met while still married

[sarabou17 36]

Hi everyone, 

 

I did my research and I saw this same topic on the CR-1 and K1 forums but I wanted to get the opinion of those dealing specifically with Morocco.  When i met my now-husband I was still legally married but unofficially separated from my first husband in that I was living in the house with him but living separately.  I met my now-husband on a language sharing app and we started out as friends but then things evolved.  I visited my now-husband once while married, once while separated, and the third visit we got married.  Have any of you had the same situation?  How did the Moroccan consulate react to this, meeting and even visiting while married?  Should we try to downplay the fact I was married?  I would really appreciate advice from anyone that was in this specific postion or knows someone who was.  Thanks in advance!

[pushbrk 12,898]

7 minutes ago, sarabou17 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I did my research and I saw this same topic on the CR-1 and K1 forums but I wanted to get the opinion of those dealing specifically with Morocco.  When i met my now-husband I was still legally married but unofficially separated from my first husband in that I was living in the house with him but living separately.  I met my now-husband on a language sharing app and we started out as friends but then things evolved.  I visited my now-husband once while married, once while separated, and the third visit we got married.  Have any of you had the same situation?  How did the Moroccan consulate react to this, meeting and even visiting while married?  Should we try to downplay the fact I was married?  I would really appreciate advice from anyone that was in this specific postion or knows someone who was.  Thanks in advance!

First, no Moroccan Consulate will be involved in your process.  It will be the US Consulate in Casablanca.  You don't mention ending the marriage you were in when you met, but I presume you did before marrying your current spouse.  Consular IV units do not tend to moralize, but depending on circumstances (like whether YOU are the petitioner or beneficiary) they will consider the timing and circumstances of your meeting when making their judgment call about whether they see the marriage as bona fide or just entered into for an immigration benefit.  A recent divorce is a negative factor.  Combine that with the new relationship beginning before the divorce, and the negative is magnified.  You do not downplay.  You show evidence the relationship is bona fide.  The best evidence is evidence of time spent together in person.

 

Noting parenthesis above, it is of less consequence if YOU are the petitioner than if YOU are the beneficiary.  Which is it?

[sarabou17 36]

19 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

First, no Moroccan Consulate will be involved in your process.  It will be the US Consulate in Casablanca.  You don't mention ending the marriage you were in when you met, but I presume you did before marrying your current spouse.  Consular IV units do not tend to moralize, but depending on circumstances (like whether YOU are the petitioner or beneficiary) they will consider the timing and circumstances of your meeting when making their judgment call about whether they see the marriage as bona fide or just entered into for an immigration benefit.  A recent divorce is a negative factor.  Combine that with the new relationship beginning before the divorce, and the negative is magnified.  You do not downplay.  You show evidence the relationship is bona fide.  The best evidence is evidence of time spent together in person.

 

Noting parenthesis above, it is of less consequence if YOU are the petitioner than if YOU are the beneficiary.  Which is it?

Thanks for your thoughts on this.  I'm the petitioner and yes I ended the first marriage before getting married in Morocco.  Yes, I meant U.S. Consulate in Casablanca.  I was just there

[sarabou17 36]

40 minutes ago, sarabou17 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I did my research and I saw this same topic on the CR-1 and K1 forums but I wanted to get the opinion of those dealing specifically with Morocco.  When i met my now-husband I was still legally married but unofficially separated from my first husband in that I was living in the house with him but living separately.  I met my now-husband on a language sharing app and we started out as friends but then things evolved.  I visited my now-husband once while married, once while separated, and the third visit we got married.  Have any of you had the same situation?  How did the Moroccan consulate react to this, meeting and even visiting while married?  Should we try to downplay the fact I was married?  I would really appreciate advice from anyone that was in this specific postion or knows someone who was.  Thanks in advance!

I just posted this in Middle East North Africa forum which is what I meant to do before.

 

[pushbrk 12,898]

4 minutes ago, sarabou17 said:

Thanks for your thoughts on this.  I'm the petitioner and yes I ended the first marriage before getting married in Morocco.  Yes, I meant U.S. Consulate in Casablanca.  I was just there

We US Citizens in first exposure to immigration issues, tend not to understand there are many foreigners who will divorce, then remarry a US Citizen, with the intent to rejoin the first spouse in the USA once they get to the necessary US status.  There are also US Citizens who will (when paid enough) divorce their current spouse, so they can participate in this fraud.

 

The less your case looks like either scenario, the better.  Having a good job with comfortable income, tends to mitigate the concern quite well.  

 

[pushbrk 12,898]

2 minutes ago, sarabou17 said:

I just posted this in Middle East North Africa forum which is what I meant to do before.

 

That's fine but a lot of senior and more experienced members won't see it there.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 hour ago, sarabou17 said:

Should we try to downplay the fact I was married? 

You can’t, practically.  You need to show the length of your relationship. Your divorce date will be listed. You can’t “hide” it.

[JeanneAdil 6,511]

Glad to see you consider all issues

But no,   An Alabama woman (VJ member) starting talking to her Now Moroccan husband while not only still married but living with her husband 

and i was surprised when this was not an issue with the CO but they were approved 1st  interview and he's here

Seems hers was a moral issue on part of the USC and Casa was not concerned

they are more concerned with amount of time spent together, and the warning issues they post on the embassy site 

 

you're in good shape with multiple visits and all other issues you have posted 

 

 

[sarabou17 36]

10 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

Glad to see you consider all issues

But no,   An Alabama woman (VJ member) starting talking to her Now Moroccan husband while not only still married but living with her husband 

and i was surprised when this was not an issue with the CO but they were approved 1st  interview and he's here

Seems hers was a moral issue on part of the USC and Casa was not concerned

they are more concerned with amount of time spent together, and the warning issues they post on the embassy site 

 

you're in good shape with multiple visits and all other issues you have posted 

 

 

Actually I grew up in Alabama so that's funny!  Ok thanks for this reply.  It's kind of what I was thinking.  Can someone please move this to the Middle East North Africa forum.  I tried to repost it there and got a message that it's not allowed and it was deleted.  Thanks!

[sarabou17 36]

40 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

We US Citizens in first exposure to immigration issues, tend not to understand there are many foreigners who will divorce, then remarry a US Citizen, with the intent to rejoin the first spouse in the USA once they get to the necessary US status.  There are also US Citizens who will (when paid enough) divorce their current spouse, so they can participate in this fraud.

 

The less your case looks like either scenario, the better.  Having a good job with comfortable income, tends to mitigate the concern quite well.  

 

Yes I actually saw the marriage fraud warning on the website for the US Consulate in Casa when we first met so I've been aware of this phenomenon since the beginning.  It was quite shocking to the suburban WASP that I was at the time. 

[Miriamc 34]

4 hours ago, sarabou17 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I did my research and I saw this same topic on the CR-1 and K1 forums but I wanted to get the opinion of those dealing specifically with Morocco.  When i met my now-husband I was still legally married but unofficially separated from my first husband in that I was living in the house with him but living separately.  I met my now-husband on a language sharing app and we started out as friends but then things evolved.  I visited my now-husband once while married, once while separated, and the third visit we got married.  Have any of you had the same situation?  How did the Moroccan consulate react to this, meeting and even visiting while married?  Should we try to downplay the fact I was married?  I would really appreciate advice from anyone that was in this specific postion or knows someone who was.  Thanks in advance!

I married my Moroccan husband just 2 months after my divorce from my first husband on paper. We had lived separate  for a long time and honestly meeting another person was not even in my mind  which is why I never rushed /

bothered with the divorce papers.  However after I met my now husband, I started the divorce process. This was never an issue with the consulate and my husband got his visa aprox one week after his interview.  

[Ed&Midori1031 330]

13 hours ago, sarabou17 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

I did my research and I saw this same topic on the CR-1 and K1 forums but I wanted to get the opinion of those dealing specifically with Morocco.  When i met my now-husband I was still legally married but unofficially separated from my first husband in that I was living in the house with him but living separately.  I met my now-husband on a language sharing app and we started out as friends but then things evolved.  I visited my now-husband once while married, once while separated, and the third visit we got married.  Have any of you had the same situation?  How did the Moroccan consulate react to this, meeting and even visiting while married?  Should we try to downplay the fact I was married?  I would really appreciate advice from anyone that was in this specific postion or knows someone who was.  Thanks in advance!

Speaking from the K-1 side, you fulfilled the requirement for meeting at least once within 2 years, single or not.  Of course trying to apply while you're still married is a major issue.