she turns 21.

You have only two options to help your ex - both of which requires you to marry her. Right now, there is no legal relationship between the two of you. While the two of you may have a child together, you and your ex are not a legal family. Under the immigration laws, you are two strangers who happen to have a child together. Option 1 - marry her and then petition for her as your wife. Option 2 - petition for her as a fiancee and then marry her. There is not other way for you to help her get an immigration visa.

Thank you for the input...that's the same line of thinking I have had from my research and have posted an alternate post in another section of th site addressing concerns about triple filings. I don't want to go that way but it may just be our only option unless she gets lucky on a tourist visa lottery!

[Chica Yeyé 41]

No. She cannot petition for her mom until she -daughter- is 21.

No need to open multiple threads.

You can apply for a CR-1 visa from Colombia once you get married.

Len...didn't open multiple threads, the two posts are distinctly different dealing with different questions in their respective areas of the website.

Also I mentioned clearly that we have no interest in getting married in this thread.

I have been a positive contributor completing two processes here previously under different names, please contribute to my post/questions only if you have positive responses that are helpful to the OP.

Positive response: if you have no interest in getting married, you cannot bring her to the US, unless you wait for your daughter to turn 21 and petition for her.

[milimelo 4,481]

Thank you for the input...that's the same line of thinking I have had from my research and have posted an alternate post in another section of th site addressing concerns about triple filings. I don't want to go that way but it may just be our only option unless she gets lucky on a tourist visa lottery!

There is no tourist visa lottery - there is Diversity Visa Lottery.

[colombiacouple 0]

Thank you for the input...that's the same line of thinking I have had from my research and have posted an alternate post in another section of th site addressing concerns about triple filings. I don't want to go that way but it may just be our only option unless she gets lucky on a tourist visa lottery!

There is no tourist visa lottery - there is Diversity Visa Lottery.

A lottery either way - you know what I mean Here in Colombia the lottery heavily affects the B1/B2 visa processes because that is the most popular way people try to get out of here and to the U.S. The disapproval rating for other visa types is not even comparable...hence the popular reference here to a "lottery" when speaking of tourist visas.

Edited November 18, 2009 by colombiacouple

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[*JG* 2]

YIKES.......The thread went downhill quickly.

Nothing you can do but marry her or have your daughter petition for her when she is of age. That process, though, can be a very long one.

Good luck to you whatever you do.

[colombiacouple 0]

YIKES.......The thread went downhill quickly.

Nothing you can do but marry her or have your daughter petition for her when she is of age. That process, though, can be a very long one.

Good luck to you whatever you do.

Thanks for the response, JG, yes i don't know what happened there but I have no time for that kind of activity...nor patience.

I was hoping that someone out there had information on some of those obscure loopholes and visas which might benefit our situation, however through my own research I have found that not to be the case. The whole process of planning and research has brought us a little closer, actually, and we figure marriage is the same as common law...just with a paper to back it up!

I believe we will file DCF for a CR1 after getting married (notary, not church) early in the year and know it will be a quick and painless process so that my girlfriend can finally come to the U.S. with us.

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good luck