Visa Application timings
Apr 6th 2011, 3:50 am
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Re: Visa Application timings
If you're already planning to come to the US this April on the VWP, you could just go to the courthouse and get legally married. Then you can start the CR1 visa process by filing the I-130 petition. You can still plan a wedding ceremony for August, it's just that you'd already technically be married when that takes place. This just prevents you having to wait until August or September to start applying.
This is what my husband and I are doing. He came to the US in March on the VWP and we had a courthouse wedding. We have a church wedding planned for August in England when I go there to visit. It's a bit of a pain and not exactly what we wanted, but at least the visa process got started.
This is what my husband and I are doing. He came to the US in March on the VWP and we had a courthouse wedding. We have a church wedding planned for August in England when I go there to visit. It's a bit of a pain and not exactly what we wanted, but at least the visa process got started.
Apr 6th 2011, 8:02 pm
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Re: Visa Application timings
Thanks for the suggestion, discussing it with my fiance now.
The event in August has strong emotional ties, so we may just suck up the delay so we can have the wedding where we want it, but it's still worth knowing that's a possibility.
I have a sneaking feeling (knowing a little about the US structure) that it might matter _which_ state we get married in... we're visiting NY, but she's from (and we'd probably live in) WA. Does this complicate matters (beyond the obvious needing to get the license from the right place).
The event in August has strong emotional ties, so we may just suck up the delay so we can have the wedding where we want it, but it's still worth knowing that's a possibility.
I have a sneaking feeling (knowing a little about the US structure) that it might matter _which_ state we get married in... we're visiting NY, but she's from (and we'd probably live in) WA. Does this complicate matters (beyond the obvious needing to get the license from the right place).
Apr 7th 2011, 12:50 am
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Re: Visa Application timings
I have a sneaking feeling (knowing a little about the US structure) that it might matter _which_ state we get married in... we're visiting NY, but she's from (and we'd probably live in) WA. Does this complicate matters (beyond the obvious needing to get the license from the right place).
Apr 7th 2011, 1:25 am
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Re: Visa Application timings
Thanks Neuf, and everyone else who's wheighed in. We have a course set again now. It's not the one we'd hoped for, but it's better than being lost at sea 
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