Long Distance and marraige

[cmn0548]

Me and my gf are plannin to get married and she is a US citizen, I am not. Everything was going good, when we hit a little roadblock.

We both work in texas (big city) and thats how we met. But she wants to goto school and get a 2 year degree and I was okay with that. BUT she got an offer of a full scholarship in a university in Nevada.

I don't want to put her plans on hold because of me. I want what is best for her, and I come second. Would our marraige work (we know it will work personally) for immigration purposes?

If my wife lives in another state and goes to school there solely because they offered a scholarship, and I continue to work in Texas and support her would it cause problems in paperwork/interviews/other immigration based factors for marraige based green cards?

Thanks for the space, we are so confused!

 

[austriacus]

cmn0548, living together is certainly something that the USCIS would like to see when evaluating a good faith marriage. However, not all people in good faith marriages always live together, so it's not a disqualifying reason, you just have a little tougher burden of proof of a shared life.

My wife and I met in a little Texas city and now she lives and works in a big Texas city. She too will be starting a two year program there and I work here in my little Texas city now and continue my education as well. We included an explanatory letter of our current living situation with our original submission. I suppose it helped that we lived together for about two years before she moved to the big Texas city. We also pointed out that we visit each other regularly on weekends in the explanation, that we work in specialty jobs that are not easy to find in another location, and that we of course intend to live together at some point in the future. I'm sure you'll be able to produce some travel documentation and many phone call (or other) records of how you keep in touch. Do you already have substantial proof of shared life from the past?

 

[cmn0548]

Thank you austriacus,
No we have not been married yet, thats the thing. So we have not lived together as of yet. She just found out that she got this scholarship. I will support her, working in texas. So since I have no past 'living with her' records, I am weary that this long distance thing will work for immigration purposes.

We have talked to each other about this and is confused, however you did clear up some points. I assume we have to show more proof of various things such as joint bank accounts in both cities, me paying for her school, etc.

Would there be a list of documents regarding proof that we are genuinely with each other (on a website somewhere maybe) that I can go by so me and her can go over this and talk it out with each other and decide what is best?