Getting married but not filing papers. Please advice.
Nov 20th 2002, 2:42 am
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Getting married but not filing papers. Please advice.
Hello,
My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
there for a couple of months. My questions are:
When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
have any problems at all? I'm asking since she is here on a tourist
visa, and I know she is required to show her passport to get our
marriage license (I know it's just a form of identification, I'm just
a little paranoid they will add something to it
We are planning to wait a couple more months (we have some things to
do first) before we file the I-130 and I-485 forms. Would that be
enough?
Thank you so much in advanced for any input.
My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
there for a couple of months. My questions are:
When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
have any problems at all? I'm asking since she is here on a tourist
visa, and I know she is required to show her passport to get our
marriage license (I know it's just a form of identification, I'm just
a little paranoid they will add something to it
We are planning to wait a couple more months (we have some things to
do first) before we file the I-130 and I-485 forms. Would that be
enough?
Thank you so much in advanced for any input.
Nov 20th 2002, 7:12 am
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Re: Getting married but not filing papers. Please advice.
henry wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
> planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
> to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
> there for a couple of months. My questions are:
>
> When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
> have any problems at all?
Possibly... When she comes back as a tourist, does she plan on living in
the US, or will she leave again and obtain a spouse visa?
>
> Hello,
>
> My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
> planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
> to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
> there for a couple of months. My questions are:
>
> When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
> have any problems at all?
Possibly... When she comes back as a tourist, does she plan on living in
the US, or will she leave again and obtain a spouse visa?
Nov 20th 2002, 1:59 pm
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Re: Getting married but not filing papers. Please advice.
Thank you squirkie. I truly appreciate your comments. We will now
think this more thoroughly before we do anything, because I don't
think it's worth all the trouble. However, if I could find a way for
her to go back to her country after we get married and file her
papers, then everyone would be happy
Thanks again
Henry
On 20 Nov 2002 17:00:41 -0800, [email protected] (squirkie) wrote:
>henry wrote in message news:...
>> Hello,
>>
>> My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
>> planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
>> to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
>> there for a couple of months. My questions are:
>>
>> When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
>> have any problems at all? I'm asking since she is here on a tourist
>> visa, and I know she is required to show her passport to get our
>> marriage license (I know it's just a form of identification, I'm just
>> a little paranoid they will add something to it
>>
>> We are planning to wait a couple more months (we have some things to
>> do first) before we file the I-130 and I-485 forms. Would that be
>> enough?
>>
>> Thank you so much in advanced for any input.
>Hi Henry. My husband and I got married while he was here on a visa
>waiver (he's from the UK, I'm a US citizen) and they didn't add a
>thing to his passport when he showed it as ID to get our marriage
>licence. They just looked at it and handed it back.
>As for waiting a couple of months after you return here to file her
>papers, I would not suggest it. My husband and I just finished getting
>our papers together to file and when I was at the INS office in
>Detroit asking some questions, they said that it would probably be 3
>to 3 1/2 months before we hear anything back from them at all, and
>then there's the whole process of getting fingerprinting and
>interviews and such. Plus, if your wife is intending to re-enter the
>US on a visa waiver, she has to go through customs. When they ask why
>she is coming to the US and where she is going to stay while here, if
>she tells them she is travelling with her husband, she will certainly
>have problems. A visa waiver is only for use by people not intending
>to immigrate here.
>My husband is currently here out-of-status, as he has over-stayed his
>visa waiver, but after consulting with a lawyer and several
>immigration officers we don't anticipate any problems. I would
>STRONGLY suggest not travelling out of the country after you are
>married unless you plan on filing paperwork for her while you are
>away. Others here can answer that better than I can.
think this more thoroughly before we do anything, because I don't
think it's worth all the trouble. However, if I could find a way for
her to go back to her country after we get married and file her
papers, then everyone would be happy
Thanks again
Henry
On 20 Nov 2002 17:00:41 -0800, [email protected] (squirkie) wrote:
>henry wrote in message news:...
>> Hello,
>>
>> My girlfriend and I are planning to get married soon, but we are not
>> planning to file to get her papers right now. She wants us to go back
>> to her country right after we get married, and we will probably stay
>> there for a couple of months. My questions are:
>>
>> When we come back, she plans to come back as a tourist, so would she
>> have any problems at all? I'm asking since she is here on a tourist
>> visa, and I know she is required to show her passport to get our
>> marriage license (I know it's just a form of identification, I'm just
>> a little paranoid they will add something to it
>>
>> We are planning to wait a couple more months (we have some things to
>> do first) before we file the I-130 and I-485 forms. Would that be
>> enough?
>>
>> Thank you so much in advanced for any input.
>Hi Henry. My husband and I got married while he was here on a visa
>waiver (he's from the UK, I'm a US citizen) and they didn't add a
>thing to his passport when he showed it as ID to get our marriage
>licence. They just looked at it and handed it back.
>As for waiting a couple of months after you return here to file her
>papers, I would not suggest it. My husband and I just finished getting
>our papers together to file and when I was at the INS office in
>Detroit asking some questions, they said that it would probably be 3
>to 3 1/2 months before we hear anything back from them at all, and
>then there's the whole process of getting fingerprinting and
>interviews and such. Plus, if your wife is intending to re-enter the
>US on a visa waiver, she has to go through customs. When they ask why
>she is coming to the US and where she is going to stay while here, if
>she tells them she is travelling with her husband, she will certainly
>have problems. A visa waiver is only for use by people not intending
>to immigrate here.
>My husband is currently here out-of-status, as he has over-stayed his
>visa waiver, but after consulting with a lawyer and several
>immigration officers we don't anticipate any problems. I would
>STRONGLY suggest not travelling out of the country after you are
>married unless you plan on filing paperwork for her while you are
>away. Others here can answer that better than I can.
