Koen Veltman

Hi,

I want to marry my fiancee in America and need a K-1 visa. But currently I
am still married. Does the INS accept the so-called speed divorce in the
Netherlands? According to this procedure a marriage is transferred to a
registered partnership. After that the partnership is dissolved. Is this
what the INS calls annulment of a marriage?
Nor INS or dutch USconsulate knows the answer.
Please help

Koen

Eileen

I think Maarten knew somebody who did that(used the speedy divorce from
NL).....ask him about it.
www.dutchusa.com is Maarten's site
good luck,
e
"Koen Veltman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi,
    > I want to marry my fiancee in America and need a K-1 visa. But currently I
    > am still married. Does the INS accept the so-called speed divorce in the
    > Netherlands? According to this procedure a marriage is transferred to a
    > registered partnership. After that the partnership is dissolved. Is this
    > what the INS calls annulment of a marriage?
    > Nor INS or dutch USconsulate knows the answer.
    > Please help
    > Koen

Maarten Andriessen

"Eileen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > I think Maarten knew somebody who did that(used the speedy divorce from
    > NL).....ask him about it.
    > www.dutchusa.com is Maarten's site
    > good luck,
    > e

De fast method of Divorcing in The Netherlands is only accepted by the U.S.
Consulate in Amsterdam, as they have methods to verify it more easily then
the USCIS in the United States does. A couple that had this "problem" was
able to get a lawyer to sign off a letter in English stating that the Dutch
documents with information on the "snelscheiding" was official documentation
and valid proof that the person in question was indeed legally divorced. The
U.S. Consulate accepted this letter. The U.S. Consulate has Dutch employees
as well who are able to at least verify whether Dutch documentation is
official and valid.

The problem with the "snelscheiding" is that there is no international
documentation for it, only in Dutch, where with a "normal" divorce you can
get an International Divorce Degree that is accepted by the USCIS. For as
far as I know the Dutch "snelscheiding" documentation together with a letter
from a Lawyer is the ONLY exception where Dutch documentation is accepted
over an International (English) version of the Divorce Decree.

Basically you have 2 routes:

1) Divorce normally.
2) Apply for K-1
3) Get married again within 90 days after you enter the U.S.

or

1) Divorce "quickly" using the "snelscheiding" method.
2) Get married again (in U.S. or NL, does not matter)
3) Start I-130 DCF process through the U.S. Consulate in Amsterdam

Since K-1 can easily take up to 9 months before you get your work permit, I
recommend doing option nr. 2 as DCF gets you done and ready in about 8 weeks
time, sometimes even faster. Eileen has a couple on her website that was
able to do it in less then 30 days I believe!

Maarten

http://www.dutchusa.com

Koen Veltman

Thanks ppls. Looks like this is the info I needed.

Eileen

so Koen......make sure you check out DCF before you proceed with K-1.
Maarten's site......www.dutchusa.com
and Klaas/Eileen's site......www.usadutch.com
good luck,
e
"Koen Veltman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Thanks ppls. Looks like this is the info I needed.

HunterGreen

I can never remember which one is which, but it doesn't matter because I always end up on a site with lots of info... LOL!
Maybe I should add them to my favorites huh?

Elaine

HunterGreen

Ack! Hit send too soon. I wanted to add that I know of a couple who DCF'd in Amsterdam this past August and it took them all of 28 days!