Preparing for arriving fiance

[Sails941 4]

Hello fellow Journiers,

 

With a lot of the process behind us, my fiance will be arriving next Friday! I'd like to avoid any pitfalls to easing her transition to the US, and the new chapter in our relationship. 

 

I've already taken care of health insurance.

 

She presently has a iPhone in Thailand, so I think she can swap out the Sim card once here and set up a new account.

 

I'm not completely certain how to handle the financial aspect though. While she will be dependent upon me financially I don't want her to necessarily feel that way, as I think it could foster some resentments down the road. For those of you who have experience in this transition I'm wondering what did, or did not, work for you. My initial thought is to open a separate checking account with a Visa/debit card in her name, and set up monthly transfers... Has this worked well for anyone else? 

 

Thanks for any advise, and please let me know if I'm overlooking anything!

Ken

[Pitaya 2,577]

The one thing that struck me throughout your posting is that these thoughts and proposed actions sound like your ideas as opposed to sounding like our ideas. Have you spoken to her about these proposed activities? Or is this unilateral? 

 

As you embark upon your life together, and continue on your immigration journey, there are a lot of trials and tribulations. BTW, you still have a long, long way to go on your immigration journey and a lot of processes still ahead of you. In consideration of some of the later USCIS processes you will encounter, namely AOS and ROC, I would suggest that you consider starting a new joint checking/savings/debit account together. That is just one good example of a marital bonafides evidence that USCIS likes to see, commingling of finances.

 

Take a look at the VJ K1 visa flowchart for an idea of what to do and when she gets into the country. The timeframe is off, but the scheme of things is still pretty accurate,

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow/ .

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

 

 

[Ontarkie 14,226]

~~Moved to Moving Here and Your New Life, from K1 P&P - as =similar topics are discussed here~~

[Sails941 4]

16 hours ago, Pitaya said:

The one thing that struck me throughout your posting is that these thoughts and proposed actions sound like your ideas as opposed to sounding like our ideas. Have you spoken to her about these proposed activities? Or is this unilateral? 

 

As you embark upon your life together, and continue on your immigration journey, there are a lot of trials and tribulations. BTW, you still have a long, long way to go on your immigration journey and a lot of processes still ahead of you. In consideration of some of the later USCIS processes you will encounter, namely AOS and ROC, I would suggest that you consider starting a new joint checking/savings/debit account together. That is just one good example of a marital bonafides evidence that USCIS likes to see, commingling of finances.

 

Take a look at the VJ K1 visa flowchart for an idea of what to do and when she gets into the country. The timeframe is off, but the scheme of things is still pretty accurate,

https://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow/ .

 

Good luck on your immigration journey.

 

 

Thanks for your reply Pitaya.

Ken