Marriage through Utah online marriage without meeting in person with my girlfriend

[Joe Joe 5]

Hello fellow VJ. Please I need an advice. I and my Girlfriend(USC) haven’t met in person due to the nature of her work (US army). We are planning to meet anytime this year but we don’t know exact date. Is it advisable we both get married through Utah online marriage and wait until we finally meet and then apply for CR-1 or should we leave the online marriage until we meet? 

[Mike E 11,739]

Setting aside the risks of marrying someone you’re never met, from the perspective of immigration strategy, you should get married now.  The longer you are married, the more likely that you will enter the USA on your immigration visa two years or more after your date of marriage.  

 

She cannot file I-130 until you’ve met in person after you’ve married (or met during the marriage ceremony).  
 

Also Nigeria is considered a high fraud country and some couples end up living in Nigeria for a time before successfully getting an immigration visa. Given she is service member of the Army, that might not be feasible. 

Edited January 23, 2022 by Mike E

[Crazy Cat 41,881]

1 hour ago, DatoJc said:

Hello fellow VJ. Please I need an advice. I and my Girlfriend(USC) haven’t met in person due to the nature of her work (US army). We are planning to meet anytime this year but we don’t know exact date. Is it advisable we both get married through Utah online marriage and wait until we finally meet and then apply for CR-1 or should we leave the online marriage until we meet? 

Marry someone whom you have never met?  I would not advise that.  Where is she stationed right now?  Does she have an account here on VJ?

Edited January 23, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[carmel34 3,633]

2 hours ago, DatoJc said:

Hello fellow VJ. Please I need an advice. I and my Girlfriend(USC) haven’t met in person due to the nature of her work (US army). We are planning to meet anytime this year but we don’t know exact date. Is it advisable we both get married through Utah online marriage and wait until we finally meet and then apply for CR-1 or should we leave the online marriage until we meet? 

Meet in person first before even thinking about the next steps.  You're getting ahead of yourself.  Marriage, and especially one that involves being separated for long periods of time, living in two different countries, and includes a long, expensive, and frustrating US immigration process, requires a great deal of commitment and patience.  Slow and steady wins the race.  An online relationship plus online marriage and one face to face meeting prior to your girlfriend filing an I-130 petition is very likely to lead to a denial given your country and the high incidence of fraud there.  Multiple visits with lots of in person time should be your first priority before thinking about anything else.  Good luck, I hope it eventually works out for you and your girlfriend!

Edited January 23, 2022 by carmel34

[JeanneAdil 6,509]

same answers i gave u when u asked last time about marriage on 1st meeting

too  too many red flags

CR1 is not an automatic approval

[Joe Joe 5]

42 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

Meet in person first before even thinking about the next steps.  You're getting ahead of yourself.  Marriage, and especially one that involves being separated for long periods of time, living in two different countries, and includes a long, expensive, and frustrating US immigration process, requires a great deal of commitment and patience.  Slow and steady wins the race.  An online relationship plus online marriage and one face to face meeting prior to your girlfriend filing an I-130 petition is very likely to lead to a denial given your country and the high incidence of fraud there.  Multiple visits with lots of in person time should be your first priority before thinking about anything else.  Good luck, I hope it eventually works out for you and your girlfriend!

Thanks 🤝

39 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

same answers i gave u when u asked last time about marriage on 1st meeting

too  too many red flags

CR1 is not an automatic approval

Yeah you did. Just that we’re looking for what best works for us. Anyways, thanks. 

[Crazy Cat 41,881]

1 minute ago, DatoJc said:

Thanks 🤝

Yeah you did. Just that we’re looking for what best works for us. Anyways, thanks. 

Where is she stationed right now?  Does she have an account here on VJ?

[Joe Joe 5]

2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Marry someone whom you have never met?  I would not advise that.  Where is she stationed right now?  Does she have an account here on VJ?

She’s stationed in the states

[Crazy Cat 41,881]

Just now, DatoJc said:

She’s stationed in the states

OK.  That's great.  Thanks.

[Joe Joe 5]

2 hours ago, Mike E said:

Setting aside the risks of marrying someone you’re never met, from the perspective of immigration strategy, you should get married now.  The longer you are married, the more likely that you will enter the USA on your immigration visa two years or more after your date of marriage.  

 

She cannot file I-130 until you’ve met in person after you’ve married (or met during the marriage ceremony).  
 

Also Nigeria is considered a high fraud country and some couples end up living in Nigeria for a time before successfully getting an immigration visa. Given she is service member of the Army, that might not be feasible. 

Thanks 🙏🏼 

[JeanneAdil 6,509]

2 minutes ago, DatoJc said:

Thanks 🤝

Yeah you did. Just that we’re looking for what best works for us. Anyways, thanks. 

U meet and do not marry on the 1st visit

then you can meet and marry in any country and apply for the CR1

but a zoom marriage without meeting at all is a definite NO NO

[JeanneAdil 6,509]

16 minutes ago, DatoJc said:

She’s stationed in the states

so,  she can get her leave and come to meet u 

then file for  a K1 (which still needs lots of facetime together and she would need more visits)

or return to marry at a later date

 

she should really join this site 

giving her the info she needs to know what to do is best

as all this is dependent on a petition she would file 

[JeanneAdil 6,509]

42 minutes ago, DatoJc said:

She’s stationed in the states

I will ask a strange question but here goes

Have u actually talked on cam face to face with this person ?

and know for sure who u r talking to?

seems she is not doing what needs to be done to meet in person and i question her being real with u

 

like to help u and if she is real,  we can 

tell her to join us 

[Cathi 5,748]

4 hours ago, DatoJc said:

Thanks 🤝

Yeah you did. Just that we’re looking for what best works for us. Anyways, thanks. 

What works best for EVERYONE when it comes to U.S. immigration is to meet FIRST before anything else.

[Joe Joe 5]

4 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

I will ask a strange question but here goes

Have u actually talked on cam face to face with this person ?

and know for sure who u r talking to?

seems she is not doing what needs to be done to meet in person and i question her being real with u

 

like to help u and if she is real,  we can 

tell her to join us 

We talk everyday both on chat and video cam.