Can you file for CR-1 if you get married in the US?

[campinginalaska 3]

I keep reading online that the marriage needs to be done outside the US. The marriage still applies if I get married in the USA though right and the only difference is that my interview would be at an embassy in the USA and so would my medical?

[aleful 1,905]

Spoiler

 

 

 

hi

 

you can marry wherever you want. you can marry In the US, as long as you return to your country and go through consular processing

 

it's not the marriage, it's the process that needs to be done in your country

[Roel 7,193]

1 hour ago, campinginalaska said:

I keep reading online that the marriage needs to be done outside the US. The marriage still applies if I get married in the USA though right and the only difference is that my interview would be at an embassy in the USA and so would my medical?

There is no US embassy in the US. You cannot do medical in US for spouse visa either. 

 

You can marry in the US  but then you have to leave anyway to complete the process. 

[Sweetamooni 70]

My Husband and I married in the US but applied through Polish embassy. 

 

[TatianaIri 5]

We got married in US and my husband went back to his country(As he was on a student visa) and I applied CR1 for him. It’s been 220 days we’re waiting for an i130 approval. 

Edited January 5, 2019 by TatianaIri

[Khallaf 650]

1 hour ago, TatianaIri said:

We got married in US and my husband went back to his country(As he was on a student visa) and I applied CR1 for him. It’s been 220 days we’re waiting for an i130 approval. 

Be patient my approval for my husband through hellbraska took 252 days. Yours is coming soon. 

Edited January 5, 2019 by Khallaf

[NikLR 13,232]

4 hours ago, campinginalaska said:

I keep reading online that the marriage needs to be done outside the US. The marriage still applies if I get married in the USA though right and the only difference is that my interview would be at an embassy in the USA and so would my medical?

Where is the beneficary currently? 

[JFH 12,191]

If the beneficiary is living in the USA on some other visa (work visa, student visa) then they don’t need a CR-1 visa. CR-1 visas are for people  to be able to move to the USA to live with their American spouses. 

 

We got married in the US whilst I was visiting my husband. The marriage can take place anywhere in the world, it just has to be legal in the place where it happened. 

Edited January 5, 2019 by JFH

[aaron2020 11,651]

5 hours ago, campinginalaska said:

I keep reading online that the marriage needs to be done outside the US. The marriage still applies if I get married in the USA though right and the only difference is that my interview would be at an embassy in the USA and so would my medical?

There are no US embassies in the US.

 

Where the marriage occurs depends on the particular visa process that the immigrant is going through.  K-1 fiancee visa or spousal visa?  Is the beneficiary in the US or in a foreign country?

 

Where are you right now?  Are you married already?  What do you want?

[Roel 7,193]

9 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

There are no US embassies in the US.

 

Where the marriage occurs depends on the particular visa process that the immigrant is going through.  K-1 fiancee visa or spousal visa?  Is the beneficiary in the US or in a foreign country?

 

Where are you right now?  Are you married already?  What do you want?

In other thread OP suggested she's not in the US yet and wanted to know if she can expedite because her fiance thinks about joining the military... The other post is a mess and OP really doesn't know what she/he wants and also is very, very confused on how immigration works.

[campinginalaska 3]

5 hours ago, NikLR said:

Where is the beneficary currently? 

We're not married yet but the plan is to get married in the US and then I (the beneficiary) return to the UK and we file for the process.

[payxibka 10,047]

3 minutes ago, campinginalaska said:

We're not married yet but the plan is to get married in the US and then I (the beneficiary) return to the UK and we file for the process.

Of course you can do this as long as the alien departs and interviews abroad for the visa

[Nitas_man 3,100]

1 hour ago, campinginalaska said:

We're not married yet but the plan is to get married in the US and then I (the beneficiary) return to the UK and we file for the process.

The answer to your question is yes, you can do this with no issues.

[carmel34 3,662]

4 hours ago, campinginalaska said:

We're not married yet but the plan is to get married in the US and then I (the beneficiary) return to the UK and we file for the process.

The petitioner files the petition in the US.  And collect lots of evidence of time spent together and co-mingling of finances before you file and submit it all with the I-130 petition.  Expect 12-14 months from date of filing to interview in the UK if all goes well.

Edited January 5, 2019 by carmel34
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[JFH 12,191]

4 hours ago, campinginalaska said:

We're not married yet but the plan is to get married in the US and then I (the beneficiary) return to the UK and we file for the process.

Yep, that's exactly what we did. No issue at all.