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[Jay512 0]

Hello everybody,

My first time post here, and with quite a bit of questions... I'm just going to outline what me and my fiancee would like to do and hopefully you guys can offer some advice and help!

My fiancee Anna and I would like to get married in Ukraine where she is from, in June and then use the I-130 form. I am a US citizen (born/raised) and will be going over there in the beginning of May.

I also want to point out that she already has a tourist visa that is approved for 5 years with the limitation of 6 months stay at a time.

1. Can she come back with me in the beginning of July after we are married there?

We assume to not change her name right away to not cause any headaches at the moment.

But when is the best time to change her surname?

I also assume that there might be a period where she will have to be back in Ukraine??

2. If she needs to go back for something, we are prepared for that too.

3. Can we file the I-130 while she is here?

Will this create problems?

4. When is her tourist visa trumped?

5. Adjustment Of Status?

6. There really needs to be checklists for this... but I understand that some countries can make the process different for each case.

7. Anything else I missed?

8. ***OR Forget about doing it this way and wait longer and do the K-1???

Really would prefer not to...

My mind is really trying to grasp and make sense of all of this...

Thank you all who help me with this!

Jay

[Roosha 51]

I won't be able to answer all your questions but answers to what I know are below:

Hello everybody,

My first time post here, and with quite a bit of questions... I'm just going to outline what me and my fiancee would like to do and hopefully you guys can offer some advice and help!

My fiancee Anna and I would like to get married in Ukraine where she is from, in June and then use the I-130 form. I am a US citizen (born/raised) and will be going over there in the beginning of May.

I also want to point out that she already has a tourist visa that is approved for 5 years with the limitation of 6 months stay at a time.

1. Can she come back with me in the beginning of July after we are married there? Yes, to visit, not to live

We assume to not change her name right away to not cause any headaches at the moment. Why would it cause headaches? Most women do it, it's normal if you want to.

But when is the best time to change her surname?

I also assume that there might be a period where she will have to be back in Ukraine?? She will have to be there for the interview in the end. Otherwise, most everything can be done outside of the states.

2. If she needs to go back for something, we are prepared for that too.

3. Can we file the I-130 while she is here? Yes, but not for adjustment of status b/c that would be visa fraud since she entered the country on a visit visa

Will this create problems?

4. When is her tourist visa trumped? She might be denied entry at the border if the guard believes that she's coming to immigrate and not just to visit. She'll have to bring evidence of her ties to Ukraine, stuff like a lease in her name, letter from her employer, things that show that she will be returning.

5. Adjustment Of Status?

6. There really needs to be checklists for this... but I understand that some countries can make the process different for each case. There are checklists, but that's for the NVC stage, not the first stage, you don't have to worry about that yet.

7. Anything else I missed?

8. ***OR Forget about doing it this way and wait longer and do the K-1???

Really would prefer not to...

My mind is really trying to grasp and make sense of all of this...

Thank you all who help me with this!

Jay

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US read that guide. It has all the information you need.

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