Can I submit I-130 right after getting married?

[Sparkle Sparkle 914]

@Jorgedig and @pushbrk OP's location says Spring, TX, USA.

[Sparkle Sparkle 914]

9 hours ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

Even getting married in another country?

OP'S Question about marriage in another country is an after thought

[SalishSea 17,839]

1 hour ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

OP'S Question about marriage in another country is an after thought

No, it is the premise of the entire post, since he is asking about submitting a spousal petition.

[JeanneAdil 6,514]

you marry according to that country's rules if marrying outside the US

and our country of marriage did not ask when my husband died or did i ever divorce / they had copies of all my documents

and embassies don't care about divorce (unless you overstep applying for visa after visa and it looks like you are doing it to help people bypass the system)

 

you are looking at 18 months to 2 years no matter which u apply for and depending on the country

 

have u met in person?

have u read the guides to file a petition?

do u know the income requirements?

read the guides above to USCIS instructions '

 

and spouse visa is far more superior than fiancee 

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

4 hours ago, pushbrk said:

You didn't mention Texas.  Why are we talking about Texas?  In which state will your divorce actually be granted?

Married in Peru, getting divorce in Texas. Will get remarried in Ukraine

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

3 hours ago, little immigrant said:

I remarried shortly after I divorced. Immigration wise no problem

 

I was the immigrant that sponsored another immigrant

Do you know how shortly afterwards you divorced that you remarried?

[SteveInBostonI130 3,459]

17 minutes ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

Married in Peru, getting divorce in Texas. Will get remarried in Ukraine

Ukraine's marriage process is not simple.  It is better than the ZAGS process of USSR, but not by much.  I hope you have done your research and have the forms prepared.

 

I highly recommend getting married elsewhere if you want to marry quickly.

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

8-10 months is not a realistic expectation for this process.  Up to two years is more likely.

2 years until can come to USA or be complete with all of the process including green card and AOS?

2 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

This comment shows that you need to research and read at length about the two processes.  Educating yourself is the key to success.

Yes I know, I was familiar before with the K1 visa from before with my ex but I heard the Cr1 was being processed faster now during covid

48 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

No, it is the premise of the entire post, since he is asking about submitting a spousal petition.

Thats correct, I'm concerned about spousal petition, I was just giving background to my situation 

12 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

you marry according to that country's rules if marrying outside the US

and our country of marriage did not ask when my husband died or did i ever divorce / they had copies of all my documents

and embassies don't care about divorce (unless you overstep applying for visa after visa and it looks like you are doing it to help people bypass the system)

 

you are looking at 18 months to 2 years no matter which u apply for and depending on the country

 

have u met in person?

have u read the guides to file a petition?

do u know the income requirements?

read the guides above to USCIS instructions '

 

and spouse visa is far more superior than fiancee 

Ok, I will have to look at her country's rules and see if they have a waiting period.

And 18 months to 2 years is period from petition to finishing visa process or just until can enter usa?

 

We have met 5-6 times this year and have stayed 96 days so far ( overstayed visa free entry and paid fine)

I have read the guides, just was trying to compare it to my experience of submitting and getting approval of K1 visa ( that expired)in the past and submitting a lot of evidence.

I know the income requirements  and have read the guides just not as extensively since I'm at least 2 months away from being able to petition.

 

Thanks for clarifying about spousal visa being better, I know for sure about immigration being better, just I care about time.

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

6 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Ukraine's marriage process is not simple.  It is better than the ZAGS process of USSR, but not by much.  I hope you have done your research and have the forms prepared.

 

I highly recommend getting married elsewhere if you want to marry quickly.

I discussed it with my girlfriend recently and she will call soon to ask what the process is to marry a foreigner ( me) at least to get the legal paper without ceremony yet. Nobody wants ceremony in winter there haha

[HRQX 4,145]

16 minutes ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

what the process is

As was mentioned above the process is very bureaucratic. A way faster alternative is to marry through ZOOM or Microsoft Teams while the officiant is in Utah County; you two can be together in Ukraine if you want:

Edited September 9, 2021 by HRQX

[SteveInBostonI130 3,459]

2 minutes ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

I discussed it with my girlfriend recently and she will call soon to ask what the process is to marry a foreigner ( me) at least to get the legal paper without ceremony yet. Nobody wants ceremony in winter there haha

Oh boy.

 

Here's a summary.  Please do your homework for the details:

 

1. Get your divorce certificate apostilles. Then get it officially translated to Ukrainian.

2.  Fill out a form of no impediment to marriage (by you) at the US Embassy in Kyiv.  It needs to be signed by you and a Consular officer.  Not sure how it is done when you are in the US.

3. Get the form obtained in 2, above, authenticated at the legal department of the ministry of foreign affairs office in Kyiv.  

4. Get 3, above, officially translated to Ukrainian.

5. Get your passport officially translated to Ukrainian.

6. Take all of the above plus your original passport to the civil registrar (RAGS) office of your gf's home town.

 

When I met my wife and was going through our fiance visa and then spouse visa processes (yes, we did both - long story), I knew someone from the Netherlands who married in Ukraine.  It took him several months.

 

 

 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,459]

47 minutes ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

Married in Peru, getting divorce in Texas. Will get remarried in Ukraine

 

Just out of curiosity, have you met your gf in person?  You will typically need to show more relational evidence than getting married on the first visit, especially when it is so quickly after your divorce.

 

 

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

2 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

 

Just out of curiosity, have you met your gf in person?  You will typically need to show more relational evidence than getting married on the first visit, especially when it is so quickly after your divorce.

 

 

Yes, I have been there several times and actually overstayed visa free entry 96/180 days)

 

10 minutes ago, HRQX said:

As was mentioned above the process is very bureaucratic. A way faster alternative is to marry through ZOOM or Microsoft Teams while the officiant is in Utah County; you two can be together in Ukraine if you want:

I will read all this information as I'm sure it answers my first question about it. Being simple to submit for the spousal visa. Thanks very much for the much simpler way as what SteveInBostonI130 says about remarrying in Ukraine, it sounds difficult 

 

11 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Oh boy.

 

Here's a summary.  Please do your homework for the details:

 

1. Get your divorce certificate apostilles. Then get it officially translated to Ukrainian.

2.  Fill out a form of no impediment to marriage (by you) at the US Embassy in Kyiv.  It needs to be signed by you and a Consular officer.  Not sure how it is done when you are in the US.

3. Get the form obtained in 2, above, authenticated at the legal department of the ministry of foreign affairs office in Kyiv.  

4. Get 3, above, officially translated to Ukrainian.

5. Get your passport officially translated to Ukrainian.

6. Take all of the above plus your original passport to the civil registrar (RAGS) office of your gf's home town.

 

When I met my wife and was going through our fiance visa and then spouse visa processes (yes, we did both - long story), I knew someone from the Netherlands who married in Ukraine.  It took him several months.

 

 

 

Wow, thanks for all that information... sounds very difficult and I will have to explore all my options as I have time before can even remarry. I will either prepare all of this or be doing the zoom marriage with the Utah proxy for simplicity 

[SalishSea 17,839]

21 minutes ago, ЮлияAndMalachi said:

Yes, I have been there several times and actually overstayed visa free entry 96/180 days)

Don't you worry that this will impact your ability to visit again?

[ЮлияAndMalachi 4]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

Don't you worry that this will impact your ability to visit again?

I had to pay a fee but I'm eligible to visit as now it's less than 90/180 days again  that's the limit