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[pattilou47 0]

Here is my story.

Circumstances have about forced me to go to the UK and get my citizenship there so that me and my financee can get married....How long after we get married can I come back and bring him with me.

I am concered that as I will be returning to the US and will not have any employment how will I go about getting him over as I will not meet the minimum income requrements.

[gogo 6]

you can get a co-sponsor (someone else who is willing to support him) Edited June 29, 2007 by gogo

[pushbrk 13,069]

Here is my story.

Circumstances have about forced me to go to the UK and get my citizenship there so that me and my financee can get married....How long after we get married can I come back and bring him with me.

I am concered that as I will be returning to the US and will not have any employment how will I go about getting him over as I will not meet the minimum income requrements.

Of what country are you now a Citizen?

[Boiler 45,949]

If its not the US, all a bit pointles.

You do need to be a citizen to marry in the UK.

But as long as it takes, DCF is about 6 months, what it will be in x years time is anybodys guess.

[MargotDarko 0]

If its not the US, all a bit pointles.

You do need to be a citizen to marry in the UK.

But as long as it takes, DCF is about 6 months, what it will be in x years time is anybodys guess.

Did you mean to type "you do NOT need to be a UK citizen to marry in the UK"? For a US citizen to marry a UK citizen in the UK, they only need a fiance(e) visa.

To the OP - I am assuming you are an American citizen. You will need a UK fiancee visa to go to the UK and marry your fiance. Then you will need to apply for leave to remain as his spouse. And then after six months of that, you can file the I-130 with the London USCIS office, which will take roughly 6 months to gain him a US immigrant visa.

That's really quite an expensive way to go about it as the UK visas are very expensive now (the fiancee one is $1,000 USD and leave to remain is about $800 USD).

It is perfectly fine of course if you want to keep your reasons private, but I cannot think of a reason that would actually force you to go to the UK in order to marry your fiance. He could visit you in the US, marry you in the US, and then return home to the UK without any kind of fees or visas. He would just need to bring proof of his ties to the US - letter from employer, proof of lease/mortgage - my husband and I did this without any problem. Then you could file the I-130 at a US service center. You would have a longer period of separation, but you would have the immigrant visa in vaguely the same time frame, and you wouldn't have to worry about getting a co-sponsor assuming you maintained a job in the US with an income of roughly $17,000 a year (that's what you need for a household of 2). You would also save at least $1,800 as long as you wait out the CR1 immigrant visa.

[MargotDarko 0]

Okay, nevermind. I have now read some of your other posts. Assuming your divorce is final now, what you can do is file for the UK fiancee visa - it's $1,000 USD but it's processed quickly. I don't know the actual time frame, but I'm quite sure it's less than a month by mail. Then in the UK you would have 90 days to marry him. Then you would apply for leave to remain as his spouse. Once you were resident in the UK for 6 months, you could file the I-130 petition with the London USCIS office. Then it would be about a further 6 months for an immigrant visa for him. You will however have to have a co-sponsor in the US who earns 125% or more of the poverty guideline for their household. The domicile issue isn't too strict at the London embassy - just leave some US accounts open and if you're still in the UK next April, file a tax return.

Also, going this route, the K3 will no longer be relevant. Your future husband would obtain an immigrant visa, which has advantages (such as being able to work right away and not having to file adjustment of status) over the K3 non-immigrant visa.

EDIT - The timeframes I've given are all assuming there aren't any problems along the way. If your fiance's overstay in the US was more than 180 days, you will have a problem to work through to gain the visa for him.

Edited June 30, 2007 by MargotDarko

[Boiler 45,949]

If its not the US, all a bit pointles.

You do need to be a citizen to marry in the UK.

But as long as it takes, DCF is about 6 months, what it will be in x years time is anybodys guess.

Did you mean to type "you do NOT need to be a UK citizen to marry in the UK"? For a US citizen to marry a UK citizen in the UK, they only need a fiance(e) visa.

To the OP - I am assuming you are an American citizen. You will need a UK fiancee visa to go to the UK and marry your fiance. Then you will need to apply for leave to remain as his spouse. And then after six months of that, you can file the I-130 with the London USCIS office, which will take roughly 6 months to gain him a US immigrant visa.

That's really quite an expensive way to go about it as the UK visas are very expensive now (the fiancee one is $1,000 USD and leave to remain is about $800 USD).

It is perfectly fine of course if you want to keep your reasons private, but I cannot think of a reason that would actually force you to go to the UK in order to marry your fiance. He could visit you in the US, marry you in the US, and then return home to the UK without any kind of fees or visas. He would just need to bring proof of his ties to the US - letter from employer, proof of lease/mortgage - my husband and I did this without any problem. Then you could file the I-130 at a US service center. You would have a longer period of separation, but you would have the immigrant visa in vaguely the same time frame, and you wouldn't have to worry about getting a co-sponsor assuming you maintained a job in the US with an income of roughly $17,000 a year (that's what you need for a household of 2). You would also save at least $1,800 as long as you wait out the CR1 immigrant visa.

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