marriage in usa

[dirkanddiane 0]

i had asked earlier if when i move to germany and live there a year and wanted to come back if i could file DCF in frankfort and some nice lady had responded and told me yes frankfort does DCF filing. however i read something that said some countries require that you marry in that country in order to use dcf. dirk and i married in america. but will be living in germany. can i still file dcf there even though we married here in america??? would love to find people here who could help me or have experienced dcf in frankfort.. as i am confused lol.

thanks

[MargotDarko 0]

i had asked earlier if when i move to germany and live there a year and wanted to come back if i could file DCF in frankfort and some nice lady had responded and told me yes frankfort does DCF filing. however i read something that said some countries require that you marry in that country in order to use dcf. dirk and i married in america. but will be living in germany. can i still file dcf there even though we married here in america??? would love to find people here who could help me or have experienced dcf in frankfort.. as i am confused lol.

thanks

It doesn't matter where you married as long as you meet the other requirements for direct filing. Do you remember where you read that you have to marry in the country to file there? My husband and I married in the states and we just successfully finished the DCF process in London.

[dirkanddiane 0]

i had asked earlier if when i move to germany and live there a year and wanted to come back if i could file DCF in frankfort and some nice lady had responded and told me yes frankfort does DCF filing. however i read something that said some countries require that you marry in that country in order to use dcf. dirk and i married in america. but will be living in germany. can i still file dcf there even though we married here in america??? would love to find people here who could help me or have experienced dcf in frankfort.. as i am confused lol.

thanks

It doesn't matter where you married as long as you meet the other requirements for direct filing. Do you remember where you read that you have to marry in the country to file there? My husband and I married in the states and we just successfully finished the DCF process in London.

i dont remember where i saw that actually.. on one of the websites stating that different consulates have different rules that apply. i wonder if i live there 7 months and then file if that is ok... and does anyone know the cost for doing dcf? i read that it was 380 euros for frankfort and then the medical exam is extra.. it seems cheap to me. and with dcf you become the actual immigrant visa correct? not just a k3 or whatever.

[Otto 83]

as far as I know you can file DCF in Frankfurt. Here is a link to the DCF German thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...5&start=255

I am sure they can help you with your questions. We did K1, so I don't know much about filing DCF.

I wish you a good journey

Karin

[MargotDarko 0]

i had asked earlier if when i move to germany and live there a year and wanted to come back if i could file DCF in frankfort and some nice lady had responded and told me yes frankfort does DCF filing. however i read something that said some countries require that you marry in that country in order to use dcf. dirk and i married in america. but will be living in germany. can i still file dcf there even though we married here in america??? would love to find people here who could help me or have experienced dcf in frankfort.. as i am confused lol.

thanks

It doesn't matter where you married as long as you meet the other requirements for direct filing. Do you remember where you read that you have to marry in the country to file there? My husband and I married in the states and we just successfully finished the DCF process in London.

i dont remember where i saw that actually.. on one of the websites stating that different consulates have different rules that apply. i wonder if i live there 7 months and then file if that is ok... and does anyone know the cost for doing dcf? i read that it was 380 euros for frankfort and then the medical exam is extra.. it seems cheap to me. and with dcf you become the actual immigrant visa correct? not just a k3 or whatever.

Seven months is enough time as long as it's a resident-type visa you have and not just a tourist visa. Probably any visa that allows you to live and work in Germany will be fine. I am guessing that you would marry in America and go to Germany with him on Germany's spousal type visa - if so, you could file the I-130 in Frankfurt six months later.

The costs are almost the same as going through a US service center and NVC. First, you pay $355 USD to file the I-130 petition (they should take the Euro equivalent and probably accept credit card as well). Then when your future hubby has his visa interview, he pays $380 USD for the visa. The only different thing related to fees is that you will not be paying anything to NVC and you will not pay the $70 USD fee for the I-1864 like everyone who goes through NVC does.

Yes, the medical exam is a separate fee, and I don't know how much that costs in Germany. And yes, he would receive a CR1 immigrant visa which means he is a permanent resident and gets a green card upon entry to the US with the CR1 visa. So you'll have nothing else to pay until almost two years later when he has to remove conditions (I-751 form).

[dirkanddiane 0]

i had asked earlier if when i move to germany and live there a year and wanted to come back if i could file DCF in frankfort and some nice lady had responded and told me yes frankfort does DCF filing. however i read something that said some countries require that you marry in that country in order to use dcf. dirk and i married in america. but will be living in germany. can i still file dcf there even though we married here in america??? would love to find people here who could help me or have experienced dcf in frankfort.. as i am confused lol.

thanks

It doesn't matter where you married as long as you meet the other requirements for direct filing. Do you remember where you read that you have to marry in the country to file there? My husband and I married in the states and we just successfully finished the DCF process in London.

i dont remember where i saw that actually.. on one of the websites stating that different consulates have different rules that apply. i wonder if i live there 7 months and then file if that is ok... and does anyone know the cost for doing dcf? i read that it was 380 euros for frankfort and then the medical exam is extra.. it seems cheap to me. and with dcf you become the actual immigrant visa correct? not just a k3 or whatever.

we are already married. We married in september of 2007 here in america when he was here on a visit on the visa waiver but he had to go back to his country. we miss each other alot and i want to go there with my children and live with him and see how all goes but i want to know we all have the option of coming back here if we want a year later. we have filed nothing yet as far as for immmigration because we were not sure if i was going to move to him but we have decided we want too. so we will be moving to germany sometime the end of january beginning of february . but i wanted to know if the option was there for me to file a visa for him later in the year if we decide we want to move back to america....

Seven months is enough time as long as it's a resident-type visa you have and not just a tourist visa. Probably any visa that allows you to live and work in Germany will be fine. I am guessing that you would marry in America and go to Germany with him on Germany's spousal type visa - if so, you could file the I-130 in Frankfurt six months later.

The costs are almost the same as going through a US service center and NVC. First, you pay $355 USD to file the I-130 petition (they should take the Euro equivalent and probably accept credit card as well). Then when your future hubby has his visa interview, he pays $380 USD for the visa. The only different thing related to fees is that you will not be paying anything to NVC and you will not pay the $70 USD fee for the I-1864 like everyone who goes through NVC does.

Yes, the medical exam is a separate fee, and I don't know how much that costs in Germany. And yes, he would receive a CR1 immigrant visa which means he is a permanent resident and gets a green card upon entry to the US with the CR1 visa. So you'll have nothing else to pay until almost two years later when he has to remove conditions (I-751 form).