> Hey all,
>
> Here's our story. I'll make it short.
>
> I met the person who is today my wife 3 years ago on my first-ever vi-
> sit to the US. For almost a year we had a long distance relationship
> as I continued my business travels in South America and Europe. On Jan
> 2003 I came to the US and things happened.. and we happened to start
> living together until today! (Joint-rentals, joint car insurances, bi-
> lls, etc.) I never overstayed my I-94, as I kept coming in and out (*-
> ALWAYS* stating that I am here to visit my US Citizen girlfriend. Nev-
> er ever stated anything else and they didn't seem to have a problem
> with that).
>
> My last entry to the US was on July of last year, more than a year ago
> (during this time I applied for extension of stay... not really impor-
> tant right now).
>
> We got married last month in the US.
>
> I know the law says you are not to enter the US with the intentions to
> marry a US person. The thing is, last year when I entered the US for
> the last time - I absolutely didn't think we will end up getting marr-
> ied! Really! We were just having fun but didn't know it will end up
> being THIS serious :) SO, what happens next?
>
> Do I need to leave the country and go through the K-3 process? Or sh-
> ould we just file the I-130 petition and I-485 already and get it ov-
> er with?
>
> Did I break the law by marrying my wife? Will I need to prove that I
> had no intentions to marry her upon my last entry to the US (again -
> more than a year ago!)?
>
> Any comment/suggestion will be appreciated and helpful to us.
>
> Thanks!
>
> AZ-GUY :-)
i dont really have too much advice as i am pretty much going through so-
mething very very similar (husband came over from england for second vi-
sit and we married,though it was thought hed go to uni in england in se-
ptember...but we ended up getting married here instead and he stayed...)
we're working through it all right now and theres been some confusion
with all our paperwork and whatnot,but i believe that most likely they
wont make you leave....its good youre looking for info here now..id sug-
gest one suggested to me as well,visajourney.com...my only advice i can
give right now (since im working through all this myself and havent got
it ALL straight yet..) is not to worry TOO much about being deported..(-
easier said than done i know..) and to learn as much as you can..ive had
many people here talk of getting really good lawyers and that can always
help because you have someone to help you...plus id call the office you-
re going through with any questions you have and to check how things are
moving along,too....best of luck to you and may god bless,im so happy to
hear of you and your wife being married and together,being apart is hor-
rible and its always nice to be with your soulmate..youll probably get
loads more help here than i can ever provide but i did want to take the
time to say it will probably all be okay and that i understand,as do so
many,how youre feeling...youre certainly not alone in any of this...thi-
nking of you and your wife..-from M (plus husband J & family)
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