Help. Is this the best process for me and my fiancee?

[Peter9 0]

Hi Visa journey, 

 

My fiancee is from the UK and I am an American as well as a military veteran if that changes anything. After discussing with friends that have gone through this process, me and my fiancee have decided that the quickest and eqsiest option for her to work and obtain residency in the US is: 

 

For her to visit me as she usually does on a tourist visa, we marry, I petition for an alien relative with form I-130 and she applies for permanent residency with form I-485. 

 

Is this correct? Thank you so much. It is good to find a community of others in this maze of immigration.

[ChrisJay11 31]

Hi Peter,

 

While in theory that seems the fastest way, entering as a tourist with the intention to marry and become a permanent resident is a clear abuse of immigration law. If you tried this, you're going to have difficulty proving you did all of this with the intention of complying with the law. It might risk her getting a visa ineligibility.

 

The "proper" options are to apply for the K1 visa if you don't want to get married before she arrives... This way she doesn't have to leave the U.S. I think fiancé visas are processed marginally faster than CR-1's but you'd have to do the research on that.

 

Or she can come as a tourist to get married, then go back to the UK and you can start the CR-1 process.

 

Or you get married in the UK and start the CR-1 process.

[Peter9 0]

Of course she would tell customs that she is just visiting me and then while she is here we would "decide" to get married. That is legal.

[Unlockable 7,316]

2 minutes ago, Peter9 said:

Of course she would tell customs that she is just visiting me and then while she is here we would "decide" to get married. That is legal.

That is clear fraud. She will be lying to an immigration officer. That is grounds for a permanent ban.

 

By the way, what you are planning is also against this site’s TOS. 

 

If if you still plan on doing it this way, don’t expect any help moving forward.

[Roel 7,193]

31 minutes ago, Peter9 said:

Hi Visa journey, 

 

My fiancee is from the UK and I am an American as well as a military veteran if that changes anything. 

It doesn't change anything. 

 

31 minutes ago, Peter9 said:

 

 

After discussing with friends that have gone through this process, me and my fiancee have decided that the quickest and eqsiest option for her to work and obtain residency in the US is: 

 

For her to visit me as she usually does on a tourist visa, we marry, I petition for an alien relative with form I-130 and she applies for permanent residency with form I-485. 

 

Is this correct? Thank you so much. It is good to find a community of others in this maze of immigration.

Don't listen to your friends. What they are suggesting is immigration FRAUD. It's literally commiting a crime. 

 

You can either so k1 visa for fiance or cr1 visa if you get married in the UK. Read the guides and see what's best for you. 

 

It's going to be a good year before she can join you ( both processes are expensive and takes time ) but those are are your ONLY options. 

[Roel 7,193]

8 minutes ago, Peter9 said:

Of course she would tell customs that she is just visiting me and then while she is here we would "decide" to get married. That is legal.

My husband is active  duty army and seeing a veteran who clearly have no regards for his country's law is embarrassing. You seem to be ok with a pretty bad immigration crime. 

 

Guess what - lying can earn your fiance a lifetime ban and she'll never be able to live in the US. 

 

No one will assist you with this route. 

 

Edited May 12, 2018 by Roel

[TNJ17 1,329]

20 minutes ago, Peter9 said:

Of course she would tell customs that she is just visiting me and then while she is here we would "decide" to get married. That is legal.

That is immigration fraud, dude. If you do this, when you apply for AOS it will be denied and she will have a lifetime ban to the United States for lying to a CO and will never get to US soil again. Take the legal route like the rest of us and wait out the processing time. Everyone wants to be together fast but this is the price you gotta pay. You’re no more special than any of us. 

[Ryan H 3,838]

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