Engagement in Cambodia

[MissionToMe 0]

Hi all. Thank you for your time and replies and I think You all scared me not to try to pull a fast one. I need another advice.

I'm a US citizen and my boyfriend is in Cambodia. Would it make any difference in the visa process time if we were to have an engagement ceremony in Cambodia first before applying for a fiancé visa for him to come to the US?

[MissionToMe 0]

And by the way, would anyone know how much an engagement ceremony usually cost in Cambodia? Thanks!

[CowBoE 429]

Based on your question, I gather that you are aware of difference between fiancee vs. spouse

immigration? I chose fiancee route myself because I read that it's little bit shorter in processing time.

That said, I don't think where and how elaborate your engagement will effect the processing time.

But I can see it helping to prove you guys' bona fide relationship

[Mon413 3]

Price for an average engagement is between 3 to 5 thousand depend on what uou want for entertainment

[Tee and Megan 10]

I don't think it would affect your processing time, depending on how long it takes you to get all the documents, evidence, and proof together for the I-129F. While you are there, you can fill out the I-129F and the G-325A for both of you and get your boyfriend's original signature on all those documents. You also could get his original signature on his letter of intent. That way when you're back in the States, you don't have to ship all the forms to him, wait for him to sign them and then wait for him to ship them back. That is what my fiance and I did on my last trip, anyway. We wanted to be sure the only thing we needed to do once I was back in the States was prepare proof of our having met in the last two years.

One question though: Have you met your boyfriend in person prior to this trip?

One additional question (the hardest one for me to ask myself) Do you make enough to sponsor him? Or do you have a cosponsor lined up?

For any immigrant visa to the U.S. you need to prove you can make enough money to support your fiance, usually 125% of the poverty line. This clause delayed my fiance and I's application by about a year and a half because I had to finish school and get a job in order to make enough to sponsor him. Does that make sense?