New reality show about K1 visa (merged)

[Karee 4,190]

No Thai bargirls? Lame. Hopefully they'll show what happens when the Ukrainian girl goes running to the cops because her ol man yelled at her. We can watch a false VAWA case unfold on TV.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Interesting, too, that all the couples highlighted are all US males with non-US females. Not even one out of the four is a couple where a US lady imports herself a foreign man. How come?

[GandD 5,966]

No Thai bargirls? Lame. Hopefully they'll show what happens when the Ukrainian girl goes running to the cops because her ol man yelled at her. We can watch a false VAWA case unfold on TV.

A great regret in my life is not hanging with you when you were in Thailand when you were younger. I'd have better stories for sure.

Edited December 18, 2013 by GandD

[TBoneTX 45,205]

One thread on the topic moved from Current Events forum to Off Topic forum and merged with ongoing thread; one post removed as a TOS violation.

Edited December 22, 2013 by Kathryn41

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

*** Yes, the removed post was a TOS violation as it was insulting another VJ member. Topic could fit in either forum, but was not moved so much as merged with another, pre-existing topic in another forum. *****

[The Mean Lady 604]

Heard about this on the radio today. They were under the assumption that all of these people had never met and it was completely mail order brides and they were insulting the entire process. Had to call and set them straight.

I don't know that it won't be presented otherwise on the show, but I would probably watch.

I'm such a glutton for TLC.

[Novembro 1,763]

"The Learning Channel" rofl kill me

Anyone who watches this sh*t is sad.

[Caryh 5,206]

"The Learning Channel" rofl kill me

Anyone who watches this sh*t is sad.

Look how Wikipedia explains the TLC "TLC (formerly an abbreviation of The Learning Channel)"

[Karee 4,190]

A new reality series sees couples from different countries trying to make their relationships work despite language boundaries, culture differences and skeptical friends and family.

TLC's 90 Day Fiancé follows five American men who have met and fallen for women abroad. These women are given a K-1 visa - also known as a Fiancé Visa - which allows them to travel to the U.S. for 90 days.

At the end of 90 days, the couples must decide whether they are ready to tie the knot; if they aren't, the women must give up their visas and immediately return to their home countries.

One of the couples featured on the show is Los Angeles native Alan, 29, and 21-year-old Kirlyam, from a small town in Brazil.

Both devoutly Mormon and sexually abstinent, Alan and Kirlyam have only met a handful of times, but Alan is keen to walk down the aisle with her as soon as possible.

The situation is complicated further by the fact that upon her arrival in Los Angeles, Kirlyam becomes enamored with the fashion world.

In a trailer for the reality series, Kirlyam is seen breaking down in tears, seemingly homesick. 'I miss my mom,' she says. 'I miss her.'

For 27-year-old Russ from Owasso, Oklahoma, the obstacles standing before him and his Colombian girlfriend Paola, 26, include culture differences and his parents, who are convinced Paola has ulterior motives.

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2524901/TLCs-90-Day-Fianc-long-distance-couples-try-overcome-culture-differences.html

[GandD 5,966]

I'm going to start another thread about this.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

ARGH.

[Teddy B 17,252]

These women are given a K-1 visa - also known as a Fiancé Visa - which allows them to travel to the U.S. for 90 days.

At the end of 90 days, the couples must decide whether they are ready to tie the knot; if they aren't, the women must give up their visas and immediately return to their home countries.

Talk about completely twisting the terms of a K-1 visa.

[GandD 5,966]

Talk about completely twisting the terms of a K-1 visa.

I wonder what percentage of applicants make it through the waiting stage to NOA2.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

That's definitely not the intent of the K1 visa, but people certainly use it that way.

[GandD 5,966]

I bet during the initial conception, before the long lines, it was.