Did I mess up finance vrs souse

[krf]

Qs:

I recently got married in Equatorial Guinea. My intentions was to married in the USA after applying for a k1 fiance visa but she wanted to married in her home country. Now that we are married will it take longer to get her to enter the USA under the immigration process?

Do I need to file I130s for each child ( she has children that are not mine all under 18 ) & at the time that I submit the I130 for her?

Legally, can she come to the USA on her tourist visa & wait for the I130 approval? She can travel to Mexico and back to show multipe departures and re-entries and to avoid extending her stay in the USA under the tourist visa.

help, I read numerous information on K1/2 and K3/4 and it's still confusing on what the process really is. I would like to heard what others have done under the same situation as mine.


KRF

[krf]

Anybody care to comment? Should I have awaited for a k1 and just have married here in country? On the side now, are any married done outside of the USA not approved as a valid marriage?

[inadmissible]

K3/K4 visas for spouses have not been issued since February 2010. This class of nonimmigrant visas were created to help alien spouses travel to and live in the United States sooner than consulates could issue proper immigrant visas. Since then, immigrant visa processing times have improved significantly, rendering this class of visas moot.

That said, in some places the fiancee visa process is quicker than immigrant visas for spouses. How much quicker? I don't know, and I don't think it is worth worrying about because what is done is already done.

At the end, you have to give your girl her dream wedding, and if for her that dream wedding was in Guinea not the United States, then the spousal process is the way to go.

Some marriages - conducted abroad or under the laws of the United States - are not recognized by United States authorities. These cases seem to fall into two groups, the first where the marriage is not legally valid, and the second where the marriages are mala fide - entered into bad faith.

Some couples present marriage certificates that are purportedly issued by civil authorities, but after inquiry and research is determined to be falsified or counterfeit. Some couples enter into marriages despite not being legally free to marry, typically because they had not properly divorced their prior spouse. Some couples enter into marriages that are invalid under the laws under which they are conducted, such as when a party is underaged or when the parties are related in some improper manner.

The standard for good faith marriages is typically very low: that the parties intend to create a life together, and that they are not getting married for the sole purpose of obtaining immigration benefits. Most mixed-citizenship couples gets married for the incidental immigration benefits, and that is fine, as long as immigration benefits is not the sole purpose of getting married.

[krf]

K3/K4 visas for spouses have not been issued since February 2010. This class of nonimmigrant visas were created to help alien spouses travel to and live in the United States sooner than consulates could issue proper immigrant visas. Since then, immigrant visa processing times have improved significantly, rendering this class of visas moot.

That said, in some places the fiancee visa process is quicker than immigrant visas for spouses. How much quicker? I don't know, and I don't think it is worth worrying about because what is done is already done.

At the end, you have to give your girl her dream wedding, and if for her that dream wedding was in Guinea not the United States, then the spousal process is the way to go.

Some marriages - conducted abroad or under the laws of the United States - are not recognized by United States authorities. These cases seem to fall into two groups, the first where the marriage is not legally valid, and the second where the marriages are mala fide - entered into bad faith.

Some couples present marriage certificates that are purportedly issued by civil authorities, but after inquiry and research is determined to be falsified or counterfeit. Some couples enter into marriages despite not being legally free to marry, typically because they had not properly divorced their prior spouse. Some couples enter into marriages that are invalid under the laws under which they are conducted, such as when a party is underaged or when the parties are related in some improper manner.

The standard for good faith marriages is typically very low: that the parties intend to create a life together, and that they are not getting married for the sole purpose of obtaining immigration benefits. Most mixed-citizenship couples gets married for the incidental immigration benefits, and that is fine, as long as immigration benefits is not the sole purpose of getting married.

So if i married outside of the USA, do I need to apply for spousal visa or finance and just re-married within the USA?

I have my civil marriage certificate and now getting it translated in English ( Guinea Ecquatorial is spanish official language ).I was really looking for past guides to show how I can start this before I return to the USA & for what visa type to apply under.


krf