On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:56:55 -0400, Capt.Tuttle wrote:
> Do what many have done. Go the K-1 route and be safe rather than sorry.
Definitely.
> It took me a year from the time I sent the application until my wife
> and I could get married. Some of that delay was our fault, but waiting
> a year is better than the alternative.
I think it was about ten months for us. The important bit is how long you
+ spouse are apart whilst all the paperwork goes through; for us
that was about 8 months, but we could have got it down to 7 if we were a
bit smarter about getting some of the paperwork ready.
My US fiancee came to visit me in my own country during the wait, which at
least split it up a bit - and two waits of 4 months wasn't *that*
different to the 90 days or so I was previously giving it between visits
to the US under the VWP to see her.
To the OP: we found the following really helpful:
http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1faq.htm
... along with a few messages to this newsgroup (there's a lot of helpful
folk on here!).
cheers
Jules
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