Marriage Abroad Affect k1?

[zepplin2011 0]

If i have already mailed off the k1 app and i visit my fiance and we marry in her country will this affect the k1? We just wanted to have our own small ceremony in her native country while waiting for the k1...

[yuna628 9,677]

K1 visas are for fiancés to marry in the US. If you are intending to marry and then get married, then you are no longer fiancés but spouses. You would have to withdraw or cancel the K1 and start over with a spousal visa.

Edited September 20, 2016 by yuna628

[A'n'L 735]

It absolutely will - you will no longer be eligible for a fiancé visa if you are married. Married abroad is no less married in the eyes of US immigration.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

You pretty much just wasted your K1 visa because you will now have to start over as a CR1 and wait up to a year for her to come here.

Edited September 20, 2016 by cyberfx1024

[Pitaya 2,577]

The intent of the K1 Fiance(e) visa program is that your foreign-born fiance(e) comes to the US, and marries their USC petitioner within 90 days of their arrival to the USA. To marry beforehand to render you and your now-spouse ineligible for a K1 Fiance(e) visa. If you now have a foreign-born spouse, you have to apply for a CR1 spouse visa.

~Moved from K1 Process to What Visa Do I Need Forum~

~Inquiry about family visa programs.~

[zepplin2011 0]

Ok so tell me how will the US gov know we married over there? This doesnt make sense. There is no database or anything else they can use to find out if we have been married somewhere.

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Social media, or a field study where they ask neighbors. If they EVER find out you married before entering your wife becomes deportable for visa fraud.

[zepplin2011 0]

Social media, or a field study where they ask neighbors. If they EVER find out you married before entering your wife becomes deportable for visa fraud.

Get on out of here with that fear mongering #######. my wife WOULD not be deported if she arrived on a k1 and they somehow found out we got married over there while i was visiting. Goodness get real

[Dana and Divine 61]

I filed K-1 after my first visit but went back and married my husband months later. I did not withdraw my K-1, I filed the marriage visa, attached my original NOA1 receipt (NOA2 had not yet arrived) and entered the new evidence with it of my marriage. The USCIS sent me a letter explaining they dropped my I-129 and added the marriage visa to my case and updated. It only took eight months total from when I submitted the new application and evidence to when my husband was approved and allowed to come home to me.

It's better to follow the rules and do it the right way the first time.

[A'n'L 735]

Get on out of here with that fear mongering #######. my wife WOULD not be deported if she arrived on a k1 and they somehow found out we got married over there while i was visiting. Goodness get real

Why on earth did you even ask a question when you won't listen to the answers you get?

Some embassies even ask for proof of not being married at the K1 interview. This IS a big deal. Low chances of being caught does not make fraudulent and disrespectful behavior ok.

Edited September 20, 2016 by A'n'L

[afortunada 182]

Why don't you just do a small ceremony there involving no paperwork? So you can have the "party" without being officially married! Then bring her here and do the official business when she arrives on her K-1.

Where you say there is "no way for them to find out," that's just not true. They can most certainly look up records from her country. Marrying her there and then continuing with the process would be considered fraud and qualifies her for a lifetime ban from entering the US.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Get on out of here with that fear mongering #######. my wife WOULD not be deported if she arrived on a k1 and they somehow found out we got married over there while i was visiting. Goodness get real

Yes she would, and it has happened before.

[Georgia16 2,858]

JFH gave you an answer to that in your last post BEFORE you got married so you most have know.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/609277-another-marriage-question/#entry8299473

You just made your process longer and paid a fee you can't get back.

Also i don't get why you keep trying to find ways around normal processing that everbody has to go through. The rules that apply to others also apply to you, so just take it as it is and do it right so you won't get problems later on!

Your embassy isn't easy to start with either

Edited September 20, 2016 by Georgia16

[zepplin2011 0]

Why on earth did you even ask a question when you won't listen to the answers you get?

Some embassies even ask for proof of not being married at the K1 interview. This IS a big deal. Low chances of being caught does not make fraudulent and disrespectful behavior ok.

ughhh thats a silly question. So i cant ask a question without calling out the fear mongering?

Why don't you just do a small ceremony there involving no paperwork? So you can have the "party" without being officially married! Then bring her here and do the official business when she arrives on her K-1.

Where you say there is "no way for them to find out," that's just not true. They can most certainly look up records from her country. Marrying her there and then continuing with the process would be considered fraud and qualifies her for a lifetime ban from entering the US.

thats a good idea thx

Yes she would, and it has happened before.

show me...

[Merrytooth 5,748]

ughhh thats a silly question. So i cant ask a question without calling out the fear mongering?

thats a good idea thx

show me...

Why don't you go try it out?

For your information, Some US Consulates actually monitor this VJ website as well, even match the usernames with actual case files