K1 VISA HELP!

[Uneks 13]

My visa was approved today and the one question that was asked to every single beneficiary that I took note was "show me pictures of your time together" I think you should try getting a min of 5 pictures. Then compliment with phone logs, Receipts, chats etc. pictures they say are worth a thousand words. Good luck

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

Ok, so with the lack of evidence that I have, would it be better for me just to buy a return ticket, so that I'm not questioned by customs at Houston, fly out there in March, get married to him whilst I'm there and then file a I-130 and ask for a temporary visa so I can stay longer than the 90 days?

I'm confused with all the different forms and procedures.

I'm obviously likely to get declined for the k1 as I have no photos of us together.

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

Only plane tickets, messages about my flights and my pick up at the airport, good luck cards from my work colleagues, a few dollars, messages to all my friends and family and replies, two cinema tickets for the grand 16 Lafayette and a whopping phone bill from 02 in July that states data usage in the US.

That's all I've got.

[ginnyirishrose 16]

My understanding is you can't come into the country on a tourist visa with the intent to marry. but I know it's legal because I was married to an Argentine he came into the United States on a tourist visa overstay your visa but still here at 10 years later we allowed to marry and he still has a 10 year on unconditional green card so it depends on your intent you have to really look that up

We are no longer married but he went through immigration and Tampa with me and I know since he came in the country legally and he never got in trouble in those 10 years he was allowed to stay

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

Ok that's helpful, thankyou. I will have a read up about it.

I suppose I'd be coming to the US with 'no intention' of marrying him.

Just for a 'visit' then just do it whilst I'm there and say it was unplanned and spontaneous?? It wouldn't be a lavish wedding, just his church with me, him and his brother present.

So no planning needed, I'm not even going to wear a proper wedding dress.

X

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

That's interesting.

Did you have to file for an adjustment of his status after marriage?

Well, I promise I won't be getting into any trouble lol, I just want the quiet life of the Louisiana styx.

I feel like it's home already.

[D.Ba 85]

No, no, no - whatever you do, don't do that!

Of course lots of people have done it, but it's still not legal, and if you can't prove your non-intent you get intro trouble. Nobody here will or should advise you on that.

Continue K-1 with what you have. Remeber: it's the UK, not a high-fraud country. They will not scrutinise you like someone from Africa or Asia, OR

go to the US once more, gather more evidence and then send off the petition.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Ok that's helpful, thankyou. I will have a read up about it.

I suppose I'd be coming to the US with 'no intention' of marrying him.

Just for a 'visit' then just do it whilst I'm there and say it was unplanned and spontaneous?? It wouldn't be a lavish wedding, just his church with me, him and his brother present.

So no planning needed, I'm not even going to wear a proper wedding dress.

X

No. That's immigration fraud

[ChicagoSarah 127]

1 - You've posted in a public forum that you plan to come and marry (bad idea)

2 - Since you'll be entering on VWP, if you were to come and apply to adjust status and have it denied, you have no grounds to appeal from VWP and would be put into deportation proceedings.

Apply for a K-1 fiance visa, send everything you do have or can find, and see what happens. You'll get an RFE and can send more evidence then (chat logs, etc) or everything will be fine and they'll just ask you about your relationship at the interview. London is traditionally low fraud and not as tough of an embassy as many of the others. As long as you have a genuine relationship, you should be fine.

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

I can't go back as I can't have the holiday from work until next March.

So I'm completely stuck, there might be the hope that his brother took a photo of us together on a game camera lol. An infrared hunting camera.

If he did, I may be able to get hold of it, if not I just don't know what to do.

I know it's the UK and not Africa or somewhere with a high fraud rate, but I can't risk the denial of an application and then not being able to be with him. ?

[D.Ba 85]

I understand the no holidays. Can he not come and see you? Maybe Christmas or even before?

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

Ok so I'm going to try the K1, thank you for all of your sensible advice, I suppose my brain is in overdrive panicking I don't have enough evidence, but yes you're all so right, the legal way is the best way. ?

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

Unfortunately not, due to his social anxieties, he would find it difficult and I'm moving out of my flat this month to save money too and there would be no where private for him to stay with me unless we got a hotel for a week and that'd be killing the point of trying to save our money for the future.

I'd have to fly over there, I might be able to do it on un-paid leave.

But again saving money etc..

[Pennycat 880]

My understanding is you can't come into the country on a tourist visa with the intent to marry. but I know it's legal because I was married to an Argentine he came into the United States on a tourist visa overstay your visa but still here at 10 years later we allowed to marry and he still has a 10 year on unconditional green card so it depends on your intent you have to really look that up

We are no longer married but he went through immigration and Tampa with me and I know since he came in the country legally and he never got in trouble in those 10 years he was allowed to stay

Ok that's helpful, thankyou. I will have a read up about it.

I suppose I'd be coming to the US with 'no intention' of marrying him.

Just for a 'visit' then just do it whilst I'm there and say it was unplanned and spontaneous?? It wouldn't be a lavish wedding, just his church with me, him and his brother present.

So no planning needed, I'm not even going to wear a proper wedding dress.

X

Ultimagirl, you realize that you're openly discussing lying to government officials to obtain immigration benefits, right? When they ask you why you're visiting and how long you're going to stay, you're faced with either telling the truth (and being sent home on the next plane), or lying. You're suggesting lying, which IS actually immigration fraud, the consequences of which can be really severe (lifetime ban from the US, for one). Do people do it? Yep. Do they get caught? Maybe, maybe not. But if it was completely without risk---do you think that there would be ANY K1 filers from visa waiver countries?

Plus, you're significantly upping the risk of being caught because (1) you've talked about it on the internet (and they do look here, I promise. I've talked to one myself, which eventually turned into me being called by one of their internal affairs folks due to the employee's misconduct on this site). (2) You have a K1 in the works. They will have a hard time believing, when you apply for AOS, that you didn't lie at customs about your intention to get married on that trip, when you already had a visa in the works to allow you to come and get married.

Don't do it to save yourself a few months time when you don't even know if your proper visa will be denied or not.

The key difference between your situation and the one that ginny describes is intent at the border, and more specifically what you say to the immigration officials. The Argentianian she married didn't cross with the specific intention to marry, stay and apply for a green card. He didn't have that intention to lie about. You do. Other people *do* change their minds on a whim. You're not talking about a whim. You're talking about a "whim".

Stick with the K1. Visit if you can, get more evidence if you really think you need it. At least let this play out before putting yourself at that kind of risk.

[ULTIMAGIRL 0]

CatherineA, yeah thanks for that, as explained in my last message, it was just a panicking moment, thinking of any other alternative and as I mentioned in my last message, the legal way is the best way and that's what I'll do, I'll stick with the K1 fiance visa application and hope for the best.

CatherineA- my last message sounded sarcy when I read it back to myself, it wasn't supposed to, it was a genuine thanks, for concern and information. Xx