Hi!
I am a US / Syrian dual national, born in the US.
I married a United Kingdom / Syrian dual national back in 2022.
I initiated a divorce after a couple months of marriage after discovering my ex-husband's infidelity.
Just before the divorce "finalized" (it took 6 months according to my state's law) my ex-husband received his green card.
Instead of making a bigger mess of things, I opted to leave him be, cut contact, and allow karma to run its course.
Shortly after I initiated the divorce, a blessing came my way in the form of a great man. By coincidence, he was similar to my ex-husband, also of UK / Syrian dual background.
We fell for each other and around 3 months after I filed for divorce, and a couple months before the divorce was finalized in the US, we got married in a small courthouse type marriage in Syria. Due to religious and cultural reasons, this was necessary for our relationship to develop.
It has been a year since then I am now pregnant and due in a few months with my first child. We are happily living together in Singapore and used the Syrian marriage documents to get my visa here. My family is mostly in the US and we could really use the support of family with the baby coming. So begins the search to find the best route to get my husband to the US..
My current husband did have a 1-year B2 visa back in 2018 (non-ESTA eligible because of a trip to Syria), visited some family in the US for a few days, then returned home to the UK without issue.
I consulted with a US-based immigration attorney and hold him the story outlined above. He suggested applying for a K1 / fiancé visa after saying my Syrian marriage would not be valid in the US because the date on it is before my divorce was finalized in the US. Some have said that we are "too married" now to go the K1 route because I am sponsored as his "wife / homemaker" for the Singapore visa.
He also mentioned the option of getting "remarried" here in Singapore, or wherever else, and applying for the CR1 marriage visa, but he said that could take longer than the K1. My concern with doing this is that we would have to "remarry" as soon as we can somewhere to document it, then immediately apply? My case is already going to look odd enough, this would probably make it look fishy?
Some have suggested a B2 and getting married once in the US and doing a change of status. That's basically what happened with my ex-husband. We definitely do not want to go this route, so this is not an option.
Given that we have a child on the way soon, but I have a bad history with giving the wrong person a green card in the not-so-distant past, what would you say is the best route to take?
Thank you in advance 🙏
