Tell me I can't do this

[rade2rising 205]

please keep us updated if you succeed with this plan

[Peter_Pan 661]

How about she enters the US, the next day you send in the K1 application, she stays for the whole 90 days then goes back home foar another 3 months or so until she gets the visa? That would shorten the apart time.

[Moomin 292]

I'd just like to add here that I was unaware Singapore was eligible under the Visa Waiver Program. Under these circumstances I am not sure if you can apply for a B-type visa. Especially while having CR-1 pending.

Perfectly fine to apply for a tourist visa. There is a big disadvantage by doing so however, when being from a VWP country. If one gets denied at the interview, then it automatically takes away the opportunity of travelling on VWP in the future. Having a pending immigrant petition out there may or may not count against the applicant at the (tourist visa) interview.

I'd try to visit on VWP. Circumstances taken into consideration, if you're denied entry on VWP, you'd most likely be denied with a tourist visa, too. A tourist visa doesn't really take away a CBP's suspicion.

I'm not saying it to freak the OP out, no point in doing so. Just that is would probably be money out the window to apply for a tourist visa - it's not a guarantee to be let into the US, and fiancee would have to demonstrate stronger ties to home country than the US. Might be hard with and immigrant petition out there.

Edit:

The fiance(e) visa is more expensive in the long run however when you've already met once within the past 2 years, you can send it right away(almost; gathering papers takes a wee bit time) which shaves off the waiting compared to getting married and filing the CR-1(i-130) petition.

Edited April 27, 2012 by moomin

[jaycali 415]

Okay, enough with the berating. The OP has stated a number of times he wasn't looking to do anything illegal. Please stop.

One post removed. Take it to PM. Any further will get you thread-banned.

Agreed. The OP isn't trying to look for ways to circumvent the system, just advice on how to be reunited with his wife the quickest way possible. In the end, I think that's why most of us in the CR-1/K-1 process are here.

Not knowing something is illegal and asking for advice is not the same as asking for advice on how to break the law.

Edited April 27, 2012 by jaejayC

[Milan&Pam 4]

Wondered about that too. If she can use the VWP, why do you two meet in Canada/ plan to get married there? Why not the USA? It's perfectly legal for her to come to the USA and get married here she just cannot stay longer than the 90 days given on the VWP.

The problem is you cannot legally enter the US on a tourist VISA with the intention of getting married. And saying anything other than "I am getting married" would be fraud. And just saying that is going to be an immediate denial. For those of us that are trying to do it legally, immigration really leaves us with no choice but to be separated from our loved ones until the process is complete. Unless you can afford to stay or work in her native country until everything is complete.

[hikergirl 277]

The problem is you cannot legally enter the US on a tourist VISA with the intention of getting married. And saying anything other than "I am getting married" would be fraud. And just saying that is going to be an immediate denial. For those of us that are trying to do it legally, immigration really leaves us with no choice but to be separated from our loved ones until the process is complete. Unless you can afford to stay or work in her native country until everything is complete.

I have had many friends who went down to Vegas or Florida to get married and left again. There is nothing fraudulent about it. It is a destination wedding.

Fraud only comes in if you enter the US and INTEND to get married and STAY.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

The problem is you cannot legally enter the US on a tourist VISA with the intention of getting married. And saying anything other than "I am getting married" would be fraud.

That is not true. As hikergirl already stated, it is perfectly legal to enter the USA with the intention of getting married, as long as you do not overstay your visa/ visa waiver. The only illegal thing is planning to enter the USA with the intention of getting married AND STAYING.

The second sentence is also not true. If you get asked "are you going to get married?" or some such at the border then yes, you need to be truthful. Never lie to immigration! But there is a difference between lying/ fraud and not volunteering unnecessary information. So for example if, during your stay, you plan to see the Grand Canyon, gable in Vegas, get married in Vegas and eat at IHOP, and the question the immigration officer asks you is "What do you plan to do during your month's vacation here?" it is fine to say "I am looking forward to seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time and eating at IHOP again, I love American style pancakes."

[jaycali 415]

For those of us that are trying to do it legally, immigration really leaves us with no choice but to be separated from our loved ones until the process is complete. Unless you can afford to stay or work in her native country until everything is complete.

Not true, it's perfectly legal for the foreign spouse to visit while a petition/visa is pending. It can be extremely difficult to overcome the presumtion of immigrant intent at a tourist visa interview though. If the foreign spouse already holds a valid B-2 visa, or is eligible for visa waiver travel, it's fully possible, and often the "married" part doesn't even come up on entry. Like Penguin said, it's not necessary to volunteer the information either, it's not fraud unless you lie.

Edited April 27, 2012 by jaejayC

[Krikit 1,164]

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