England to US
Apr 2nd 2013, 1:29 am
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England to US
Hello All-
I am engaged to a British citizen and once we get married he will move here. I have no idea where to start. I have heard conflicting information about whether we should apply for and engagement visa or just wait until we are officially married. Wedding date is Feb 2014. All information will be helpful!
Thank you.
I am engaged to a British citizen and once we get married he will move here. I have no idea where to start. I have heard conflicting information about whether we should apply for and engagement visa or just wait until we are officially married. Wedding date is Feb 2014. All information will be helpful!
Thank you.
Apr 2nd 2013, 2:00 am
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Re: England to US
Hi and welcome to B.E.
Have a look at the US branch of the forum and make yourself known
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57
Lots of helpful people, with great advice to help you.
Have a look at the US branch of the forum and make yourself known
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=57
Lots of helpful people, with great advice to help you.
Apr 2nd 2013, 2:25 am
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Re: England to US
Hi there and welcome to the forum 
Apr 2nd 2013, 3:11 am
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Re: England to US
Welcome to BE, good luck and congrats!
The wiki has loads of info about the marriage routes, but basically it's taking 6-10 months to get a visa and it's a case of pick being apart before you're married or after. Unless you're already living in the UK, which opens up another route, though not much quicker.
The wiki has loads of info about the marriage routes, but basically it's taking 6-10 months to get a visa and it's a case of pick being apart before you're married or after. Unless you're already living in the UK, which opens up another route, though not much quicker.
Apr 4th 2013, 5:43 pm
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Re: England to US
Welcome to BE, and the CR1 visa journey
Apr 4th 2013, 7:28 pm
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Re: England to US
A very warm welcome to you Emily !
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Apr 4th 2013, 9:43 pm
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Re: England to US
You could start reading here:
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...00082ca60aRCRD
There is a waiting period whether you go for fiance visa or married visa.
Since you are not getting married until 2014, you could apply for fiance visa, he enters US, you get married and then adjust status
OR
You could get married, he then leaves and applies for spouse visa CR-1
Both processes take between 6 - 9 months. Its just a case of being apart either as fiance or spouse.
All the above is presuming you are marrying in the US.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/usc...00082ca60aRCRD
There is a waiting period whether you go for fiance visa or married visa.
Since you are not getting married until 2014, you could apply for fiance visa, he enters US, you get married and then adjust status
OR
You could get married, he then leaves and applies for spouse visa CR-1
Both processes take between 6 - 9 months. Its just a case of being apart either as fiance or spouse.
All the above is presuming you are marrying in the US.
Apr 6th 2013, 8:54 pm
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Re: England to US
Hello and a big welcome to BE.
Excellent information can be found in the BE Wiki, not forgetting the Living and Moving Abroad forum that will help you, another set of great help is the permanent threads at the TOP of each forum, they are very pertinent to that particular forum and makes sensible reading.
Moderators deal with any problems that arise such as inappropriate posts, spammers etc, you will find their names at the bottom right hand side of each forum's index in bold font.
Please contact me if I can give you any further help.
Rosemary
Excellent information can be found in the BE Wiki, not forgetting the Living and Moving Abroad forum that will help you, another set of great help is the permanent threads at the TOP of each forum, they are very pertinent to that particular forum and makes sensible reading.
Moderators deal with any problems that arise such as inappropriate posts, spammers etc, you will find their names at the bottom right hand side of each forum's index in bold font.
Please contact me if I can give you any further help.
Rosemary
