Marry Ex-wife's sister and bring her to the U.S.

[wms3569 0]

Hi,

I became a naturalized U.S. citizen 12 years ago and was originally from China. One year ago, my ex-wife and I divorced after 25 years of marriage. My ex-wife has a younger sister (Grace) who was divorced 5 years age. Grace is quite a lovely person with a personality more compatible with mine.

Grace and I are thinking about getting married and she will come to the U.S. to live with me.

My question is will Grace have problem to obtain her K-1 visa from the U.S. consulate or get I-129F approved by the immigration office due to Grace's sister was my ex-wife? Will it be possible for us to live together in the United States? What I need to do to bring Grace to the U.S. to join me as early as possible?

Thanks in advance,

wenming

[akim oda 0]

Do you have to tell them they are sisters?

[Dan J 277]

You dont have to tell them about siblings, but it will probably come up in any background checks. I dont think it should be an issue.

[James Michelle 0]

Wow, now your marry your ex wife's sister... awesome

[Dakine 26]

Wow, now your marry your ex wife's sister... awesome

Isn't that incest???

[balmytigeress 0]

Incest would be two siblings together. He is not related to them. So no, no incest is going on here, beckypua.

Edited June 16, 2007 by balmytigeress

[steelartist 0]

Incest would be two siblings together. He is not related to them. So no, no incest is going on here, beckypua.

Yep that right, it's his ex-wifes sister, it's not his sister. You should have no problem at all, other than a long wait to get her here, and don't try to take any illegal shortcuts, like a visitor visa, or they're be sending her back home.

[Dakine 26]

Incest would be two siblings together. He is not related to them. So no, no incest is going on here, beckypua.

Thanks for clarifying!

I don't think he'll have any problems with USCIS .

Sure hope he gets along with his mother in law tho!!

[JoeMama 0]

Incest would be two siblings together. He is not related to them. So no, no incest is going on here, beckypua.

Thanks for clarifying!

I don't think he'll have any problems with USCIS .

Sure hope he gets along with his mother in law tho!!

There's nothing like keeping it in the family!

[pushbrk 12,883]

Do you have to tell them they are sisters?

Yes, you absolutely do have to tell them they are sisters. Guangzhou uses a GIV 24 form that requires full disclosure of the location of his former spouse, her A number and his new fiance's sister's siblings, their A numbers, locations and on what visa they entered the US.

The OP will have to have solid evidence of a bonafide ongoing relationship with the new fiance and that the relationship with her sister is fully terminated, not just that the divorce is final. It will need to be solid enough to overcome the natural suspicion ( not mine, the Consular officer's) that the divorce and marriage are primarily to obtain an immigration benefit for his former wife's sister.

He will need to show proof that his former spouse has a separate domicile, in the form of utility bills and anything else that can help establish the relationship is indeed terminated. If the former wife has remarried, give evidence. Unfortunately this kind of visa fraud is pretty common from China, so there may be some high hurdles to clear in the process.

I suggest you also go to http://www.candleforlove.com for more China specific support. Please tell them Pushbrk sent you. Good luck.

[desert_fox 32]

The Consul may think that this is just a manner of getting the family here, am I'm sure that they have seen it before. You better have convincing evidence that this is not the case.

This will be two sisters that are going to hate each other.

[Yulek 0]

I don't want to be a downer, but as a former consular officer at a high-fraud post (not Guangzhou, but I know many people who have worked as COs there), I should warn you that marrying your ex-wife's sister might cause some delays and headaches for you. Why? Because marrying the sibling of an ex-spouse in one of the most common types of visa fraud committed in Asia. COs are well attuned to this, and they will ask many questions. I can absolutely guarantee that if you or your fiancee attempt to conceal or downplay your true relationship to each other, a CO at a high-fraud post will not think twice about returning your petition to USCIS (this is a very, very bad thing for you). Someone who conceals something as important as a former family relationship is doing himself an enormous disservice, because the CO will probably ask the question at the interview and you have two choices: (1) admit it and be forced to explain why you were conspicuously silent on the issue before, or (2) lie about it and, if you are caught, wind up with your fiancee being permanently ineligible to enter the U.S. for any reason. Be totally honest and forthright, and be able to prove that you no longer live with your ex-wife, because that will be the first thing that the CO will think (the classic visa fraud scheme is that a spouse wants to bring a sibling to the U.S., but the F4 waiting period seems too long to endure, so she convinces her husband to "divorce" her and get "engaged" to her sisiter in China/Vietnam/Philippines or wherever and bring her to the U.S. within the year, or shortly thereafter. This happens a lot in places like Guangzhou and the consular officers there are well aware of it).

Be prepared at the interview to demonstrate that your ties to your ex-wife have been severed.

Again, I'm not trying to be a downer, but the more you know going into this process, the better prepared you will be to face the hurdles.

Good luck.

Y

Edited June 16, 2007 by Yulek

[gag54611 1]

I would have thought that, if the intent was visa fraud in the first place, the OP wouldn't have remained married to his first wife for 25 years!!

That is his strongest argument for refuting visa fraud. I don't see any issues here.

G

[jom 4]

I would have thought that, if the intent was visa fraud in the first place, the OP wouldn't have remained married to his first wife for 25 years!!

That is his strongest argument for refuting visa fraud. I don't see any issues here.

G

I believe there is no issue here. If asked about it then just answer truthfully and present later proof of a genuine engagement. If not asked. then no need to divulge anything. Just be truthful. . . thats the only way not to get into trouble.

[no name 1]

I would have thought that, if the intent was visa fraud in the first place, the OP wouldn't have remained married to his first wife for 25 years!!

That is his strongest argument for refuting visa fraud. I don't see any issues here.

G

The OP has hardly made mention of loving the sister or anything 'relationship-y'. It simply sounds like a random thought.

My ex-wife has a younger sister (Grace) who was divorced 5 years age. Grace is quite a lovely person with a personality more compatible with mine.

Grace and I are thinking about getting married and she will come to the U.S. to live with me.

Edited June 18, 2007 by devilette