Jonathan Nam

The reason I feel anxious is that I had to deal with immigration before, and it wasn’t pretty. My family and I had a lot of problems when we filed for an N600 petition that end up costing us a lot of time. I guess I’d say that I don’t think we’re “in a hurry”. We talked this thoroughly, and we simply think the K1 is the right visa for us, and yes we are aware of the pros and cons of both fiancé and spousal visas.

Hello everyone! I am looking to present my case and ask you all if I’ll have any problems applying for a K1 for my gf in the Philippines. I (24M) am a USC and am looking to apply for a K1 visa for my gf in the Philippines (22F). We are both college students, so little financial independence. We met on Tinder in Oct. 23, met in person on Dec. 23, which I stayed around 20 days. During the stay, we had 2 “party” related events (one served as a welcoming into her family, and we had another gathering on Christmas day). I also took her and a good number of her family on a weekend trip to Baguio. I have passport stamps, boarding tickets, hotel booking confirmations sent via email, some receipts from the small number of times I was able to use my credit card. I have countless pictures with her and her family also. The van/tour service we hired to take us to Baguio also made a post about it on their facebook. Me and she have been calling/texting each other everyday since Oct. 23. I am looking to apply sometime on Feb. of this year. I am mainly worried about our short relationship time and only one real-life meeting and how that can be viewed negatively by the USCIS/CO. I’m thinking of contacting my local church and see if I can’t get a letter from one of the pastors about getting us married once she gets here (Louisville, KY if that matters). I believe we will have enough to get an I-129f approval, and the plan is to meet at least 2-4 times more before the actual interview. I tried including as many details as I can, but this is getting long enough, so please feel free to ask for more details if you think it’s necessary. Thanks everyone. This has been extremely anxiety-inducing, as all US immigration matters usually are 😅.