Giving up k1 to apply for cr1

[mdantas90 0]

Hey guys

 

 

I've been in the k1 process for a while but it won't be possible to quit my job after the whole thing is done, and I don't want to be unemployed in the US for so long. My fiancee and I are thinking of withdrawing and getting married when I go visit him in the us next month, so we can apply for the cr1.

I will come back to my country and plan on visiting again in the summer, after we apply for the cr1. Would this impact my entry in the country next time I go?

What would be the best way not to be accused of fraud or anything like that? I just want to be able to visit him while we wait for this process to be done since my work schedule is felxible, and his is not.

Ps: I'm not in a hurry to move to the US but I would like to see him every couple of months or so, would that be difficult?

 

Thank you 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

since there is immigrant intent on your part to come to USA ,  CBP may turn u back at the POE

they may / they may not

but if u r not allowed to enter US to visit , your husband can  visit in Brazil

 

to interview for tourist visa,  best to have a job (u do) , own property,  have money to pay for the trip

 

Good luck to u

[mdantas90 0]

2 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

since there is immigrant intent on your part to come to USA ,  CBP may turn u back at the POE

they may / they may not

but if u r not allowed to enter US to visit , your husband can  visit in Brazil

 

to interview for tourist visa,  best to have a job (u do) , own property,  have money to pay for the trip

 

Good luck to u

Thank you for the answer. My fiancee can't quit his job and won't have available vacation days for a while.

I already have a tourist visa, and no intentions of overstaying my visit! So basically it would just be trial and error at this point? 

[A&J22 30]

My spouse visited me after filing the i-130 and she had no issues coming in; but the CBP can question or even stop you from entering, I think it's a small chance though.

[pushbrk 12,882]

6 hours ago, mdantas90 said:

Thank you for the answer. My fiancee can't quit his job and won't have available vacation days for a while.

I already have a tourist visa, and no intentions of overstaying my visit! So basically it would just be trial and error at this point? 

There's a whole pinned mega thread on visiting during the process.

 

If you have a history of visiting and leaving, I would expect no problems continuing that practice.  When you enter for the marriage, don't raise a red flag by changing your reason for visiting, to "getting married".  Just give a generic but truthful answer.  It's not illegal to marry and leave, and that's what you're doing.

[mdantas90 0]

6 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

There's a whole pinned mega thread on visiting during the process.

 

If you have a history of visiting and leaving, I would expect no problems continuing that practice.  When you enter for the marriage, don't raise a red flag by changing your reason for visiting, to "getting married".  Just give a generic but truthful answer.  It's not illegal to marry and leave, and that's what you're doing.

Yep, I've been to that thread! my only concern is if it would be a problem to get married while on a tourist visa! I mean, if it could mess up my future entries when I say I'm visiting my husband. But now it's much clearer, thank you!

 

[pushbrk 12,882]

1 minute ago, mdantas90 said:

Yep, I've been to that thread! my only concern is if it would be a problem to get married while on a tourist visa! I mean, if it could mess up my future entries when I say I'm visiting my husband. But now it's much clearer, thank you!

 

If what you've been saying upon entry is still true, keep saying it.

[Chancy 6,241]

9 hours ago, mdantas90 said:

I will come back to my country and plan on visiting again in the summer, after we apply for the cr1. Would this impact my entry in the country next time I go?

 

Check the threads below for reports from others (including me) who married in the US while on tourist status, visited again afterwards, then successfully pursued CR1/IR1 visa --

 

 

[MMDG 106]

I wasn’t turned around at POE and the officer didn’t even ask me about anything.