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[mallafri76 1,012]

If your desire was to work for the same company once you enter the US then you should have done the spousal visa, which allows you to work the second you set foot in America.

 

Leaving the US to go back for an L-1 interview isn't really an option, since leaving without AP on the k-1 means you abandon your visa status. 

 

If your company find you that desirable, they shouldn't mind waiting until you get your EAD and can legally work. Maybe bring that up with them?

[Fraknestein 0]

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I don't understand why everyone is saying you must wait. You won't be able to work on day 1 but there's certainly a faster way than waiting 4 months when you have a job offer. 

[candybabe 46]

5 hours ago, Dutchster said:

Oh my god, no no no no no no.

K-1 gives you 90 days to get married (to get the marriage license, get all the things ready, maybe a location if you want to do it a little bigger etc since not everyone does courthouse weddings and it's less pressure); not to find out if you actually want to get married. Please don't give out such incorrect information.

 

marrying and moving to a different country and continent entails a lot more than a regular "we met at the bar down the street" relationship, it can be very stressful from all aspects and it is a big decision -

 

It is a huge choice for the foreign fiancé and the k1 allows for it to be an informed choice. 

 

although you are coming in on a k1 - no one is forcing you to marry if things don't turn out as expected once in the US  - you can always come over and not like the life in the US, the distance from everything familiar or something might happen with the relationship as in the US citizen doesn't want to go through with it and get cold feet and not get married and then have to go back to the country of birth -

that is the only legal requirement really = that if you don't marry you are out of status and have to exit the US.

 the K1 allows the foreign fiancé to visit their US citizen in their home environment and get married within 90 days - the embassy issuing the visa wants to of course see proof of bona fide relationship but the K1 is in no way legally binding to marry on its own - it is STILL a choice on both parts until the second they say I do! 

If they choose not to marry then the foreign fiancé must return home as they no longer have a visa to stay as the k1 is a one entry thing. 

my point was the k1 is more of a privilege to allow the foreign fiancée to see the US and their fiancé and their family etc in their natural environment before being actually legally married to them. 

[candybabe 46]

4 hours ago, NuestraUnion said:

This is completely wrong.

 

Read the thread below where the border agent asked a K1 visa holder when he was getting married and when her answered "Maybe we will" he got sent back home. 

 

 

When you apply for a K1 you are saying you have made the decision to get married.

Yes - but you still have a choice not to do so , as a foreign fiancé or as a US citizen if you get cold feet - both have that choice until the second they say I do - 

the only legal requirement is that if you don't get married , you become out of status and you have to exit the US. 

Not saying that it's a common thing - but there have been cases where the US citizen changed their mind and never married the foreign fiancé - as tragic as that is it is still not illegal- so it can happen. 

K1 is a privilege that allows the foreign fiancé to make a fully informed decision by being able to see the US citizen in their natural home environment and then also not be separated after the wedding as in the case of CR-1

 

[geowrian 22,337]

3 minutes ago, candybabe said:

 

marrying and moving to a different country and continent entails a lot more than a regular "we met at the bar down the street" relationship, it can be very stressful from all aspects and it is a big decision -

 

It is a huge choice for the foreign fiancé and the k1 allows for it to be an informed choice. 

 

although you are coming in on a k1 - no one is forcing you to marry if things don't turn out as expected once in the US  - you can always come over and not like the life in the US, the distance from everything familiar or something might happen with the relationship as in the US citizen doesn't want to go through with it and get cold feet and not get married and then have to go back to the country of birth -

that is the only legal requirement really = that if you don't marry you are out of status and have to exit the US.

 the K1 allows the foreign fiancé to visit their US citizen in their home environment and get married within 90 days - the embassy issuing the visa wants to of course see proof of bona fide relationship but the K1 is in no way legally binding to marry on its own - it is STILL a choice on both parts until the second they say I do! 

If they choose not to marry then the foreign fiancé must return home as they no longer have a visa to stay as the k1 is a one entry thing. 

my point was the k1 is more of a privilege to allow the foreign fiancée to see the US and their fiancé and their family etc in their natural environment before being actually legally married to them. 

Nobody's suggesting that you have to marry on a K-1. The issue is that you must be fully intent and committed to doing so. Plans change, which is normal. But I've read wayyyy too many awful stories about people who used a K-1 visa prior to knowing if they actually wanted to marry or not. That decision needs to be made prior to applying for a K-1 visa. It is not intended as a "try and see how you like it here first" process.