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pangaea
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There is a consulate here but I don't know the web address. My fiance knows where it is and I think he is going there on Monday. I think it's only a few subway stops from Itaewon. We are going to the ward office first to find out if the papers we have for him are acceptable, then to the consulate to have them notarized.
It is now possible to file for an I-130 spouse visa, then also apply for the I-29 fiance visa (K-3) to allow a spouse into the US as a non-immigrant while the spouse visa is being processed. I am looking into that now. I have heard of significant waiting times for a fiance visa, but I was under the impression that the waiting time for a spouse visa is shorter as a spouse is guaranteed a visa number as opposed to having to wait for one. I will file for both if that will get him in the US sooner. |
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Enrico Palazzo
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Joined: 11 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| rainism wrote: |
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| methdxman wrote: |
| bbud656 wrote: |
| Just curious what a citizen of Cameroon is doing in Korea? Maybe tech stuff? |
Trying to get an American passport.  |
That comment is not respectful of the OP and generalizes Cameroonians while many from that Francophone/Anglophone country do come here to study. I one taught a Cameroonian, and he was one of my best students, and he was extremely polite. He is studying to be a lawyer. The Cameroon has also had good football/soccer teams. And, our ancestors, also sought a U.S. passport. If he is seeking both love and that document at the same time it is not nefarious just as some women from the Philippines marry foreign men partially because of their nationality, but we don't question them.   (Follow the Terms of Service.) Don't slander some Cameroonian you don't know.
Nathan, good attitude. |
I'm going to guess you were the Cameroon guy's Korean teacher.
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No, I taught him when I was his teacher in Texas, and I would talk to him in French to coach him on American culture because he was having trouble fitting in with the kids of the area. He�s a great kid. He�s on his way to becoming a lawyer. I have met plenty of great people from Cameroon. It's a rather stable country that has Anglophones and Francophones existing together in apparent harmony. The country doesn't have a nefarious reputation. Anyway, my Korean isn't that good, but thanks. I am working on it.
OP, you should also consult forums where they deal with visa issues. I sent you a PM regarding such a site.
Good luck..... |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Nobody is guaranteed a visa. A spouse is exempted from the quota limits. |
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bbud656
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Are you sure they let you apply for a fiance visa and a spouse visa? US immigration seems pretty no nonsense. I can't imagine they let you get married and then use a fiance visa. Maybe im reading that wrong though. |
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bbud656
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| K1 fiance visas are also exempt from quota limits. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| bbud656 wrote: |
| Are you sure they let you apply for a fiance visa and a spouse visa? US immigration seems pretty no nonsense. I can't imagine they let you get married and then use a fiance visa. Maybe im reading that wrong though. |
A spouse is absolutely not eligible for a fiance(e) visa. Also, as bbud656 said, a K1 visa is not subject to the quota limits; however, there is a deadline on contracting the marriage--if not married by that deadline, then the visa is no longer in effect and the person to whom it was issued must leave the US.
Another thing that can cause problems with Immigration is getting married on a tourist visa in the US. The problem will arise when the foreign spouse wishes to immigrate. One of my shipmates found that out the hard way and it wasn't a cheap lesson, either. |
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bbud656
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 1:33 am Post subject: |
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| there is a deadline on contracting the marriage |
90 days. Immigration kills the romance, but if you want to live in the US and work you gotta jump through their hoops. |
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| OP check out visajourney.com |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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| You people shouldn't laugh -- this is how Barack Obama got his start. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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| No, Barak Obama got his start as a citizen of the United States of America by being born in Hawaii, one of the states of that country. |
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pangaea
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blade
Joined: 30 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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If you can find somebody to sponsor your husband before you leave Korea then you should consider applying for your husbands immigrant visa i.e. CR-1 via direct consular filing while here in Korea.
http://www.visajourney.com/content/dcf |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| No, Barak Obama got his start as a citizen of the United States of America by being born in Hawaii, one of the states of that country. |
Was the bait that difficult to avoid? |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:31 am Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| No, Barak Obama got his start as a citizen of the United States of America by being born in Hawaii, one of the states of that country. |
Was the bait that difficult to avoid? |
I'd have to bet on yes.
It's an interesting aspect in that though your brain tells you not to answer or deal with the terminally stupid, you find you can't resist doing so anyways.
if for nothing else but getting the satisfaction of telling someone that they are in fact, terminally stupid  |
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