Married Someone Else on a K1 Visa

My fiance came to the U.S. on a K1 visa and did not marry his fiance at the time.  He overstayed his welcome.  Now, we got engaged and I want to marry him.  What should I do?

Jamie M. from South Carolina

Fiance from the Dominican Republic

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Jamie,  When your fiance [...]

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Minimum Income Requirements for Fiance and Marriage Visa Processing

Stable Earnings:  The U.S. citizen petitioner must have stable U.S. employment over the minimum required for green card, fiance visa, and marriage visa processing.  Generally, you must show enough income during a calendar year so that your tax returns will show more than the minimum required. 

The [...]

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Residing Abroad with Foreign Spouse

Allan,  I am working in Saudi Arabia and that is where my wife will be living also. It is my understanding that if she is not living permanently in the United States and she has a Green Card then they will take her card when she travels with me to Saudi Arabia. 
 
Would it [...]

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Obama New Rule Concerning Illegal Aliens is Not Amnesty

On January 6th, 2012, President Obama proposed a change in immigration rules that would allow certain foreigners who are in the U.S. illegally to preprocess on an I-601 bar waiver.  All of the other rules regarding immigration are exactly the same, except for this one change.  There is no amnesty for illegals.  No one is [...]

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Moving abroad with my Husband who has a Green Card

Question

I married my husband in the United States about a year and a half ago and he has had his permanent resident card for about 8 months. I would like to move to Brazil with him but am worried we would have to start with the papers all over again if we [...]

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Illegal Entry – 601 Bar Waiver

Question

My parents brought my brother to the us from mexico when he was 2 years old. He is now 21 years old and is getting married. He has no papers. What should he do?

Answer

Each case is different. Allow me to first explain some brief rules. Then you can [...]

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Married with Green Card – Divorce Pending

Often during a divorce, the U.S. citizen feels an attachment to the foreign spouse and wants to see the spouse keep the green card. Some want to delay a divorce until conditional status on the green card is removed. Any maneuvering like this is asking for trouble. It can be illegal. It also can affect [...]

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Maintain A Green Card while Residing Abroad

Question
I still do not understand how it makes sense to any reasonable or even unreasonable person, lawyer, legislator or government official that it is sane for me to be working outside the United States for the U.S. government, and yet Yulia must stay in the United States for a majority of time in order [...]

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