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Getting married before K1 visa application is approved

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Paul and Haidee   11

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We were not sure if this is the right place for this question, but I will be returning to the Philippines to see asawa ko before our K1 visa application is approved and we plan to get married at that time. Do we need to change to a K3 visa if we do get married before the K1 is approved? Salamat everyone

Paul and Haidee

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Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,812

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If you get married before the K1 petition is approved, you will have to go back to the start and file an I-130 for CR-1. There is no changing from fiancee to spousal visa midstream. The waiting you have done so far will have been for naught and the fee you paid to USCIS will not be refunded.

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Harpa Timsah   13,258

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You need to start all over from the beginning if you get married.

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Anh map   2,098

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*Moved from Off Topic to K1 forum*

You will need to start over from square 1. File a new spouse visa petition and include the filing fee.

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Paul and Haidee   11

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*Moved from Off Topic to K1 forum*

You will need to start over from square 1. File a new spouse visa petition and include the filing fee.

We didn't marry yet so we will wait for it to get approved. Thanks for moving this for me. I was not sure where to put it.

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Dan and Judy   614

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Yeah that would be shooting yourself in the foot. Ive read on this site, probably in the Philippines forum that you can have a church wedding without getting a license and then you are not legaly married.

that way her family can be in the ceremony which your asawa would probably like. Then continue with the fiance' visa.

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payxibka   10,045

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We didn't marry yet so we will wait for it to get approved. Thanks for moving this for me. I was not sure where to put it.

You need to do more than wait for approval... you need to wait until you enter the usa

YMMV

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Paul and Haidee   11

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That is quite obvious. The actual question we asked is if we were to get married before our K1 is approved, do we need to change to a K3, since we already started the K1. The question was related to a change of circumstances after the process has already been started. Thank you for trying though.

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Matt & Bing   56

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That is quite obvious. The actual question we asked is if we were to get married before our K1 is approved, do we need to change to a K3, since we already started the K1. The question was related to a change of circumstances after the process has already been started. Thank you for trying though.

LOL! You stated that you might get married after petitioning for a fiancee visa so it appeared that nothing was obvious to you.

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