K-1

[smbathan 7]

Hey guys. Me and my boyfriend are currently trying to start a k1 petition but we’re kinda stuck with the question “where is your beneficiary going to stay in the united states”. He’s in the military and staying in the barracks and housing office wont give you a house until after marriage. What can we put in that question? Also, he’s born in Germany inside a military base and we’re not sure if his birth certificate will be applicable for his proof of citizenship. Thank you in advance for all your help! ☺️

[Malcom_T 33]

16 minutes ago, smbathan said:

Hey guys. Me and my boyfriend are currently trying to start a k1 petition but we’re kinda stuck with the question “where is your beneficiary going to stay in the united states”. He’s in the military and staying in the barracks and housing office wont give you a house until after marriage. What can we put in that question? Also, he’s born in Germany inside a military base and we’re not sure if his birth certificate will be applicable for his proof of citizenship. Thank you in advance for all your help! ☺️

Hello! For the question "Where is your beneficiary going to stay in the US" , I  believe they want a permanent address back home that he is linked to. When he is back in the US, where does he live? Does he have a home of his own, live with family? I am not in the military but I believe that can work. Maybe someone with more experience can give you a definitive answer and as for proof of citizenship, his passport will do

[J+J 49]

Welcome, and please fill out your timeline.

 

Assuming your boyfriend (fiance really if you are submitting K1) is the beneficiary and is a German citizen?

 

He will live with you of course, so you should put the address that you both plan on living at in the USA.  That may be where you live currently.  You have the option to change the address later in the process if you move.

 

His proof of citizenship is his passport, but yes a birth certificate is also required in the embassy stage.  I'm not sure why you think being born on a military base would be a problem, unless I am misunderstanding your post.

[smbathan 7]

5 minutes ago, J+J said:

He’s US citizen but born in a military base in Germany and we’re both not sure if his birth certificate is German or US. (He doesn’t find it yet) .. so for the address, it can be where he is stationed right now even though he’s living in the barracks?

[smbathan 7]

16 minutes ago, Malcom_T said:

He always stay at his dads place ever since he came back from South Korea. Also, he doesn’t have a passport 😭

 

[Malcom_T 33]

What proof of citizenship does he have?

[smbathan 7]

2 minutes ago, Malcom_T said:

What proof of citizenship does he have?

Just a birth certificate and still not sure if it’s going to be applicable.

[J+J 49]

You guys have a lot of leg work to do and you don't have the information you need for us to answer your questions.

 

For starters I'm not even positive that your fiance (who I now see is the petitioner) can file K-1 while living overseas - maybe there is a process for military that I don't know about, somebody else will have to comment.

 

You need to find out if the birth certificate is USA or German.

And your fiance should probably get a passport, I'm kind of surprised he doesn't have one if he is traveling between the USA and Germany - are you sure he doesn't have one?

 

Come back when you know the answers to these questions.

[Malcom_T 33]

But you just said he cant find it... I am a little confused. If his parents were US citizens at the time of birth then I dont see why it will not apply. ( I believe some conditions may apply). But he can always just apply for a passport 

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, smbathan said:

Hey guys. Me and my boyfriend are currently trying to start a k1 petition but we’re kinda stuck with the question “where is your beneficiary going to stay in the united states”. He’s in the military and staying in the barracks and housing office wont give you a house until after marriage. What can we put in that question? Also, he’s born in Germany inside a military base and we’re not sure if his birth certificate will be applicable for his proof of citizenship. Thank you in advance for all your help! ☺️

 

Yes his birth certificate is adequate to prove USC as long as one or both parents are USC .. born on a U.S. military base is U.S. soil.      Some seem to be confused about his citizenship   

 

I used my parents address as my home address while in the military for a couple years.  

 

Where is your fiance stationed?    I didn't read anywhere that you fiance is stationed in a foreign country.  

 

Edited February 26, 2020 by Hank_

[Sinead91 249]

1 hour ago, J+J said:

You guys have a lot of leg work to do and you don't have the information you need for us to answer your questions.

 

For starters I'm not even positive that your fiance (who I now see is the petitioner) can file K-1 while living overseas - maybe there is a process for military that I don't know about, somebody else will have to comment.

 

You need to find out if the birth certificate is USA or German.

And your fiance should probably get a passport, I'm kind of surprised he doesn't have one if he is traveling between the USA and Germany - are you sure he doesn't have one?

 

Come back when you know the answers to these questions.

If military are stationed on orders it is not necessary to have passports (I know,...I thought it was crazy too!). they have their military ID which allows them to enter the country they are stationed in, but they can't go traveling around there.

 

I understood that OP's fiance is living in the US. But equally, the petitioner can file from abroad. It then becomes a question of domicile etc. 

 

 

[jeanieCZ 228]

@smbathan 

Hi and welcome to the forum!

Update your Timeline (or at least, share more details) in your post, because then others will be able to advise you better.

[SalishSea 17,824]

3 hours ago, smbathan said:

Just a birth certificate and still not sure if it’s going to be applicable.

Why?

[JFH 12,190]

You don’t have to give an exact address. We put TBA and our petition was approved without question. We had no idea where we would be living once my visa was approved. My husband was unemployed at the time and living with a friend. We still didn’t have an address of our own when I arrived. My first three nights here as a resident were in a hotel in Las Vegas. The next 4 were with my husband’s sister’s family. Then 10 nights in another hotel. Then 2 months in an Air BnB. By then we had the deposit, first and last, etc to rent an apartment as I had had a few paychecks by then. I arrived in December. We didn’t have an address until March. Life happens. 
 

People overthink things. They are not going to show up in the middle of the night to check that you are living at the address you gave. People move. People change jobs, lose jobs, transfer with the company, retire, get sick, etc. 

[AnnaLee24 16]

If your boyfriend has been stationed overseas recently he has at the very least a no-fee passport, it’s brown. Deployments do not require passports but being stationed overseas does now. He also would have had to provide his birth certificate to join the military, if he is still required to stay in the barracks as a single guy then he would have had to join in the past few years.So hopefully he can dig that up.