I will leave to go back home to the states soon so we are desperately trying to figure out what will be our best option since I will not be able to come back to Romania at least until I finish college (after 2-3 years). Should we remain engaged and apply for the fiance visa? Is it faster to get married here in Romania and apply for the direct relative visa? Is there a easier way ? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Th fiance visa does exist it is called a K-1 visa. Please answer if you have experience in this sort of situation. I need help not guesses. I have been doing a lot of research but there are a lot of conflicting facts. This is why I decided to ask here, I was hoping for good advice.
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get married there,then he can get a married visa and not have to show entry money which i think is 50e a day for 6 months,go to the embassy and ck out what you need,mi think you have had to have met this guy 2 or 3 years prior for it to be legal,
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Fiance visa? I'm not sure if that exist..Have your boyfriend apply for a tourist visa,hire a lwayer once he is in the states for advice,and work it out from there! Edit. So the fiance visa does exist! Being that he is from a poor country,with high unemployment,his chances of receiving that visa in my opinion is non existent...Once again.seek legal advice!
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If you want to spend time with your fiance then I would advise the you apply for the Finace visa and get that approved, that way he can come to the US and you can get married. If you get married over there and then file for him to come over I think it takes much longer to process and of course he has to wait there whilst immigration process' the forms, I have known people that did this and had to wait up to 2 years after they filed before their spouse gained entry to the country. Do not, as someone else suggested, have him come here on a visitors visa and then marry you, that is Visa fraud and can really back fire when you come to apply for our green card. Get the finace visa, bring him to the states, marry him and then he can be here whilst you apply for his green card and work permits. The only thing is that you have to prove that you can support the both of you based on your current income, and you mention that you are in college - are you also working? That could be a problem. Worst case scenario you would have to ask someone, maybe your parents or siblings to co sponsor your application in terms of financial support. But be careful, as you are basically saying that you will support this person for at least 10 years no matter what so that he doesn't become a financial burden to society. Good luck
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Well, if you are currently living in Romania rather than just visiting, you should consider contacting the immigrant visa section in Bucharest to see if it's possible to direcly file an immigrant visa petition for a spouse there. If it is, that would be a great deal faster than getting married and filing the paperwork back in the US or going back and filing a K-1 petition. K petitions can't be filed overseas. Otherwise, it would probably be faster to file a K-1 or a K-3 if you actually married. Both would still take a fair amount of time to process the petition through USCIS, but the National Visa Center currently processes K petitions much faster than I-130 immigrant petitions, so they are sent out to the embassy far more quickly. You would still have to file an IR/CR-1 immigrant petition to file a K-3, but the K-3 would arrive more quickly at this time.
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You have gotten married long ago and filed for the visa way back then. You would have had it by now. There are always conflicting answers because if you apply in a foreign country you are at the mercy of the whims of the officer you deal with. Which staff member reviews your case and how well you "connect" with him/her is important. As is your attitude going in.
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