Bjorn Verlijsdonk

Hey folks,

I just was wondering wich decision is the best.

Start the K1 procedure or marrie first and start then the whole immigration
procedure.

I live in the Netherlands and my girl in America. We want to get married,
but i did some research and for now it's easier to marrie in Holland for the
law and have a nice party in America.

The problem is that we can't wait to be by each other.

Can ou help me out.

Bjorn.

Tormented Soul

The center that moves the fastest is the vermont center, You can look up on
the BCIS website which states that would be. If your fiance in america will
go through another center other than vermont, you have a wait on your
hands...... 4-7 months
look and see if you can do a DCF from your country. also look up visa waiver
program.You can do a k-3 now with the marriage so its supposed to be as fast
more or less as the k-1.


"Bjorn Verlijsdonk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hey folks,
    > I just was wondering wich decision is the best.
    > Start the K1 procedure or marrie first and start then the whole
immigration
    > procedure.
    > I live in the Netherlands and my girl in America. We want to get married,
    > but i did some research and for now it's easier to marrie in Holland for
the
    > law and have a nice party in America.
    > The problem is that we can't wait to be by each other.
    > Can ou help me out.
    > Bjorn.

veryfunny

I say K1.

Dante

I've read repeatedly that K1 is the faster option, that's why we chose it. Amongst those people I spoke to at my embassy interview, though, the K3-ers had all been processed much quicker than any of us K1-ers.

Pallyn

If your fiance can stay in the Netherlands for a little while after the wedding, you should be able to come back together. Check out these links for more info.



DCF Page for Amsterdam: http://www.usadutch.com "


http://k1.exit.com/dcf.html (non-dutch specific).

Eileen

DCF takes 50 days give or take a week if you do your paperwork and evidence
correctly.
Fiance visa takes 8-11 months.
It is your call.
The reason some folks get married in America and then DCF in Amsterdam is
because of the 14 day waiting period when in ondertrouw before the marriage
ceremony can be performed. Many Americans cannot be in NL that long(about 3
weeks to get ondertrouw, marry and then file DCF). If the couple is married
when the American goes to NL, then a week in NL or a long weekend will be
fine to DCF.
And if you can't wait to be together....then you should remind yourself that
you have a very special privilege to be allowed to DCF without the American
being a resident of NL. The only country I know that does it faster is
Belgium(sorry). Spain used to but I think they have stopped.
Everybody else is waiting too and they are just as much in love as you are.
They are drooling looking at your timeline of 50 days.
(a little ticked at those people who said...do the K-1 or visa waiver thingy
...shaking them by the shoulders for crying out loud, he can be completely
done with everything in 50 stinkin days!)
and that is calendar days not just M-F.
Eileen...been there and done it.
Your turn Maarten
"Bjorn Verlijsdonk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hey folks,
    > I just was wondering wich decision is the best.
    > Start the K1 procedure or marrie first and start then the whole
immigration
    > procedure.
    > I live in the Netherlands and my girl in America. We want to get married,
    > but i did some research and for now it's easier to marrie in Holland for
the
    > law and have a nice party in America.
    > The problem is that we can't wait to be by each other.
    > Can ou help me out.
    > Bjorn.

Orbs

Finland does DCF too and the American doesn't have to be a resident. It can
be done in 4 weeks if everything goes smoothly. I got mine in about 2 months
though since the consul decided we need to find a joint sponsor... which we
eventually did. :-)

"Eileen" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > DCF takes 50 days give or take a week if you do your paperwork and
evidence
    > correctly.
    > Fiance visa takes 8-11 months.
    > It is your call.
    > The reason some folks get married in America and then DCF in Amsterdam is
    > because of the 14 day waiting period when in ondertrouw before the
marriage
    > ceremony can be performed. Many Americans cannot be in NL that long(about
3
    > weeks to get ondertrouw, marry and then file DCF). If the couple is
married
    > when the American goes to NL, then a week in NL or a long weekend will be
    > fine to DCF.
    > And if you can't wait to be together....then you should remind yourself
that
    > you have a very special privilege to be allowed to DCF without the
American
    > being a resident of NL. The only country I know that does it faster is
    > Belgium(sorry). Spain used to but I think they have stopped.
    > Everybody else is waiting too and they are just as much in love as you
are.
    > They are drooling looking at your timeline of 50 days.
    > (a little ticked at those people who said...do the K-1 or visa waiver
thingy
    > ...shaking them by the shoulders for crying out loud, he can be completely
    > done with everything in 50 stinkin days!)
    > and that is calendar days not just M-F.
    > Eileen...been there and done it.
    > Your turn Maarten
    > "Bjorn Verlijsdonk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hey folks,
    > >
    > > I just was wondering wich decision is the best.
    > >
    > > Start the K1 procedure or marrie first and start then the whole
    > immigration
    > > procedure.
    > >
    > > I live in the Netherlands and my girl in America. We want to get
married,
    > > but i did some research and for now it's easier to marrie in Holland for
    > the
    > > law and have a nice party in America.
    > >
    > > The problem is that we can't wait to be by each other.
    > >
    > > Can ou help me out.
    > >
    > > Bjorn.
    > >
    > >

Eileen

thanks Orbs, that is great to know. I just don't see many posts about
the Finland DCF.
Q--do you have a waiting period before the marriage also? or can the
American marry 'right off the bat' (my Dutch husband loves that
expression) and then DCF with just a few days in Finland?
thanks,
e



"Orbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message ..
    > Finland does DCF too and the American doesn't have to be a resident. It can
    > be done in 4 weeks if everything goes smoothly. I got mine in about 2 months
    > though since the consul decided we need to find a joint sponsor... which we
    > eventually did. :-)
    >
    > > >
    > > >

Orbs

There's a 7 day waiting period here before the wedding can take place. First
the couple has to go to the consulate where the American does an affidavit
stating that s/he can legally marry. After the marriage the couple goes to
the consulate again and files the I-130. The I-864 is also given at this
point. Then the intending immigrant gets the package 3 with the instructions
for the medical exam. After completing this phase, it takes a couple of
weeks for them to schedule the final interview... and if that goes well the
visa can be picked up on the same day.

"Eileen" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
news:[email protected]...
    > thanks Orbs, that is great to know. I just don't see many posts about
    > the Finland DCF.
    > Q--do you have a waiting period before the marriage also? or can the
    > American marry 'right off the bat' (my Dutch husband loves that
    > expression) and then DCF with just a few days in Finland?
    > thanks,
    > e
    > "Orbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message ..
    > > Finland does DCF too and the American doesn't have to be a resident. It
can
    > > be done in 4 weeks if everything goes smoothly. I got mine in about 2
months
    > > though since the consul decided we need to find a joint sponsor... which
we
    > > eventually did. :-)
    > >
    > > > >
    > > > >

Eileen

That's fantastic. I am impressed.
Finland rocks!
e
"Orbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > There's a 7 day waiting period here before the wedding can take place.
First
    > the couple has to go to the consulate where the American does an affidavit
    > stating that s/he can legally marry. After the marriage the couple goes to
    > the consulate again and files the I-130. The I-864 is also given at this
    > point. Then the intending immigrant gets the package 3 with the
instructions
    > for the medical exam. After completing this phase, it takes a couple of
    > weeks for them to schedule the final interview... and if that goes well
the
    > visa can be picked up on the same day.

Orbs

yep, it does! :0)
actually I wasn't aware that most other DCF countries require that the USC
has to be a permanent resident. I guess we were very lucky!

"Eileen" <[email protected]> kirjoitti viestissä
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    > That's fantastic. I am impressed.
    > Finland rocks!
    > e
    > "Orbs" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > There's a 7 day waiting period here before the wedding can take place.
    > First
    > > the couple has to go to the consulate where the American does an
affidavit
    > > stating that s/he can legally marry. After the marriage the couple goes
to
    > > the consulate again and files the I-130. The I-864 is also given at this
    > > point. Then the intending immigrant gets the package 3 with the
    > instructions
    > > for the medical exam. After completing this phase, it takes a couple of
    > > weeks for them to schedule the final interview... and if that goes well
    > the
    > > visa can be picked up on the same day.
    > >
    > >

candiceezznagui

depends on where both live. Where the immigrant is from and the US citizen is from matters a lot, since that will determine what service center your paper work will go through. Good luck