Moving from UK To USA
Hello!
My fiance and I met online about a month ago. We fell madly in love right away. We want to get married. However, he lives in the UK and I am here in the US. I'm a natural born citizen. He wants to move here and be with me and spend our lives together. Can anyone please tell me how to go about this? I have read so much information my head is going to explode. I need to know what forms we need, what the process is, Roughly how long it'll take. And if possible rough estimate of how much it will all cost. My fiance is squeaky clean. No health issues, no illegal activity, never over stayed His welcome. However we have not physically met as of yet. I greatly appreciate any help we can get! Especially if its answered in layman's terms lol. Thank you all so much! |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Amethystmoon
(Post 12214823)
Hello!
My fiance and I met online about a month ago. We fell madly in love right away. We want to get married. However, he lives in the UK and I am here in the US. I'm a natural born citizen. He wants to move here and be with me and spend our lives together. Can anyone please tell me how to go about this? I have read so much information my head is going to explode. I need to know what forms we need, what the process is, Roughly how long it'll take. And if possible rough estimate of how much it will all cost. My fiance is squeaky clean. No health issues, no illegal activity, never over stayed His welcome. However we have not physically met as of yet. I greatly appreciate any help we can get! Especially if its answered in layman's terms lol. Thank you all so much! One problem is that you must have met in person before you can file this petition. And you must provide proof you have met in person. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by BigBoss1984
(Post 12214882)
One problem is that you must have met in person before you can file this petition. And you must provide proof you have met in person.
The wiki is your best friend for now, I think. :) And once you've decided which route would best suit you both, the kind folk here can certainly point you in the right direction when it comes to figuring out the processes you'll need to go through. Book that flight! :thumbsup: |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
I recommend him booking a flight to the USA, entering via the VWP (as it sounds like he's eligible from information you provided) and then you two getting married.
He then returns to the UK and you can then petition for him as a spouse. The visa category would be a CR-1 (form I-130). I'm not sure on the exact amount for this, but budget about 8-10 months and a few thousand dollars. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Amethystmoon
(Post 12214823)
Can anyone please tell me how to go about this?
Read it, digest it, and read it again... and then ask questions! However we have not physically met as of yet. Especially if its answered in layman's terms... This isn't a difficult process - in fact, it's fairly straight forward... but it will take time for you to become familiar with the language and the process. Ian |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
I'll also add a note of caution here - don't marry the guy until you've spent a considerable amount of time together. Online romances are fun - yes, and even intriguing... but that is no substitute for being together and learning each others' habits - both good and bad.
Rushing into marriage after one month of online chats is not a good strategy. Don't substitute a short-term, hormone-inducing fantasy for a long-term commitment. Ian |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by ian-mstm
(Post 12215109)
I'll also add a note of caution here - don't marry the guy until you've spent a considerable amount of time together. Online romances are fun - yes, and even intriguing... but that is no substitute for being together and learning each others' habits - both good and bad.
Rushing into marriage after one month of online chats is not a good strategy. Don't substitute a short-term, hormone-inducing fantasy for a long-term commitment. Ian We have now been married for 17 years! :thumbsup: |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Pulaski
(Post 12215142)
:goodpost: There is no substitute for spending some time together, though "considerable " is subjective. Mrs P and I only spent about six weeks together before we got married, but they were spread over 18 months (21 months since we met on-line). Of those six weeks, one was the week before we got married, and two were at Christmas two months before we got married.
We have now been married for 17 years! :thumbsup: My husband and I knew each other for ten years (having met on a journaling website when we were teenagers :blink:) prior to ever having met in real-life. We only spent seven weeks physically together (over a period of two years) before getting married, though talked every day for the couple of years prior. Hopefully we'll have as much success as you, Pulaski! |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by KK85
(Post 12215169)
17 years?! You could well be one of the first ever Internet romance success stories, surely! :D Congratulations! ....
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Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by tom169
(Post 12214999)
I recommend him booking a flight to the USA, entering via the VWP (as it sounds like he's eligible from information you provided) and then you two getting married.
He then returns to the UK and you can then petition for him as a spouse. The visa category would be a CR-1 (form I-130). I'm not sure on the exact amount for this, but budget about 8-10 months and a few thousand dollars. They only met online last month. Never have met in person. Imagine they are between 18 and 20 years old and one or both lives with their parents and the parents will have to be joint sponsor because the kids don't have jobs. Mommy rant over. My apologies if I am completely off on my take. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by KK85
(Post 12215169)
17 years?! You could well be one of the first ever Internet romance success stories, surely! :D Congratulations!
My husband and I knew each other for ten years (having met on a journaling website when we were teenagers :blink:) prior to ever having met in real-life. We only spent seven weeks physically together (over a period of two years) before getting married, though talked every day for the couple of years prior. Hopefully we'll have as much success as you, Pulaski! Nope for this forum that would be Ian who will be married 19 years this June and myself who will be celebrating 19 years in September. Fortunately for both Ian and myself, my husband and Ian were from Canada so we were able to spend more time together. However, hubby and I only meet up on August 23, 1997 and married on September 26, 1998. But we spent two weekends a month together either in NY or in Ottawa and a week here and there before he came on his K-1 in August 1998 and we married. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Rete
(Post 12215573)
Nope for this forum that would be Ian who will be married 19 years this June and myself who will be celebrating 19 years in September.
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Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Rete
(Post 12215566)
They only met online last month. Never have met in person. Imagine they are between 18 and 20 years old and one or both lives with their parents and the parents will have to be joint sponsor because the kids don't have jobs. Mommy rant over. My apologies if I am completely off on my take.
Personally I dated 5 years before getting married. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Rete
(Post 12215573)
Nope for this forum that would be Ian who will be married 19 years this June and myself who will be celebrating 19 years in September.
Fortunately for both Ian and myself, my husband and Ian were from Canada so we were able to spend more time together. However, hubby and I only meet up on August 23, 1997 and married on September 26, 1998. But we spent two weekends a month together either in NY or in Ottawa and a week here and there before he came on his K-1 in August 1998 and we married. |
Re: Moving from UK To USA
Originally Posted by Rete
(Post 12215566)
They only met online last month. Never have met in person. Imagine they are between 18 and 20 years old and one or both lives with their parents and the parents will have to be joint sponsor because the kids don't have jobs. Mommy rant over. My apologies if I am completely off on my take.
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