NEW 2 SITE AND OVERALL PROCESS!! CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME WHERE TO START.

[Beautiful7 0]

Hello everyone I am NEW to this site and first time going through or learning about this process. My fiance and I met online 4 years ago. He is of Nigerian Citizen but resides in Athens Greece. The first 2 years was allot of getting to know one another through those years. I have gotten a bit of information about the routes I should take being that we want to marry. Was told to take the K1 visa route because it's much quicker than the spouse visa. That we have to see each other at lease once within 2 years of the filing and have evidence that our relationship is real. Ok.. well I have 3 concers..

He has over stayed his time in Greece and is not a legal resident there. 2) They mare a mistake on his birth certificate from Nigeria with the wrong birth year so it doesn't match his true age on his pass port. We were told it may be best for him to go back to Nigeria to correct the Birth certificate and he interviews there. My first visit will be in March 2017 and I was going to file the K1 soon after we met. We have allot of build up evidence besides the meeting face to face. Will that be to soon to file a K1 visa after 1 trip. Is it better he go back to Nigeria. Oh and is it necessary to use an attorney. I suggested to use a immigration attorney because I didn't want to mess up any forms and cause delays and denial being that I'm new to this but they are quite expensive and I seen many file their own forms. Can someone who is familiar with this help me out plz. Thank You.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

First, yes because he has no legal status in Greece definately he needs to go back to Nigeria for the interview process of the K-1.

Also he definately does need to make sure to get his birth certificate corrected.

Make sure also to start documenting everything from chat histories, to eventual plane tickets/boarding passes, photos of you two, ect, for the I-129F.

Nigeria is not a nice embassy to deal with so you may also want to visit the Nigeria forum here on VJ: http://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=Nigeria

The memebers there can definately help you with "front loading" your petition as again, Nigeria is a very rough embassy to go through.

Read the guides here for better understanding of the process for the i-129F and K-1: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

Also, as long as you can follow simple instructions you do not need to have a lawyer/agency do anything, you can manage it all on your own if you put some time into reading the guides and forms.

Good luck!

[Beautiful7 0]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! We have been searching for information to do this the right way without any mistakes. Ready for him to get here was really hard trying to get vacation time on the job last year. Getting kids schedule together etc..Determined to take the trip set out for March for sure. If my income has changed from last year and I fall a little under the guidelines for a household of 5. I believe it will be 5 Me,Fiance, and I have 3 kids. Will I have to use my savings account in what I have saved to make up the difference. Little worried about that. I assuming if you get a Co sponsor like your parent they have to meet the total amount but what if they don't make that a year. What would be an option for that part to count as income.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! We have been searching for information to do this the right way without any mistakes. Ready for him to get here was really hard trying to get vacation time on the job last year. Getting kids schedule together etc..Determined to take the trip set out for March for sure. If my income has changed from last year and I fall a little under the guidelines for a household of 5. I believe it will be 5 Me,Fiance, and I have 3 kids. Will I have to use my savings account in what I have saved to make up the difference. Little worried about that. I assuming if you get a Co sponsor like your parent they have to meet the total amount but what if they don't make that a year. What would be an option for that part to count as income.

You can use your savings and assets to offset the amount needed to cover the 100%poverty guideline for a household of 5... Yes you, him, and your 3 kids, so 5.

But the savings/assets I believe has to be 3 or 5x the amount missing... someone correct me if I'm wrong...

If you use a co-sponsor, they need to also make above the 100% line for 6 people.... your 5 person household and themselves.... again please someone correct if I am off abit on this.

[TierraGlanville 0]

Welcome!

He should go back to Nigeria for sure.

Getting his birth certificate corrected should be the very first thing done.

It will help with the whole process go quicker.

I would also suggest you file the forms yourself.

The guidelines on this site are very in depth and helpful.

Remember, if you think you can do it, you can!

Good luck!

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Hello everyone I am NEW to this site and first time going through or learning about this process. My fiance and I met online 4 years ago. He is of Nigerian Citizen but resides in Athens Greece. The first 2 years was allot of getting to know one another through those years. I have gotten a bit of information about the routes I should take being that we want to marry. Was told to take the K1 visa route because it's much quicker than the spouse visa. That we have to see each other at lease once within 2 years of the filing and have evidence that our relationship is real. Ok.. well I have 3 concers..

He has over stayed his time in Greece and is not a legal resident there. 2) They mare a mistake on his birth certificate from Nigeria with the wrong birth year so it doesn't match his true age on his pass port. We were told it may be best for him to go back to Nigeria to correct the Birth certificate and he interviews there. My first visit will be in March 2017 and I was going to file the K1 soon after we met. We have allot of build up evidence besides the meeting face to face. Will that be to soon to file a K1 visa after 1 trip. Is it better he go back to Nigeria. Oh and is it necessary to use an attorney. I suggested to use a immigration attorney because I didn't want to mess up any forms and cause delays and denial being that I'm new to this but they are quite expensive and I seen many file their own forms. Can someone who is familiar with this help me out plz. Thank You.

Also to state the importance for you to discuss with other Nigeria members here on VJ could be specifics about your relationship. This is why Nigeria, it is very important to know how to properly "front load" your petition when it comes time for you to put it together.

Aspects especially for Nigeria to consider are age differences(is he younger/older), you have kids already, does he.. Certain norms within the country of Nigeria are very important to take into account; but those are things to discuss with other Nigeria members here on VJ as they have much better understanding to dealing with that embassy and how to put the petition together.

[Beautiful7 0]

Thank you guys so much for the information and THANK GOD I FOUND THIS SITE. IT'S ALLOT OF INFORMATIVE INFORMATION ON HERE:)

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

No problem and welcome to the forum.

Also just to note... the I-134 affidavit of support form is not needed until the interview phase... So say you submitted the I-129F petiton in April after your trip. You would not need to supply it until September or October probably depending on how fast they process your petition and there's no issues. So you have time to figure that out also.

Again good luck on your journey.

[soulstriker 274]

no lawyers needed , become a student of the guides and research as much as you can and ull be fine , also search out questions on this site and ull find out most of your questions already have answers , defiantly front load to a decent size not too crazy , i would suggest atleast 2 -3 trips instead of just one if you can,

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Welcome to the forum. Because your thread is so country-specific, it's now moved from Introducing Our Members to the Africa: Sub-Saharan regional forum, which encompasses Nigeria.

[Everlast 49]

Welcome! Read as much as you can and do a lot of research in here. You do not need any lawyer(s).