Married on 1st visit after 6 years long distance

[Cody LA 12]

So I met my partner in the US in 2013 and we lived together out there for 10 months. I returned back to the UK April 2014 as my J1 visa expired. Since then for 6 years we did a long distance relationship, spoke every day etc. But we didn't see each other in person again until September 2020, he spent a month here in London and we (finally) got married. 

 

After looking on this forum, people say that long distance is perceived to be a major red flag for immigration. Do you think it would be best if we held off filing for CR1 visa and have more in-person time spent over the next few months (as we can both work remotely now this is not a problem for us). I would rather file the CR1 now just because of the time it will take to process but if this is going to cause us problems it might be worth waiting. 

 

We have lots of secondary evidence (chat logs, call logs, statements from friends + family, social media posts). Similar age etc. 

 

Has anyone been in a similar situation or has any advice? 

 

Thanks 

[payxibka 10,045]

7 minutes ago, pandakoo said:

So I met my partner in the US in 2013 and we lived together out there for 10 months. I returned back to the UK April 2014 as my J1 visa expired. Since then for 6 years we did a long distance relationship, spoke every day etc. But we didn't see each other in person again until September 2020, he spent a month here in London and we (finally) got married. 

 

After looking on this forum, people say that long distance is perceived to be a major red flag for immigration. Do you think it would be best if we held off filing for CR1 visa and have more in-person time spent over the next few months (as we can both work remotely now this is not a problem for us). I would rather file the CR1 now just because of the time it will take to process but if this is going to cause us problems it might be worth waiting. 

 

We have lots of secondary evidence (chat logs, call logs, statements from friends + family, social media posts). Similar age etc. 

 

Has anyone been in a similar situation or has any advice? 

 

Thanks 

No reason to wait 

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

34 minutes ago, pandakoo said:

After looking on this forum, people say that long distance is perceived to be a major red flag for immigration.

Your fear is unfounded.......file now....

[Chancy 6,241]

On 10/16/2020 at 9:18 PM, pandakoo said:

After looking on this forum, people say that long distance is perceived to be a major red flag for immigration.

 

I doubt that's what people meant, as most here have been or are in some sort of long-distance relationship while waiting for the visa process to complete.  Being in an LDR is not a red flag for immigration.  Marrying on the first visit ever could be a red flag if the visit was short and there are no subsequent visits after the wedding and before the visa interview.  You and your spouse are not in that situation since you lived together for many months even if it had been years ago.