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Hello everyone. Myself Mujtaba and i am new to this.I am presently working in Saudi Arabia and recently got engaged. I would like to know that if i come on K-1 visa and get married and then return to my place where i am currently working. Then can i return back to US on spouse visa and apply for my legal status. Reason i am currently i am contractually stuck with my employer and the contract ends in December 2016. Hope that my query gets solved.

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belinda63   3,031

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No reason to obtain a K-1 if you aren't going to stay. You can either marry anywhere in the world and start the application for a spouse visa now or wait and apply for a fiancé visa in the next few months.

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MujtabaRahman   2

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Yes even i thought about it. After the marriage ceremony if i returned to my working place then my wife can apply for the spouse visa right or will this create any problem for the process of my filing for legal status.

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the What Visa Do I Need forum. ***

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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No issue entering on a B to mary as long as you go home.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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MujtabaRahman   2

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but will it be alright to come on a visitor visa and get married. will i be breaking the rules of the country and when i will file for my legal status then they might give me a hard time.

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but will it be alright to come on a visitor visa and get married. will i be breaking the rules of the country and when i will file for my legal status then they might give me a hard time.

As long as you're going back and provide ample ties to your country Edited by Transborderwife
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belinda63   3,031

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People come to the US to get married all the time. There is nothing wrong with that nor is it illegal. The illegal part is coming to the US with the intent to marry and stay.

Apply for a tourist visa and have lots of proof of your ties to your home country. A copy of your employment contract would be a good start. Be clear and honest about your intentions as you have stated them here. You want to get married in the US, return to finish your work contract, then apply for a spousal visa to live in the US.

You can get married anywhere in the world that you meet the requirements for, you don't have to marry in the US for the US to recognize the marriage. Say you marry in Saudi Arabia as long as the government there recognizes it so will the US.

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