K1 Advice needed

[scrosso 0]

Hello all,

I am new to the site and i am at the moment finding it a fantastic source of information, and am hoping it will continue to help in the future.

My finacee (an American Citizen) and i currently live together in London (and have done for the past 3 years), and are now looking at getting married at the start of 2011.

The big question that we currently face is, can we process the K1 visa whilst she is living in London with me? We have a house in New York already, and can use that as a fixed US address in applications and will be our intention to live there when we fianlly come across to the states.

Any help on location of current residency required would be appreciated?

Regards

SR

[pushbrk 13,167]

Hello all,

I am new to the site and i am at the moment finding it a fantastic source of information, and am hoping it will continue to help in the future.

My finacee (an American Citizen) and i currently live together in London (and have done for the past 3 years), and are now looking at getting married at the start of 2011.

The big question that we currently face is, can we process the K1 visa whilst she is living in London with me? We have a house in New York already, and can use that as a fixed US address in applications and will be our intention to live there when we fianlly come across to the states.

Any help on location of current residency required would be appreciated?

Regards

SR

Yes, you can as long as there is domicile in th USA. If the USC's income will not continue from the same source in the USA, they'll need a qualified sponsor for you as well. Since you've been residing together in the UK though, I would look into getting married there and doing a Direct Consular Filing for a CR1 visa. See the Guide and take the link to married and living abroad.

[scrosso 0]

Yes, you can as long as there is domicile in th USA. If the USC's income will not continue from the same source in the USA, they'll need a qualified sponsor for you as well. Since you've been residing together in the UK though, I would look into getting married there and doing a Direct Consular Filing for a CR1 visa. See the Guide and take the link to married and living abroad.

Thanks for your response. We were considering the DCF and then a CR1 visa, but with our timeline we were not sure if it would be possible. Her UK visa runs out in November and we didnt want to go through the process of applying for a UK visa at the same time as applying for the US visa.

Thanks for your help.

[pushbrk 13,167]

Thanks for your response. We were considering the DCF and then a CR1 visa, but with our timeline we were not sure if it would be possible. Her UK visa runs out in November and we didnt want to go through the process of applying for a UK visa at the same time as applying for the US visa.

Thanks for your help.

For DCF, she only needs to qualify as residing in the UK on the filing date. It is quite common for the USC to leave shortly thereafter to set-up home, and employment in advance of their spouse's immigration.