Please Advise
Jan 16th 2009, 10:34 am
#16
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Re: Please Advise
As everyone else has said, as you are back in the UK and didn't overstay you were perfectly fine getting married on the VWP, I did it, and I had no problems at all...... (Of course returning back to the UK after the wedding to apply for the visa, not adjusting status!)
Get the ball rolling for your CR1 - and make sure you listen to what the more experienced members of this forum tell you - they all know what they are talking about and have been through it personally, so even if you have one of those days where you want to scream because something isnt going right then you can pretty much guarantee that someone on here will have had the same problem.
If it wasn't for this board I would have lost my mind on more than one occasion!!
Get the ball rolling for your CR1 - and make sure you listen to what the more experienced members of this forum tell you - they all know what they are talking about and have been through it personally, so even if you have one of those days where you want to scream because something isnt going right then you can pretty much guarantee that someone on here will have had the same problem.
If it wasn't for this board I would have lost my mind on more than one occasion!!
Last edited by clarissageo; Jan 16th 2009 at 10:38 am.
Jan 16th 2009, 10:43 am
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Re: Please Advise
Why the heck anyone even bothers wth a K1 anymore is almost beyond me. VWP weddings now seem to be the order of the day.
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Jan 16th 2009, 10:52 am
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Re: Please Advise
People who want to plan a bigger wedding
People who weren't prepared to get married during their last visit with each other
People who can't meet in person and get married soon
People who won't be ready to move over to the USA permanently until a year from now or so
People who have met in person recently but are anxious to get started on a visa now, instead of waiting until the next time they meet
Just off the top of my head
Jan 16th 2009, 12:05 pm
#20
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Re: Please Advise
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. In this forum, however, we don't encourage people to commit criminal acts which might cause them to be denied adjust and banned from the US.
Jan 17th 2009, 2:48 am
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Re: Please Advise
Ian and Rete,
There's nothing illegal or criminal about a "VWP wedding". It's what comes after - often left unsaid - that may or may not be illegal. Perhaps if we started specifying the missing item, rather than assuming it, there'd be less confusion about the subject.
Perhaps englishinfl meant 'VWP wedding followed by application for an immigrant visa'.
Nah, you two are almost certainly right that eif meant 'VWP wedding followed by adjustment of status', but it's the 'followed by adjustment of status' part that may (or may not) be illegal.
Regards, JEff
There's nothing illegal or criminal about a "VWP wedding". It's what comes after - often left unsaid - that may or may not be illegal. Perhaps if we started specifying the missing item, rather than assuming it, there'd be less confusion about the subject.
Perhaps englishinfl meant 'VWP wedding followed by application for an immigrant visa'.
Nah, you two are almost certainly right that eif meant 'VWP wedding followed by adjustment of status', but it's the 'followed by adjustment of status' part that may (or may not) be illegal.
Regards, JEff
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. In this forum, however, we don't encourage people to commit criminal acts which might cause them to be denied adjust and banned from the US.
Jan 17th 2009, 6:14 am
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Re: Please Advise
Well... I know that you know that we know that! 
Since she specifically mentioned the K-1 (where one enters the US for marriage followed by staying to adjust status), my take on her post was "entry into the US on the VWP with the pre-conceived intent to marry and stay in the US while an adjustment of status application is processed".
Ian
Perhaps englishinfl meant 'VWP wedding followed by application for an immigrant visa'.
Ian
Last edited by ian-mstm; Jan 17th 2009 at 6:23 am.
Jan 17th 2009, 7:29 am
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Re: Please Advise
Unfortunately, JEff, he did not.
I have never said that a VWP marriage is fraudulent or illegal it is the act of intent of coming marrying and remaining that is fraudulent.
I have never said that a VWP marriage is fraudulent or illegal it is the act of intent of coming marrying and remaining that is fraudulent.
Ian and Rete,
There's nothing illegal or criminal about a "VWP wedding". It's what comes after - often left unsaid - that may or may not be illegal. Perhaps if we started specifying the missing item, rather than assuming it, there'd be less confusion about the subject.
Perhaps englishinfl meant 'VWP wedding followed by application for an immigrant visa'.
Nah, you two are almost certainly right that eif meant 'VWP wedding followed by adjustment of status', but it's the 'followed by adjustment of status' part that may (or may not) be illegal.
Regards, JEff
There's nothing illegal or criminal about a "VWP wedding". It's what comes after - often left unsaid - that may or may not be illegal. Perhaps if we started specifying the missing item, rather than assuming it, there'd be less confusion about the subject.
Perhaps englishinfl meant 'VWP wedding followed by application for an immigrant visa'.
Nah, you two are almost certainly right that eif meant 'VWP wedding followed by adjustment of status', but it's the 'followed by adjustment of status' part that may (or may not) be illegal.
Regards, JEff
Last edited by Rete; Jan 22nd 2009 at 12:30 pm. Reason: Edited to delete descriptive characterizing of englishinfl
Jan 17th 2009, 7:37 am
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Re: Please Advise
My post was merely voicing my thought on the subject of what seems to be happening on a pretty regular basis judging by the posters and their experiences here on the website.
Jan 17th 2009, 7:52 am
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Re: Please Advise
Actually, you're totally wrong.
Jeff was on the mark with what he said about what I'd posted, in as much as I was suggesting that the WVP route to residency seems to be prevalent, nothing more than that.
FYI, I'm not a trollish poster that mocks anyone that does things legally, thank you.
You know absolutely nothing of me or my personal circumstances, yet it seems you deem yourself fit to judge me and members of my family, none of whom are in the USA, or have applied for any kind of entry to this country at all.
I'd suggest that rather than judging my posts incorrectly and branding me with a derogatory label, you might want to read more, and assume less before you make judgemental accusations.
Jeff was on the mark with what he said about what I'd posted, in as much as I was suggesting that the WVP route to residency seems to be prevalent, nothing more than that.
FYI, I'm not a trollish poster that mocks anyone that does things legally, thank you.
You know absolutely nothing of me or my personal circumstances, yet it seems you deem yourself fit to judge me and members of my family, none of whom are in the USA, or have applied for any kind of entry to this country at all.
I'd suggest that rather than judging my posts incorrectly and branding me with a derogatory label, you might want to read more, and assume less before you make judgemental accusations.
Last edited by Rete; Jan 22nd 2009 at 12:31 pm. Reason: Again quoted sentence was deleted
Jan 17th 2009, 8:24 am
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Re: Please Advise
I'm now more confused than ever!
Jan 17th 2009, 8:36 am
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Re: Please Advise
Don't be confused. The thread got a bit off-topic. You are in the UK right now, so you will be doing an Immigrant Visa. Anything you read from here on out regarding VWP and AOS does not apply to you...that route is closed to you as a legal method of immigrating.
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Jan 17th 2009, 9:18 am
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Re: Please Advise
eif,
For the record, Ian and Rete were totally right about what you were thinking. The issue that I am addressing is that your post was incomplete and did not adequately describe what you were thinking.
Your post did not talk about the VWP route to residency, it did not mention residency at all.
Regards, JEff
For the record, Ian and Rete were totally right about what you were thinking. The issue that I am addressing is that your post was incomplete and did not adequately describe what you were thinking.
Your post did not talk about the VWP route to residency, it did not mention residency at all.
Regards, JEff
