Thai fiance living in Europe (non EU)

[Frediom 0]

Hi, new member here. My fiance is Thai but lives and holds residency in the Faroe Islands. Faroe is an autonomous region within the Kingdom of Denmark however it not part of the EU. She has to get a Schengen Visa to travel to anywhere in Europe including Copenhagen where the US and Thai embassies are located. We are both in our 60's so naturally want to be together as much as possible and a delay in getting a GC for work purposes is not a problem. From reading on this site the current wait times between K1 and CR1 seem about the same and most suggest the CR1. I can travel to her and get married but it will probably be a couple of months to arrange that. Of course I can start the K1 process now.

She also has a B2 visa for the US as of last year and visited here last year for the first time. She has no family in Faroe but she has 2 adult children and grand children in the US. I feel like once we start the visa process she will not be able to travel to the US because of strong ties here and very weak ties in Faroe.

As with most people on here we just want to be together. Any insight or suggestions are appreciated.

[Verrou 1,962]

CR1 all the way. to enter US to visit while spouse visa is pending is at CBP description. IMHO if she keep her US visit short and not dragging for months, usually CBP is quite lenient

[Mike E 11,739]

11 minutes ago, Frediom said:

I feel like once we start the visa process she will not be able to travel to the US because of strong ties here and very weak ties in Faroe.

I agree.  
 

The (small) risk of an expedited removal relative to the large magnitude of punishment versus the small benefit makes my suggestion  a no brainer.  

 

Which is:  do not attempt this.