Am

Hi!
I've been refered here by a friend and this is my first entry.

I (an American citizen) am currently living and working in London on a
Work Permit. My boyfriend (an Englishman) and I are just starting to
look into our options. We have been happily in love and dating for 3
1/2 years and are now engaged! We will be getting married here in
England and probably by the end of this year.
We would like to move back to my home town in California to
permanently reside sometime next year.
I've heard that I may be eligible for Direct Consular Filing (?) (DCF)
to get him a green card to come live with me in America. Firstly, does
anyone know if this is true and if we are eligible?
And if so, we plan on starting this filing directly after we get
married. However, we're a little hesitant to file directly after
getting married- we don't want it to look suspicious. If anyone has
any experience with this process, do you know if it matters how much
time is in between getting married and filing?

(I hope this all makes sense...)
Thank you for your time!
Adriann

MightBe

Yes and Yes
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/in...?pg=i130guide1

IanandHolly

You should definately be able to file DCF as you have a non tourist visa to be here. Basically from what I understand you have to reside her and have permission to do so, ie. FLR ILR, student visa, work visa. All of these have worked before for people DCF'ing

Do a search on DCF and you should find a good deal of information here about people's experiences etc. As for filing directly after marriage, a couple on here were married on the 2nd of July, then sent off their I-130 on the 9th. They were approved w/out a hitch so I don't think the government seems to have too much of a problem w/filing directly after marriage.

Good luck,
Holly

Hypertweeky

Hey there

First of all CONGRATS on the engagement!
Yes you can DCF since you are living in England!!, It is the fastest way to get your fiancee in the US.. after you guys get married of course
Here is a very helpful link about DCF:
http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/faqs/faqsindex.htm Look under the immigrant visa section
If you have anymore questions after readin'g you can contact the US consulate in London, I have heard they are very friendly and helpful or you can come here and ask us!!
Take care!

L D Jones

AM wrote:

    > Hi!
    > I've been refered here by a friend and this is my first entry.
    >
    > I (an American citizen) am currently living and working in London on a
    > Work Permit. My boyfriend (an Englishman) and I are just starting to
    > look into our options. We have been happily in love and dating for 3
    > 1/2 years and are now engaged! We will be getting married here in
    > England and probably by the end of this year.
    > We would like to move back to my home town in California to
    > permanently reside sometime next year.
    > I've heard that I may be eligible for Direct Consular Filing (?) (DCF)
    > to get him a green card to come live with me in America. Firstly, does
    > anyone know if this is true and if we are eligible?

Probably. I filed "DCF" in the UK in 2001 after having lived in London
for 3+ years on a work permit

    > And if so, we plan on starting this filing directly after we get
    > married. However, we're a little hesitant to file directly after
    > getting married- we don't want it to look suspicious. If anyone has
    > any experience with this process, do you know if it matters how much
    > time is in between getting married and filing?

I would guess it doesn't matter how soon after marriage you file. Make
sure your tax returns for the past 3 years are sorted out and some time
spent looking at the I-864 form wouldn't go amiss. It couldn't hurt to
have your fiance apply for his "police certificate" now unless it might
be close to a year before you can move

You can get a general overview from here if you haven't seen their pages
already <http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_web/visa/visaindex.htm>

NC Penguin

Your story sounds a lot like myself and my USC spouse. He had a Work Permit at the time he applied for my I-130 via DCF at the US Embassy in London. This was back in 2000.

You might find it helpful to search through my posts in this every forum under my name (I post in other forums so please check only this forum).

Also, we married in April 2000 and began the I-130 process less than 3 months after that. We had <b>no</b> problems about the short space of time between marriage and applying. No questions at all.

Best of luck!

Please PM me if you have specific questions.

MightBe

Yup.. should take you no longer than a week to go thru 1600 odd postings.

Hypertweeky

Be nice...

MightBe

Up yours!!!

Hypertweeky

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MightBe

and get out to work!!

Am

Hypertweeky <member13109@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected] om>...
    > > Up yours!!!
    >
    > ????????????????????

Ummmm... right...

Well, I just want to say thank you very much to everyone here who has
been so kind to offer me this great advice and information. It's been
very useful. So I better get to it as it appears I have a lot of
research to do.
(I'm sure I'll be back soon with more questions!)
Thank you all again.
-Adriann

Hypertweeky

I will not get in a big argument with you so have a nice day!!

sphyrapicus

Don't have a cow. MightBe was referring to your salary when he said "up yours". He wants to see you make more money.

Hypertweeky

Hey Mr Yellowed belly

More money? That doesn't make any sense, I am not making any money at all:scared:, I wish I was!!
Go Broncos!!