Interesting Question

[doodads 0]

Here is an interesting question that I did not have an answer for. My friend brought a Russian woman here (USA) on a K-1 visa about 5 years ago. He was having some big personal problems, so he asked her to go home and wait until the problems were resolved. She agreed. About a year after she went home, he filed for another K-1 visa for her. But during the process, she decided to marry a Russian man and did not go to her visa interview. He ended up bringing another Russian woman over here later and marrying her.

Both marriages ended in divorce. Now the two of them have gotten back together. He wants to go to Russia, marry her, and bring her here on a K-3 visa. He asked me if this would be possible, given the fact that she was here with him before on a K-1 and did not attend her second K-1 interview. I told him I had no idea, but that I would post his situation here and see if anybody had any opinions.

Bob

[TRKCKL11 0]

Here is an interesting question that I did not have an answer for. My friend brought a Russian woman here (USA) on a K-1 visa about 5 years ago. He was having some big personal problems, so he asked her to go home and wait until the problems were resolved. She agreed. About a year after she went home, he filed for another K-1 visa for her. But during the process, she decided to marry a Russian man and did not go to her visa interview. He ended up bringing another Russian woman over here later and marrying her.

Both marriages ended in divorce. Now the two of them have gotten back together. He wants to go to Russia, marry her, and bring her here on a K-3 visa. He asked me if this would be possible, given the fact that she was here with him before on a K-1 and did not attend her second K-1 interview. I told him I had no idea, but that I would post his situation here and see if anybody had any opinions.

Bob

TRKCKL11 I FOUND YOUR ANSWER ON THE i-129 INSTRUCTIONS UNDER #4 YOU'LL FIND YOUR ANSWER HE WILL NEED TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER. WISH HIM LUCK

[doodads 0]

Trkckl,

#4 on the I-129 instructions is for K-1 visas, not K-3 visas.

Bob

Edited September 19, 2006 by doodads

[Yodrak 7]

Bob,

The instruction says, "If you have filed two or more K-1 visa petitions at any time in the past ..." According to what you have posted, your friend has filed 2, possibly 3, K-1 visa petitions in the past.

The instruction says nothing about what kind of visa petition is being submitted this time.

Yodrak

Trkckl,

#4 on the I-129 instructions is for K-1 visas, not K-3 visas.

Bob

Edited September 19, 2006 by Yodrak