Is it possible for the US citizen, to start the K1 visa process while living overseas ?

[Florine Casbonne 2]

Hi everyone !

I need your opinion, regarding our situation.
My fiancé and I, have been together for over 7 years, he first came to France to complete his master and at the same time to find out, if living together was working out for us.
Five years have passed now, and we are considering on moving back to the USA. We checked our options and the fiancé visa seems to be our best option, as we never got married, here in France.
The question is, is it possible for us to start and/or wait for the process of the K1 visa, while my US citizen fiancé still lives and works in France ? 

 

 

[Roel 7,192]

Yes.

But don't do it.

Get married in France (since you're living there together anyway) and go with the spouse visa. It's cheaper and only a little longer than K1. It has other advantages but I'm sure you can find other threads where those visas were compared. Many times.

 

You still need to proof US domicile and show your US tax returns.

Edited September 2, 2018 by Roel

[Florine Casbonne 2]

Thank you Roel for your answer
We'll look again for the spouse visa and reconsider our options.

 

[Kely&Jose 28]

On 9/2/2018 at 4:59 AM, Florine Casbonne said:

Hi everyone !

I need your opinion, regarding our situation.
My fiancé and I, have been together for over 7 years, he first came to France to complete his master and at the same time to find out, if living together was working out for us.
Five years have passed now, and we are considering on moving back to the USA. We checked our options and the fiancé visa seems to be our best option, as we never got married, here in France.
The question is, is it possible for us to start and/or wait for the process of the K1 visa, while my US citizen fiancé still lives and works in France ? 

 

 

I am a US citizen that has been living 5 years in Nicaragua i am 23 years old and dont have tax returns proof. And still filed for k1 visa.... and i am almost done with my petition !!! 

It took lots of research to file

[Ontarkie 14,227]

~~Moved to What Visa Do I Need, from K1 Progress Reports - The OP has not started any process yet.~~