cr1 visa over k1 visa

[martamc83 1]

Hi,

I write you from Italy.

Me and my american boyfriend are talking about marriage. I would like to know if it is possible to get marry in Italy and start my procedure for cr1 visa while he will go back to the States. Like he literally come here to marry me and I will stay in Italy waiting for the visa to process.

Did anyone did it?

Thank for ansering, I'm really confused.

 

 

[payxibka 10,047]

11 minutes ago, martamc83 said:

Hi,

I write you from Italy.

Me and my american boyfriend are talking about marriage. I would like to know if it is possible to get marry in Italy and start my procedure for cr1 visa while he will go back to the States. Like he literally come here to marry me and I will stay in Italy waiting for the visa to process.

Did anyone did it?

Thank for ansering, I'm really confused.

 

 

Lots of people do this 

[martamc83 1]

Really?

I thought you had to show you actually lived with this person and had joint bank accounts and stuff like that.

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, martamc83 said:

Really?

I thought you had to show you actually lived with this person and had joint bank accounts and stuff like that.

Nope.  In fact what you are thinking about doing is by far the most common situation 

[martamc83 1]

that's what you did?

Do you know how long it takes for it to be approved?

 

Thanks

[payxibka 10,047]

2 minutes ago, martamc83 said:

that's what you did?

Do you know how long it takes for it to be approved?

 

Thanks

With covid?  Who knows.  Pre covid about a  year.  

[martamc83 1]

and you can travel to the states while is processing?

 

Thanks

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, martamc83 said:

and you can travel to the states while is processing?

 

Thanks

Of course,  subject to normal entry requirements 

[martamc83 1]

amazing!thanks so  much dear

[Just Paul 4,595]

5 hours ago, martamc83 said:

I would like to know if it is possible to get marry in Italy and start my procedure for cr1 visa while he will go back to the States

That is how most people do it.

5 hours ago, martamc83 said:

Like he literally come here to marry me and I will stay in Italy waiting for the visa to process.

Did anyone did it?

We met in the Philippines, married in Hong Kong, filed while living together in Mexico and interviewed there.   Tons of options.  He will need a copy of the marriage certificate with an " certified" english translation of it.

5 hours ago, martamc83 said:

and you can travel to the states while is processing?

Get you ESTA or a visa now before getting married and filing.   You can visit the US but you can not move there until you get the VISA.

[martamc83 1]

Thanks dear, so you think there won’t be any problem if he will go back to the states  to live while my visa will get proceeded? Thanks 

[Just Paul 4,595]

51 minutes ago, martamc83 said:

so you think there won’t be any problem if he will go back to the states  to live while my visa will get proceeded

No issue - It does work better if he is already in the US and working there come interview time.   He can certainly visit you in the meantime.

[pushbrk 13,187]

9 hours ago, martamc83 said:

Really?

I thought you had to show you actually lived with this person and had joint bank accounts and stuff like that.

Why did you think that?  Perhaps you read some wording on the i-130 instructions that followed the words "In addition to the required..." and thought such things were required.  Or, maybe the person you heard it from did that.  Carry on.  Your plan is perfectly normal.

[martamc83 1]

9 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

No issue - It does work better if he is already in the US and working there come interview time.   He can certainly visit you in the meantime.

That’s great! Thanks so much for helping clarify it 

[martamc83 1]

7 hours ago, pushbrk said:

Why did you think that?  Perhaps you read some wording on the i-130 instructions that followed the words "In addition to the required..." and thought such things were required.  Or, maybe the person you heard it from did that.  Carry on.  Your plan is perfectly normal.

Hi, 

I don’t know why I thought that, I think I have read somewhere that if you don’t live together and he is over sea it will be more difficult to demonstrate the bonafide marriage. 
thanks