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Topic1 getting married to a J-1 Visa holder

getting married to a J-1 Visa holder

My ex-wife and I are seperated and the divorce will be finished soon.
Just before we split up late last year my ex and I got an aupair from Colombia to help us with our kids. She is here on a 1 year J-1 visa.
Recently I have fallen in love with her and Im thinking about getting married to her. She can extend the J-1 visa for an additional year so I think this gives us plenty of time to know each other better and possibly getting married next year.

My questions/worries:
- Would they look at this as immigration fraud if we are already talking about marriage but she extends her J-1 ?
- Is this going to be a difficult case? I mean I (together with my ex) was the one to bring her to this county. Now if I marry her is going to cause problems or look fishy?

Thanks

Are you a US citizen? Or at least a permanent resident? Did you gain your green card through being married to your soon-to-be ex-wife? If yes, how long ago did you obtain your green card?

Were the children born to both you and your soon-to-be-ex? Are you also from Colombia?

Your answers to the above questions will affect if and when you can sponsor that new girl, and whether a marriage to her would invite extra suspicion.

Im a U.S. citizen. I came to the U.S. in 2000 due to marriage to my soon ex. I got a green card in 2001, I naturalized 2 years ago. My ex and I were married over 10 years. Im not from Colombia, Im from Europe.
Yes, the children are born to my ex and I.

Im a U.S. citizen. I came to the U.S. in 2000 due to marriage to my soon ex. I got a green card in 2001, I naturalized 2 years ago. My ex and I were married over 10 years. Im not from Colombia, Im from Europe.
Yes, the children are born to my ex and I.
I admire your ability to move forward so quickly to a new love. What this hot nanny the reason for the end in your marriage of 10 years? You can help her get her J1 visa extended to continue to be a dual nanny (kids and you...lol) and see if you can work things out in the short-term with your ex-wife. It might be a good idea to wait for about a year before you enter into another marital union, once you have been bitten by a marriage bug, you never want to be alone, but the marriage bug can detrimental to discovery of self. On the immigration side, be prepared for a war with USCIS, primarily because you came here on the basis of marriage to another woman, but now, you will be the sponsor of the woman. I believe there is a waiting period before you can petition an immigrant, and will search for it and put it up.

Jack or Bob can you please put it up. I know we have it someone on this forum.

 
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