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Maybe I have more street smarts than others here, but my immediate reaction was it’s not his kid; and if he did have a child with her he’s never actually seen it, and she can send photos of some child with special needs that again isn’t his. This is 100% scam I ain’t buying it.

Ok since ‘Redro’ is confused about something, not sure what, I’ll expand. Unlike Redro and 90% of the others my U.K. wife (K1) actually got married via Utah due to just emerging from COVID (Sept/Oct 2021). So unlike them we know the rules. The participants MUST be on the same webcam feed, meaning side by side. We had to do that as well for the preliminary Utah meeting. So I hope the confusion about that is cleared up. Also, it makes no sense that people not in the US can get married in the US. There is zero jurisdiction. Of course that eliminates K1 if you do a Utah marriage. More confusion cleared up. Lastly, if your ‘ceremony’ was basically some people getting together and no one has a record of it, then the K1 was perfectly fine and if your attorney filed that but [foolishly] mentioned the purely ceremonial event, shame on him/her. Without paperwork it was just a party. Why would I be telling USCIS about a party? If it was more than a party, then you know that, and KNOW it was more than ‘ceremonial’ and know that you are married already. That was for you and the attorney to discuss prior to filing as I’m sure you did. I see you are going to go the CR1 route and I wish you the best. With that decision you’ve put the onus on yourself to retroactively prove your ceremony was a wedding, instead of letting the USCIS prove a ceremony existed at all and that it was a ‘wedding’ with no paper trail.

The Utah marriage can only take place if both partners are in the same room/camera shot. If this isn’t possible then it’s not an option. If it is an option, that room may need to be in the United States but I may be wrong about that. I doubt I am or it would be a free-for-all.

Umm actually it’s exactly the situation. She asked about her UK husband getting a Green Card once he arrives. And I told her about my UK wife’s experience getting hers.

My UK wife got her green card in about 10.5 months; this was about a year ago. FWIW after the application and initial notice of its receipt, we heard NOTHING for 10 months and it was exasperating but out of nowhere she got a letter saying it was approved and should receive it in the mail in a couple weeks, which is exactly what happened.