Discussion:
Me and my fiance want to get married next year. We've heard that it is too much work and a too hard to file for the fiance visa. So we decided that i w ill enter the USA as a visitor. I'll probably be there Feb 1st or 2nd. I know i will have to enter the country with the intention to go back to my home counrty (Germany).
Our wedding date is Feb 14th (Valentine's Day).
Will it cause problems after we file for Green Card (I-485, I-130, etc.)??
Answer:
To enter on a visitor visa and then meet /marry someone is a different thing . And entering with a scheduled marriage date is different.
Even if you lie to the officer at entry, your case is quite obviously of preconceived intent to stay and will raise red flags at the time of green card interview. Technically, this can be taken as misresepresentation while entering and the GC application denied. But in practice USCIS mostly ignores it. Just remember it MAY cause problems.
Originally Posted by Rose Me and my fiance want to get married next year. We've heard that it is too much work and a too hard to file for the fiance visa. So we decided that i w ill enter the USA as a visitor. I'll probably be there Feb 1st or 2nd. I know i will have to enter the country with the intention to go back to my home counrty (Germany).
Our wedding date is Feb 14th (Valentine's Day).
Will it cause problems after we file for Green Card (I-485, I-130, etc.)??
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Thank you so much for your answer peace
But what exactly do you mean by entering as a visitor and getting married is different than entering with a sheduled marriage date eventhough nobody knows about it?
Now, does anyone has any experience with this?
Entered with tourist visa, got married and filed for Adjustment of Status?
If yes, please tell me what you went trough and was it difficult for you to get approved?
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What I mean is;
They will ask you when the two of you met at the time of GC interview,
and what you told the officer when you entered US on your visitor visa.
If someone says they met in US and decided to get maried, after he/she actually entered US for a purely temp intent , there may not be any problems.
But if you say you already knew the person and entered with an intent to get married(scheduled date shows that intent and it is not allowed on a visitor visa) but told the officer at entry something else, it could be taken as misrespresentation , technically.
Originally Posted by Rose Thank you so much for your answer peace
But what exactly do you mean by entering as a visitor and getting married is different than entering with a sheduled marriage date eventhough nobody knows about it?
Now, does anyone has any experience with this?
Entered with tourist visa, got married and filed for Adjustment of Status?
If yes, please tell me what you went trough and was it difficult for you to get approved?
Answer:
Originally Posted by Rose Me and my fiance want to get married next year. We've heard that it is too much work and a too hard to file for the fiance visa. So we decided that i w ill enter the USA as a visitor. I'll probably be there Feb 1st or 2nd. I know i will have to enter the country with the intention to go back to my home counrty (Germany).
Our wedding date is Feb 14th (Valentine's Day).
Will it cause problems after we file for Green Card (I-485, I-130, etc.)??
I think it would be pretty hard to convince an officer that if you enter only 2 weeks prior to your wedding that you didnt intend to stay.........particualrly if you ahve a wedding with your family memebr there....
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Actually none of my family members are gonna be there.
I don't think they can get proof that i never wanted to leave the country though.
I will have the proof that i actually wanted to leave the country. I will book two flights (round-trip)
But what if i just came to visit him for a month or so. And after being in the country he decided to propose to me?!
What are your thoughts about that curiousone?
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Originally Posted by Rose Actually none of my family members are gonna be there.
I don't think they can get proof that i never wanted to leave the country though.
I will have the proof that i actually wanted to leave the country. I will book two flights (round-trip)
But what if i just came to visit him for a month or so. And after being in the country he decided to propose to me?!
What are your thoughts about that curiousone?
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Its hard to predict...........its very subjective. You get 90 days , why not wait until youre almpost at the 90 day mark to do it?
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Hi,
My visa is B1-B9, and it's not supposed to get married when you entered with that type of visa. But I did that, as a matter the fact, when I got here that day I didn't expect that, it just happened, I got married on May 1st, and got back to my born country days after. In June, we finally decided to get together, and inmediatly start all the papers on file. It is possible to do it, but you have to be aware that it's hard to get through all the process and it's too much paper work to file. I still pending on my case and it's really frustrating all that waiting, I start feeling like I am stock here, I can't work, I can't do anything, I hope everything runs fast. But the fact is that we have our case approved. And it says specifically on the immigration home page that there's unlimited visas for inmediate relatives (spouses). And your husband as an American Citizen has the right to get married with whoever he wants it, and nobody can't prohibited that to him.
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Originally Posted by Glo Hi,
My visa is B1-B9, and it's not supposed to get married when you entered with that type of visa. But I did that, as a matter the fact, when I got here that day I didn't expect that, it just happened, I got married on May 1st, and got back to my born country days after. In June, we finally decided to get together, and inmediatly start all the papers on file. It is possible to do it, but you have to be aware that it's hard to get through all the process and it's too much paper work to file. I still pending on my case and it's really frustrating all that waiting, I start feeling like I am stock here, I can't work, I can't do anything, I hope everything runs fast. But the fact is that we have our case approved. And it says specifically on the immigration home page that there's unlimited visas for inmediate relatives (spouses). And your husband as an American Citizen has the right to get married with whoever he wants it, and nobody can't prohibited that to him.
What exactly is the B1-B9 visa?
So after your marriage you had to leave the country? Did you file the paperwork in the US or in your home country?
How long have you been waiting?
Originally Posted by curiousone Its hard to predict...........its very subjective. You get 90 days , why not wait until youre almpost at the 90 day mark to do it?
We don't want to wait because we actually want to get it over with. Plus, Valentine's Day means a lot to both of us.
Let's say we do get approved and we get sheduled for an interview. Is it any different because of how i entered the counrty? They're not gonna think it's a fraud marriage, are they?
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Hi,
The B1/B9 Is the visa type as visitor/business. I got married on May 1st and went back to my country 3 days after that. Everything happened so fast as a matter the fact we never planned to get married that way or that soon, it just happened. We went to ask for information about what we needed to get married and it was so easy that we just got married then.
I got back in to the U.S. in June 21st. So I leave the country and then come back, again as a visitor.
We started all the papers file in the first days of July. The I-130 (and we got approved on September). But there's a lot of paper work to do, I filed the advance parole (which I haven't got any final decision, just asked us to file more and more papers, with the correspondent check of course). I have heard that the hole process will take us like 14 months. We still waiting for the calling to the interview. I have got in the last month the fingerprints and the pictures taken.
So that means that it is possible to do it that way. You just have to say that you are so in loved, that you never planned something like that, it just happened. And they can't allowed the US citizen to get married with who they want to. I have heard to that the worse thing that could happened on the interview is that they tell the US Citizen that they are responsible for you and if the purpose of that marriage was to get only the US Citizenship they will prosecute against him. (But they can not denied that right them).
Thanks.
Glo