We speak different languages

[tkarig]

Does the fact that my fiancée and I speak different languages automatically disqualify her from getting a K1 fiancée visa? She speaks Spanish and I speak English. We both speak some of each other's language but are not fluent.

I took Spanish as a foreign language in High School so I speak some, but that was 27 years ago. A lot of the language is coming back, but my vocabulary is limited. I work on this every day... She is studying English on her own, but I have been sending her daughter to English classes for four months now and she is doing very well. I have visited her twice and though there were difficulties communicating at times, we were able to manage through the help of a pocket translator.

I just need to know if we should hold off sending in our K1 packet until we are more fluent in each other's languages. Are we risking an automatic rejection in the interview process?

Thank you,
T

[Sydfan]

I am sure that the majority of the people that file K-1's from countries other than England speak different languages than their fiancees.

I speak English and my fiancee speaks spanish, and we got our K-1 approved in 4 months, no problems, no questions... You just have to show that you have a relationship.

If you want your fiancee with you, file as soon as you can, there is no reason to hold off.

[tkarig]

Thank you, we're not waiting. I was just checking if anyone else has had any issues with a rejected K-1 visa application, based solely on language differences.

[Russell]

My fiancee (now wife) did not speak very much english when we met and we made it throught the k-1 just fine.

Bring a translator to the green card interview when you get to that stage.

[tkarig]

Russell thank you for this information. Does the translator have to be a professional translator or can we use her brother or another family member who speaks English and Spanish.

Thanks again,
T

[tkarig]

I just read that even the addresses on form G-325A must be translated. I find this odd because if they're going to check residency wouldn't they need the actual address in that country? i.e. Bloque # (Block #), Casa # (House #), etc.

Thank you,
T

[Russell]

At the K-1 VISA interview, it was done in my wife's native country and the interviewer spoke her native language.

For our first green card interview, we did not bring a translator. We could not find someone that could take the day off of work and my wife insisted that we did not need to pay anyone to translate. We had a few rough spots in our interview but we were not suspected of fraud and the interviewer let me use the electronic translator for two words that she was not familar with ( comunist and spy ).

I saw other couples at the interview bring relatives as witnesses and some of them talked to the interviewer before going in that they would also be translating.

[tkarig]

LOL Thanks again Russell, I'll be sure my wife knows those two words.

[Bernie31]

At the K-1 VISA interview, it was done in my wife's native country and the interviewer spoke her native language.

Ditto here and my wife handled most of the questions in English with ease but if she did even hesitate for a second, the interviewer switched to my wife's native tongue and all was smooth sailing. At that point we had both I-130 and I-129F approved. This was at her K3 visa interview.