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how safe is it for us to meet and her return to iran?

is there a list of things that are particularly beneficial in my circumstance?

armenia is a Christian country is it not? i know theres a sizeable population there but isnt it the home of one of the oldest enclaves of Christianity in the world? edit: also another point for ecuador. are there no kinds of programs for refugee related status? it seems if shes was a young man moving for economic reasons it wouldnt be so hard *major eyeroll*.

believe you me i am saving as much as i can. and i am aware that this next decade is going to be absolutely brutal barring a major shift in worldwide behavior and rhetoric.

shes not particularly attached to islam. we are both the same age. shes willing to convert to Christianity, however in this day and age that probably doesnt go for much.

well the thought process was we get married, and she can stay up to six months without a visa, i just havent gotten a chance to contact the ecuadorian embassy to ask if she can just leave and return to renew that status or if it will be more complicated than that, which i am beginning to see it very well may be.

in our case as shes from Iran, its likely she will not be able to return unless their govt topples or the ayatollah comes into this century. neither of which are likely soon. so her traveling outside the usa would only be to meet family, and that likely wouldnt occur within a couple years of her getting here since its gonna cost an arm and a leg to have a visit.

yeah thats the main concern. the only other place she can go to without a visa on this side of the planet is dominica. and thats probably more dangerous for a woman than ecuador. i know the cost of living in ecuador is low so i figured i could get a nicer place or at least a place in a nicer area. of the areas in ecuador, are there any with some spots that are at least particularly safe?

i dont think that leases with our names on it will be possible. we can meet and get married. it seems like that might be the better option instead of just meeting and tyring to apply for this k1 im guessing?

thank you i have free time after work tomorrow and i intend to dig into as much as i can.

any pointing in the right direction will be helpful. I have zero experience with immigration anywhere. the only place ive ever been outside the USA personally is Mexico, and that was in middle school when we would just ride our bikes across the border. was a bit safer then, though still a horrible idea at the time. in any case we're now in the information gathering stage.

so in your opinion with her situation my biggest concern is her safety if she returns to Iran while waiting. that being considered, do you think it will be quicker in the long run as well as safer to meet and apply for a k1 or to meet and marry and go that route. the latter is obviously safer but obviously more complicated and more expensive. the expense i can live with. it will just require more effort on my part but i am young and strong so i can work like a dog. met online. not met in person yet.

well she teaches english so im sure that communication with anyone who speaks english will be okay. also translating the documents shouldnt be a serious problem either. as for the k1 spouse visa, it says that "The INA requires K1 fiance visa applicants meet in person at least once to approve the fiance visa. May be waived if meeting would violate cultural norms, customs or some religious tenet. Extreme hardship waiver is available to the US petitioner." as shes from Iran, and they are also experiencing domestic turmoil, what is the likelihood of getting some exemption for a previous in person meeting? is that even worth looking into further?

she will have to take a flight from turkey there. I need to contact the Ecuadorian embassy here to make sure alls a go but its one of two countries in south america Iranians can travel to visa free. we just need to make sure she can just cross the border and come back to renew. flight is about 1.5 to 2k depending on times and cities. thats partly the reason i am here XD. its a bit different than other states. i was hoping to find anyone with experience dealing with immigration to the USA from Iran. I am really just learning about the ins and outs of this. Theres a great number of people i can get to sponsor me. A few from my father's company (he doesnt own it but hes been there 20 years and is a chief engineer there), and im busting my ### working 45 50 ours a week XD. i have gotten two raises since starting at this new lab. do you know of any situations where people have come from iran and if so what was the process like for them on their end having to go through a foreign embassy? I live in Alabama. I'm now at 17 an hour. theres not that much available without having to start at the bottom somewhere without a college education. I did attend some college and initially had an academic scholarship but drugs got the better of me and i lost it all. ive been sober of all drugs for like 7 or 8 years now so that is no longer an issue but its been a long road to rebuild and im working my way up fast as i can XD. ill be at 18 once i finish training a new person to replace my old job and i move up again at this lab.

So i am planning to marry a woman i met some years ago and obviously have formed a romantic relationship with and made life plans with. Obviously the situation in Iran is pretty terrible. She regularly has visits by the morality police to her institution to check that women are wearing the proper Islamic attire and aren't using makeup et cetera. So initially we were planning to meet and marry in Armenia but the political situation others is tense. Turkey was next on the list but she thinks she'll have a hard time if we can't see each other again during the wait after we marry. So we were thinking of Ecuador. But I'm worried for her safety. I work in a dental lab and i don't make a lot of money. Maybe around 24-27k ish a year. She works as an English instructor there on a City in southwest Iran. She doesn't make a lot either. The plan is for us to marry and then start the visa process and hope to have her stay in the country we marry in while she waits for the approval. I hand one consultation with a lawyer who's actually iraniam but i never heard back after i emailed him after that. I've never dealt with all this kind of stuff before and it's honestly overwhelming. And with the world situation becoming more tense by the day I'm just so anxious to get her near me. Is it a viable plan for is to meet and marry in Ecuador, and for me to just put her up there for a year ish whole the approval process goes through?