Complicated situation !!! Please help !!!

[hamalun 0]

Hello VJ members, my situation is quite complicated (and confusing). Please give me some advice !!!

I came to America with F1 visa in 2003. I currently graduated from college with BSN degree and RN license.

My fiancee and I are getting married at the end of November. How long after the marriage can she files the petition for me?

The complication is that, my fiance is my brother-in-law's sister. My younger sister is married to her older brother.

They are married 3 years earlier and she's already got approved for green card. (My fiancee and I met through my sister and her brother)

It might sounds weird but we are not blood related or even close at all, so I don't think there is any problem with us getting married.

I'm just worried about the application process and especially the interview. Would they give us any problem with my situation?

Thank you

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

She can petition for you (if she is a US Citizen) the day you get married. You just need the marriage certificate (if your state doesn't give you the cert on the day you marry, then you need to wait until you have that copy). Here is the VJ guide. http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

We can't know if they will give you a hard time, what they will do is determine if you got married solely for the immigration benefit. My guess is that your situation would be very minimally negative, but I don't know the specifics of your case like the person that interviews you will by the time you meet them. Good luck and congrats on your upcoming marriage!

[GhLove 4]

Sounds like an interesting case to me (from a immigration employee standpoint). I would just make sure you have more than enough SOLID evidence that the relationship is a genuine one. Depending on what country you are coming from (Unfortunately, we all know that makes a little bit of a difference), If you have all your ducks in a row evidence wise, that would make it a little more difficult to challenge you at the interview. Just my opinion... but you never really know what to expect with the immigration folks.

[hamalun 0]

She can petition for you (if she is a US Citizen) the day you get married. You just need the marriage certificate (if your state doesn't give you the cert on the day you marry, then you need to wait until you have that copy). Here is the VJ guide. http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2

We can't know if they will give you a hard time, what they will do is determine if you got married solely for the immigration benefit. My guess is that your situation would be very minimally negative, but I don't know the specifics of your case like the person that interviews you will by the time you meet them. Good luck and congrats on your upcoming marriage!

Thank you for your respond.

I'm just worried if it's legal. I guess if it's legal for us to marry, it should be legal for her to petition for me too.

I mean, a friend told me that it's not possible for a brother and sister to petition for another brother and sister. I hope he isn't right !!!

[groovyaardvark 7]

Thank you for your respond.

I'm just worried if it's legal. I guess if it's legal for us to marry, it should be legal for her to petition for me too.

I mean, a friend told me that it's not possible for a brother and sister to petition for another brother and sister. I hope he isn't right !!!

'in laws' are not blood relatives. There is nothing illegal about what you are doing. It is not common, but not unheard of. Just make sure you have plenty of evidence.

Congratulations!

[Darkarma 2]

you should not have any problems, best of luck

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Thank you for your respond.

I'm just worried if it's legal. I guess if it's legal for us to marry, it should be legal for her to petition for me too.

I mean, a friend told me that it's not possible for a brother and sister to petition for another brother and sister. I hope he isn't right !!!

But as I understand it, YOUR WIFE is filing for you. She is not filing for you based on the fact that she is your sister-in-law (which is no legal relationship for immigration and provides no benefits) but rather that you are married. Brother-sister relationships don't come into play here, unless your wife is not a US Citizen?

[hamalun 0]

But as I understand it, YOUR WIFE is filing for you. She is not filing for you based on the fact that she is your sister-in-law (which is no legal relationship for immigration and provides no benefits) but rather that you are married. Brother-sister relationships don't come into play here, unless your wife is not a US Citizen?

Oh yes, my wife will petition for me, as my wife, not my sister-in-law.

Of course we didn't plan dating like this at all, we fall in love quite awhile after we first met, not like right away.

My brother-in-law successfully petition for my sister 2 years ago, so they told us everything they know and what they did.

I'm just worried about the interview.

[Done--Really 331]

There is absolutely nothing complicated about your situation--nothing !!! File the papers and go to the interview with a positive outlook.