I am new to the site, and forgive me if I am posting in the wrong area.
I am a 28 year old American man, and I met a Ukrainian woman living only 40 minutes away from me. She is in the US on a work visa, and has already been here 6 months, with 6 months to go. We met on the internet through a personals dating site for Russian and Eastern Eurpoean singles, (not to mention people from all over the world) so it is not the seemingly typical "dating agency" website, rather it is similar to a Match.com, etc, etc.
Anyway, we have been dating for about 3 months, and are very happy, and we have fallen in love with eachother. She has decided that because of meeting me, she would like to stay in America instead of return to Ukraine when her working visa expires, which was what she planned to do before meeting me. She is looking into re-newing her working visa, but the company she is working for is making it clear that they are not going to sponsor anymore Ukrainian people, and she does not have high hopes for re-newing for another year.
I would like to keep her in America with me LEGALLY, and she also wants to be here LEGALLY. She is very respectful of American laws, as am I. While she is here for a working visa, am I able to marry her ? I am this serious, but I do not know if she is that serious, and I have not asked her. She does want to be with me, but she is trying to figure out how to get another working visa so we can continue to be together. Her visa expires in January 2008.
So, my questions-
1. IS IT POSSIBLE TO EVEN ASK HER TO MARRY ME ?
2. IF I CAN LEGALLY GET ENGAGED TO HER (assuming she says yes) CAN SHE LEGALLY STAY HERE AS MY FIANCEE, OR DO WE NEED TO BE MARRIED ?
3. FINALLY, WHAT DO I NEED TO DO IF I CAN BOTH LEGALLY ASK HER TO MARRY ME, AND ACTUALLY GET MARRIED TO HER AND LET HER STAY IN THE US, IN TERMS OF GETTING HER A 'PERMENANT RESIDENT' OR 'GREEN CARD' ?
I do realize it will probably be best to speak to an attorney who handles marriages to foreign nationals, etc. and I plan to do that, but I am just trying to see if I can even be in the position to move forward with an attorney.
I apologize for the length of my post, and I appreciate everyones time and look forward to all answers / advice ! Thank you in advance !!!!!
im not sure but i believe she will need to return to her country and then try to get a k1 visa but like i said im not sure but i think that is how it will have to work. you can ask her to marry you that is your choice
maybe someone else can tell you my wife came here on a k1 visa
good luck hammer
Hello Auroraguy,
I have been researching this subject.....and according to information on the wesite of Holmes & Lolly legal immigration attorneys...if a woman you want to marry enters the U.S. on anything BUT a K-1 fiance visa....she will have to leave the country and re-enter on this K-1 fiance visa....
If you want to marry her in her country..you can pepition for a K-3 marriage visa..but with 2 times the paperwork..and longer waiting period than the K-1 fiance visa
easy answer marry her there and live there now that solves all hassles yes makes life real simple
if i wear by some remote chance to marry my girl id definately marry in russia and live in russia.
who'd want to live in usa ??
mike00
If you are Australian and marry her in Ukraine or FSU country be prepared to spend the next year ( minimum 12 months ) living with her in a consumated marriage in her country because thats what it will take to qualify for an Australian 407 spouse visa before they will let her into Australia. You must prove interdependancy in marriage by living with her first for 12 months at least before they will give her a spouse visa and let her in.
Thats the rules here. Fiance visa ( sub class 302 prospective marriage Aussie visa ) is the only way to get her here, don't marry her first in her own country..its a big mistake and no,no and will result in a lot of red tape and expense!
Don't be a fool!
Are you daft, Mike?
aussieman still thinks we want to bring em to australia = idiot bring em hear mate you turn em into commercialised monsters thats the shot ! dickgead type thinking
may as well take her to luna park toss $1000 in her hand tell her after lunch il give you $1000 more .
they go crazy western lolly shop !!
talk about corrupting a proud woman -bring em hear you must be mad hey who aussieman wants to qualify for any sub class this or that visa get em hear .
talk about setting your self up for a fall ---------you would to be mad
bring em hear how fuggin rediculous .
mike 00
hey once in russia brother ive no intension qualifying for anything if i got married there id just stay there ----------ive no intention once settled there returning to this shit hole with its political do- wells pay bills to you die , lets all sign ya team to the boss
yeah sorry guys Australia ( the real australia ended 15 years back ) whos been asleep
wake up
mike00
I agree with most of the guys here, and suggest to apply for K1 visa. As I understood, your girlfriend has a work visa and a contract with her current employer. Unfortunately, as soon her visa will be expired she will lose all her legal purposes to stay in USA. There is a way to extend a work visa and even to get a green card, but everything depends on employer, because he usually applies for it. In this situation, a contractor has to stay with a company at least for four years.
If you both are in love, you always can get married, and the status of your fiancé may change. However, I don’t know exactly how without appropriate visa you can get her authorization for work and social security number.
Her status on a work visa is not going to help. You can only go the fiance k-1 visa or marry her in her country and apply for a k-3.
Forget getting creative, there are some real risks. I thought I was going to be smart as I was seeing a lady who had a multi-year tourist visa. Keep bringing her over on the tourist visa and if it works out, marry her and apply for an adjustment of status. Bypass the K-1 and K-3. Wrong, if marry her while she is legally her on some other form of visa, your K-1 will almost certainly be denied. If you can convince them it was all an honest mistake, you have a small chance but if they think you were trying to beat the system you will be summarily denied.
Hi!
I have a different situation. I am from Ukraine and I married my USA citizen husband in Ukraine. Then I was waiting for about 9 mounth in Ukraine for my K-3 visa. That is a visa of wife but for some reason you can stay in the USA only for 2 years. Now I am here. I wonder if anybody knows if my statuse of wife is legal here and if not - how to make our marriage legal in the USA.
auroraguy
I think if there is a choice between fiancee and visa of wife I would choose a fiancee if I did it all over again. Becouse it would be sooner (not always) when she come to you. But if you do not merry her within 90 days in the USA with fiancee visa she would have to go home. So you decide. I wish you good luck I think love is wonderfull and Ukrainian wives are the best. You will not make mistake if you merry her.
LudaR
There si a very simple solution to get married here in the States. Once you have a valid marriage license from any county and stat, you are done. You just need to go through with the ceremony and have all the official paper work. A simple ceremony in front of a Justice of the Peace will do.