Hello! I'm hoping to find some help concerning how to get my fiance into the US. I have been doing research but I'm now frustrated and confused, and of course I have questions.
1. Yes we are both eligible to marry
2. No neither of us have any criminal/mental/health issues in our backgrounds
3. Im not sure if I can meet the min financial requirement at this current time.
4. Proving we met in person in the past two years... might be problematic ...
He and I are both university students, I'm in the US, and hes in India. We are planning on waiting 2 1/2 years until he and I both hopefully complete our masters programs. That being said, we are both students and currently do not earn much money. However, after graduating we will be making substantially more money than what our current paperwork would reflect. I understand about cosigners, but we simply do not have anyone who we can ask to cosign.
Would they take into account that we are university students? We have already looked into him transferring to my university here but its just too expensive as it requires him to have $30k USD in cash just to apply at my school. We don't have that kind of money just laying around.
Additionally, we have already discussed how we might meet the requirement for having spent time together in person. There we run into the issue of his families culture. They watch him like a hawk and will not give him the paperwork he would need to get a passport. Yes, he is old enough to decide for himself legally. That being said. He also knows that his decision to marry me means that he will most likely be disowned by his family and obviously will not have their support coming here. If he has difficulty getting his paperwork from his family what options do we have there?
Also, I am not sure how to get through all the paperwork correctly and have concerns over the cost of hiring an attorney to manage the work. Are there any alternatives?
Again, we are not planning on getting married for 2 1/2 years but we would like to have everything in place by graduation.
Additional questions.
1. Would it be better to wait for 2 1/2 years before getting married and apply as a fiance status?
2. He cant get the paperwork to travel... so should I go there to fulfill the requirements? Which might be financially impossible at this particular juncture.
3. If I can manage to travel to India (which would be going against my family's wishes and may be dangerous as a female traveling alone) Should we marry there and apply as a married couple? Would that help our chances?
4. Our initial idea was to have him come here as a visitor, marry, then apply as a married couple. However I have read that that is not a good idea. Can I get confirmation of that?
Any additional information which you can supply me with is GREATLY appreciated as I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at this moment. I never thought simply wanting to be married to the man I love would be so complected! But he is worth is.
1. Yes we are both eligible to marry
2. No neither of us have any criminal/mental/health issues in our backgrounds
3. Im not sure if I can meet the min financial requirement at this current time.
4. Proving we met in person in the past two years... might be problematic ...
He and I are both university students, I'm in the US, and hes in India. We are planning on waiting 2 1/2 years until he and I both hopefully complete our masters programs. That being said, we are both students and currently do not earn much money. However, after graduating we will be making substantially more money than what our current paperwork would reflect. I understand about cosigners, but we simply do not have anyone who we can ask to cosign.
Would they take into account that we are university students? We have already looked into him transferring to my university here but its just too expensive as it requires him to have $30k USD in cash just to apply at my school. We don't have that kind of money just laying around.
Additionally, we have already discussed how we might meet the requirement for having spent time together in person. There we run into the issue of his families culture. They watch him like a hawk and will not give him the paperwork he would need to get a passport. Yes, he is old enough to decide for himself legally. That being said. He also knows that his decision to marry me means that he will most likely be disowned by his family and obviously will not have their support coming here. If he has difficulty getting his paperwork from his family what options do we have there?
Also, I am not sure how to get through all the paperwork correctly and have concerns over the cost of hiring an attorney to manage the work. Are there any alternatives?
Again, we are not planning on getting married for 2 1/2 years but we would like to have everything in place by graduation.
Additional questions.
1. Would it be better to wait for 2 1/2 years before getting married and apply as a fiance status?
2. He cant get the paperwork to travel... so should I go there to fulfill the requirements? Which might be financially impossible at this particular juncture.
3. If I can manage to travel to India (which would be going against my family's wishes and may be dangerous as a female traveling alone) Should we marry there and apply as a married couple? Would that help our chances?
4. Our initial idea was to have him come here as a visitor, marry, then apply as a married couple. However I have read that that is not a good idea. Can I get confirmation of that?
Any additional information which you can supply me with is GREATLY appreciated as I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at this moment. I never thought simply wanting to be married to the man I love would be so complected! But he is worth is.