Last month my Crimean lady and I were married. She has just changed her domestic passport and awaits the return of her international passport (with her new surname in both) she can then apply for a spouse visa.
When she applied for a tourist visa (last may) we paid 100 euro's for the help of an expert based in Kiev.
The same person has offered to advise us through the spouse visa application process for 200 euro's.
We are aware of Katerina Taylor and the 'GulfStream' company for this type of work but would welcome any suggestions of other experts working in this area.
Thank you (in advance) for any suggestions, recommendations or warnings concerning the expensive and very important Spouse Visa Application process that my new wife and I are about to embark on.
I've visited her 3 times (6 weeks total). She's visited me twice (about 13 weeks total).
She has never broken any rules, anywhere (such as overstaying).
then make it happen - if you think it is attainable. if you need advice from other men - many of whom are still searching after many years - regarding a woman who you have spent time with, then I suspect you do not have your wits about you. after thirteen weeks (19?)together and assuming in between there was much correspondence, do you really need advice? you are the only one who knows. at this time, you are the only one who can judge this person. I suspect you have doubts based on your fear from the many stories of men being 'scammed'. if you are a wise person you would not need to ask. good luck. a phrase I coined many years ago, "You never know until you know."
Oops -- looks like Ralph lost track of the thread. The OP was asking for visa advice, not relationship advice ... yes?
The visajourney website won't be useful to you, because it is about immigration to the US. But some of the men on this forum are from the UK, and have various knowledge and experience of UK spouse visas. Hopefully one of them will offer some guidance!
I am getting a little scared now , I am cuurently dating an Almaty Khazakastan lady and she looks and sounds great , I am working on her k1 visa and once she gets it , she will come to visit me and we will live together and after the 3 months rule we will get married and if we are compatible she will go back . Now , listening to all of these comments makes me wonder if she is the right person , she is currently working , she lives with her parents , she doesn't want me to sned her any money ..so I am confused now , I am from Texas ..
It looks like Ralph is writing late in the evening,, one too many nightcaps perhaps???
Quitto;,,,, If things haven't changed in the last ten years, you need to be married, and have your papers filled before the end of the 3 months!!!! So, you really have less than 2.5!! You should also allow more time,,,,,, just incase you mail the papers to the wrong city!!!!!,,,,, D'oh!!!
Lots of marriages go wrong, even when both people come from the same town. If you want a guarantee: stay single!
How much time have you spent together? And how long, since your first meeting?
What you describe: "she is currently working, she lives with her parents, she doesn't want me to send her any money" -- that all seems quite proper to me! She is living like millions of other FSU women, and it is encouraging that she doesn't ask for or accept money.
To be clear about the visa process: K-1 is (in theory) not intended to be a "trial period". You and she are both telling the State Department that you have agreed to get married. You are supposed to have already made firm decisions about this. Of course, the 90 days gives you a chance to see how she can adjust to being in America ... or Texas, which I sometimes think of as a different country :)
You two can marry as soon as you can get your marriage license sorted out. The 90 days is the maximum limit: if you are not married by that time, she must leave the US.