I want my fiance to apply for a B-2 before we file the K-1 just in case it takes too long. Anything we should avoid ?

[Thunderbolt 172]

9 hours ago, centric23 said:

OP never said he wanted to get married while she's here visiting.

He said that in the very first post. That he's hoping fiance can come on the B visa, then she can get parole (?) to visit her country to clean up her life.

To me, OP is just trying to get money in exchange of marring someone for GC.

He's talking about red flags for the embassy, making he's marriage legit (???).

I don't buy it.

 

Why can't he fly to Colombia and marry her there?

 

He's post its a red flag.

[Kimgaba 8]

39 minutes ago, Thunderbolt said:

He said that in the very first post. That he's hoping fiance can come on the B visa, then she can get parole (?) to visit her country to clean up her life.

To me, OP is just trying to get money in exchange of marring someone for GC.

He's talking about red flags for the embassy, making he's marriage legit (???).

I don't buy it.

 

Why can't he fly to Colombia and marry her there?

 

He's post its a red flag.

That's an insane assumption, however you are free to do as you please. I just hope if you are ever giving advice it's with less guesses that are are almost guranteed to be wrong.

[JeanneAdil 6,606]

11 hours ago, centric23 said:

OP never said he wanted to get married while she's here visiting.

He said the following

 

 We are wanting to get married, but the second goal after that is so she can get a parole to go back home

 

only way to do AP is thru marriage

[mam521 2,126]

19 hours ago, Kimgaba said:

She's also never been to the US, you're right it's going to be the real thing not just a preview but point being she's not going to be making use of the CR1 benefits right away, it's going to take a while for her to adjust and settle here and she'll be studying through a Colombian university online and take advantage of w/e she can from schools here while she settles and finishes. So her having a CR1 visa right away will still have her sitting at home for a while, while she get's used to the new environment she's never seen before. Which is the personal reason why we're going through with the K-1 visa, to be together faster, and she'll be getting used to life here in the months she waits. We're also doing her mother and sister's B2 so they'll be able to visit her.

This, on a K1, is worrying.  If your wife has never been to the US and it is all new, she will be stuck like a prisoner, in the US.  She can't travel home to visit her family and friends.  She can't drive.  She really is stuck.  

 

Studying or not, entering the US on a CR1 is superior for the beneficiary.  Life IS different in the US, so being trapped with limited options is really no way to start a marriage.  It puts unnecessary strain on both of you.  Please, reconsider and keep her feelings in mind.  I'm assuming you've visited her in Columbia...consider how out of place you probably felt.  But you had a return ticket home. She won't have that.