Marriage while in U.S
Jun 29th 2003, 11:36 pm
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Marriage while in U.S
Hi
Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact for good advice?
Keith
Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact for good advice?
Keith
Jun 29th 2003, 11:46 pm
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Re: Marriage while in U.S
Mercury135 wrote:
> Hi
> Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in
> Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over
> on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period
> will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact
> for good advice?
> Keith
Contact an attorney, especially if have a preconceived plan to immigrate
using a tourist visa or visa waiver.
> Hi
> Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in
> Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over
> on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period
> will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact
> for good advice?
> Keith
Contact an attorney, especially if have a preconceived plan to immigrate
using a tourist visa or visa waiver.
Jun 30th 2003, 12:14 am
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Re: Marriage while in U.S
Originally posted by Mercury135
Hi
Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact for good advice?
Keith
Hi
Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact for good advice?
Keith
Keith, look through the search engine on this forum and you will see that if your plan is to enter the US with the intention to marry on a Visa Waiver and not return to your home country, it is abusing the system. A VW is a non immigrant visa, so if you enter on it with the intention of marrying then you are failing to comply with it's intended use.
Whats to stop you getting a K1 like everyone else. Just read the BCIS web site and use the correct visa, it's for your own benefit.
Jun 30th 2003, 12:45 am
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You have three options really
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
2) File for a k-1 fiance(e) visa and enter when it is processed, then marry and adjust status
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
This is ignoring the come in on a visa waiver, get married, and stay... by saying you propose to marry her you have shown pre-conceived intent, which is visa abuse and can lead to a ban from entry to the US if caught...
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
2) File for a k-1 fiance(e) visa and enter when it is processed, then marry and adjust status
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
This is ignoring the come in on a visa waiver, get married, and stay... by saying you propose to marry her you have shown pre-conceived intent, which is visa abuse and can lead to a ban from entry to the US if caught...
Jun 30th 2003, 3:18 am
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Re: Marriage while in U.S
robclews wrote:
>
> Originally posted by Mercury135
> > Hi
> > Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in
> > Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over
> > on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period
> > will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact
> > for good advice?
> > Keith
>
> Get your Barge Poles ready people, another spur of the moment marriage
> posting...........................
>
> Keith, look through the search engine on this forum and you will see
> that if your plan is to enter the US with the intention to marry on a
> Visa Waiver, is abusing the system. A VW is a non immigrant visa, so if
> you enter on it with the intention of marrying then you are failing to
> comply with it's intended use.
To be pedantic the visa waiver isn't a visa at all (not even a
non-immigrant one). The visa requirement is "waived"
>
> Originally posted by Mercury135
> > Hi
> > Me and My girlfriend plan to marry when I come over to florida in
> > Septmeber.I'm from England, Shes lives in Florida, I'm not coming over
> > on a visa, If we marry I won't have to leave the country for a period
> > will I? How much does it cost for paperwork etc? Who should I contact
> > for good advice?
> > Keith
>
> Get your Barge Poles ready people, another spur of the moment marriage
> posting...........................
>
> Keith, look through the search engine on this forum and you will see
> that if your plan is to enter the US with the intention to marry on a
> Visa Waiver, is abusing the system. A VW is a non immigrant visa, so if
> you enter on it with the intention of marrying then you are failing to
> comply with it's intended use.
To be pedantic the visa waiver isn't a visa at all (not even a
non-immigrant one). The visa requirement is "waived"
Jun 30th 2003, 4:33 am
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Hi, Keith!
Just to echo the words of many people on the NG, go the K1 route. You may have a longer wait than September, but it'll save you worrying that things may go wrong when attempting to file for AOS later on.
Kate. xxx
Just to echo the words of many people on the NG, go the K1 route. You may have a longer wait than September, but it'll save you worrying that things may go wrong when attempting to file for AOS later on.
Kate. xxx
Jun 30th 2003, 5:21 am
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Originally posted by leebarton
You have three options really
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
<snip>
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
You have three options really
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
<snip>
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
Jun 30th 2003, 5:26 am
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Originally posted by meauxna
To be furtherly (yes I made that up) pedantic, the K3 is applied for in the US, when the foreign spouse is not in the US and from what I've seen, the K3 visa may have a rule attached about applying for the visa in the country of the marriage.
To be furtherly (yes I made that up) pedantic, the K3 is applied for in the US, when the foreign spouse is not in the US and from what I've seen, the K3 visa may have a rule attached about applying for the visa in the country of the marriage.
but then we get into semantics from pedantic.
Jun 30th 2003, 5:57 am
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Originally posted by cindyabs
I like furtherly, but then we get into semantics from pedantic.
I like furtherly,
but then we get into semantics from pedantic.
Jun 30th 2003, 6:02 am
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Re: Marriage while in U.S
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To be pedantic the visa waiver isn't a visa at all (not even a
non-immigrant one). The visa requirement is "waived"
To be pedantic the visa waiver isn't a visa at all (not even a
non-immigrant one). The visa requirement is "waived"
Rob
Jun 30th 2003, 6:10 am
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Originally posted by leebarton
You have three options really
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
2) File for a k-1 fiance(e) visa and enter when it is processed, then marry and adjust status
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
This is ignoring the come in on a visa waiver, get married, and stay... by saying you propose to marry her you have shown pre-conceived intent, which is visa abuse and can lead to a ban from entry to the US if caught...
You have three options really
1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a k-3 visa from the UK
2) File for a k-1 fiance(e) visa and enter when it is processed, then marry and adjust status
3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file for a k-3 visa from the UK
This is ignoring the come in on a visa waiver, get married, and stay... by saying you propose to marry her you have shown pre-conceived intent, which is visa abuse and can lead to a ban from entry to the US if caught...
Debbie
Jun 30th 2003, 6:13 am
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Originally posted by dbark
Anything has to be quicker than filing a K1 through Texas, which the OP would have to, seeing as his fiancee lives in Florida.
Debbie
Anything has to be quicker than filing a K1 through Texas, which the OP would have to, seeing as his fiancee lives in Florida.
Debbie
My monies on the K3 for a TSC person..........or DCF from UK?
Jun 30th 2003, 6:15 am
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I agree, Cindy 
Jun 30th 2003, 6:21 am
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just to be curious, whre in the Uk and where in FLorida
Jun 30th 2003, 8:46 am
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Re: Marriage while in U.S
meauxna wrote:
> Originally posted by leebarton
>
>>You have three options really
>>1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a
>> k-3 visa from the UK
>>3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file
>> for a k-3 visa from the UK
>
>
> To be furtherly (yes I made that up) pedantic, the K3 is applied for in
> the US, when the foreign spouse is not in the US and from what I've
> seen, the K3 visa may have a rule attached about applying for the visa
> in the country of the marriage.
It does. The K-3 must be applied for in the country that marriage took
place in. This doesn't mean, of course, the the country the marriage
took place in, has to let the immigrant apply there for the visa.
> Originally posted by leebarton
>
>>You have three options really
>>1) Come over on a visa waiver, marry, leave the country, file for a
>> k-3 visa from the UK
>>3) Marry anywhere else in the world that takes your fancy, then file
>> for a k-3 visa from the UK
>
>
> To be furtherly (yes I made that up) pedantic, the K3 is applied for in
> the US, when the foreign spouse is not in the US and from what I've
> seen, the K3 visa may have a rule attached about applying for the visa
> in the country of the marriage.
It does. The K-3 must be applied for in the country that marriage took
place in. This doesn't mean, of course, the the country the marriage
took place in, has to let the immigrant apply there for the visa.
