Help. Not sure if I should begin application process now?

[Campanita 0]

I was about to file the I-129 for my fiance to come here to the States from Costa Rica, but now there is a chance I will take a job Costa Rica and move there. I will not know for sure for at least another two months, and would hate to wait to file in case I dont move. My question is this: Can I file the I-129 now and then if in two months I am living in Costa Rica, go ahead and get married there and start all over with a marriage visa instead?

[magickatdragon 0]

I would recommend waiting the two months. One--it'll cut down on the harrassing paperwork, which, unless you have it all ready now, will take at least a week or two to get together. Which would put down your waiting time to 6weeks. In the long run in this process that's not a lot.

You could maybe get everything together so that when you find out for sure you can either send in your papers right away or look into the K-3.

I don't know alot about the K-3 so you might want to check out exactly what you'll have between the 2 visas and decide that way?

[trey 0]

I would recommend waiting the two months. One--it'll cut down on the harrassing paperwork, which, unless you have it all ready now, will take at least a week or two to get together. Which would put down your waiting time to 6weeks. In the long run in this process that's not a lot.

You could maybe get everything together so that when you find out for sure you can either send in your papers right away or look into the K-3.

You could do as magickatdragon says, which makes good sense to some degree, or you could file for the K-1 now. Your biggest loss would be the time spent preparing the forms and the $170 filing fee. But your gain could be 2 months, which in the realm of the average 6-8 months for the k-1 visa process, could mean a lot. I've read that k-3 visas are typically a month or 2 longer, but don't quote me on that.

[gemini23nj 2]

I was about to file the I-129 for my fiance to come here to the States from Costa Rica, but now there is a chance I will take a job Costa Rica and move there. I will not know for sure for at least another two months, and would hate to wait to file in case I dont move. My question is this: Can I file the I-129 now and then if in two months I am living in Costa Rica, go ahead and get married there and start all over with a marriage visa instead?

DCF in CR painless!!

[Yodrak 7]

Campanita,

If you move to live and work in Costa Rica why would your fiance want any visa to come and live in the USA?

In any event, don't submit an I-129 for him - that's a petition for a foreign worker.

Yodrak

I was about to file the I-129 for my fiance to come here to the States from Costa Rica, but now there is a chance I will take a job Costa Rica and move there. I will not know for sure for at least another two months, and would hate to wait to file in case I dont move. My question is this: Can I file the I-129 now and then if in two months I am living in Costa Rica, go ahead and get married there and start all over with a marriage visa instead?

[STL_HCMC 0]

I would wait and DCF if you could.

STL_HCMC