LPR bringing Fiancee to US

[Saptron 0]

Hello guys

I need your guidelines or ideas, so here is our story:

My Fiancee is LPR since 2003, she is living in US at the moment, and she could apply for citizenship after May 2015. We are planning get married, our plan is for me to apply for a F-1 visa to get a 2 year degree, get marry and apply for a adjustment of status while i study.

What would be the best course of action cost and time efficient:

1. The original plan of getting a F-1 Visa and make an adjustment of status that way.

2. Wait until she get the citizenship and apply for a K-1 visa, and then get married.

Sorry for my English and Thanks a lot for the information, and all options are possibles.

A desperate Groom.

[ChicagoSarah 127]

Others who have better knowledge can weigh in, but I'd venture to say the K-1 is a better route if your fiance can apply for citizenship now (since as you know LPRs cannot file for a fiance).

I'm not familiar with the F-1 process, but I would think that you'd have to prove a much higher financial asset in order to cover the cost of schooling and that there may be some pushback if they learn you have a fiance in the US and assume you would use the F-1 to immigrate.

If your fiance could apply for citizenship 2 months ago, is there a reason she hasn't?

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Also, someone entering on an F1 visa cannot have pre-conceived intent to apply for Adjustment of Status during that trip.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hello guys

I need your guidelines or ideas, so here is our story:

My Fiancee is LPR since 2003, she is living in US at the moment, and she could apply for citizenship after May 2015. We are planning get married, our plan is for me to apply for a F-1 visa to get a 2 year degree, get marry and apply for a adjustment of status while i study.

What would be the best course of action cost and time efficient:

1. The original plan of getting a F-1 Visa and make an adjustment of status that way.

2. Wait until she get the citizenship and apply for a K-1 visa, and then get married.

Sorry for my English and Thanks a lot for the information, and all options are possibles.

A desperate Groom.

Hi,

1. An F-1 student must have proof of a home to return to after the course of study is done. You can not use an F-1 visa to enter the US with the intent to immigrate. This is visa fraud.

2. This is the correct and legal path.

Best of luck.

[Saptron 0]

Others who have better knowledge can weigh in, but I'd venture to say the K-1 is a better route if your fiance can apply for citizenship now (since as you know LPRs cannot file for a fiance).

I'm not familiar with the F-1 process, but I would think that you'd have to prove a much higher financial asset in order to cover the cost of schooling and that there may be some pushback if they learn you have a fiance in the US and assume you would use the F-1 to immigrate.

If your fiance could apply for citizenship 2 months ago, is there a reason she hasn't?

Hello

Sorry it was a typo, she could ask for citizenship after May 2016.

Thank you all for the aswers, you have help me a lot.

[ChicagoSarah 127]

Or you get married now(ish) and she applies for the CR-1 visa. Once she becomes a citizen next year, the application will be upgraded. Not sure if that would really save time, but it's another legal option to pursue.