Getting married to prisoner

[mattelo 45]

When I mentioned people with the same timeline, I was referring indeed to people in the same city as me. But as I said, I believe our case is specific, since we asked for a waiver for the interview.

 

I have a friend who is in the process for a CR1, her husband is on death row, and it's a nightmare, it's been more than a year that she got married and she hasn't heard from the USCIS yet for her interview. I'm not saying a K1 is better, I'm just saying that the difficulties are not the same. When you move to the US with a K1, you usually have your spouse to help and financially support you while your AOS/EAC is pending. This, of course, is not possible when your husband/wife is incarcerated. You have to have savings to live on for a while, and a good sponsor to file with you. When you're moving to the US with a CR1, for sure you don't have that kind of financial issues, however, you do need to wait longer, and people in my position know well that the prison is a difficulty big enough like that, adding the distance and the stress over the whole process is simply overwhelming. I admire my friend for what she's going through! At least when she moves, she won't have to go through the same difficulties that I'm going through right now, but believe me, she had her share of difficulties too.

 

I think it's just a matter of choice in the end, but I know a lot of women in my situation who consulted lots of attorneys, and none of them said that the process (whatever path is chosen) is impossible, unless the US citizen got incarcerated on child offense or domestic battery charges.

 

 

[mallafri76 1,012]

On 6/11/2017 at 5:48 PM, matt88 said:

I don't know if some people are still following this thread, but I got into the US with a K1 visa and married my man, incarcerated in Nevada. He has a life sentence, and we got the K1 visa without any problem. Now we are in the adjustment of status process. It is very difficult because we have no income right now and I can't work. I'm only living on my savings, so I really hope the EAC will not take too long.

 

Just wanted to say that it is totally possible to get a K1 visa with an incarcerated husband  Just make sure you have someone to sponsor you, since your spouse can't, for obvious reasons.

Glad to see someone else being open about immigrating with a loved one in prison. 👍 As more people like us share our stories, others see that it's possible.

 

Good luck with your AOS. 

[mattelo 45]

Yeah @mallafri76, it's exactly why I wanted to share my story here