If my girlfriend is from Peru, can we marry the next time she visits with her travel visa and can she stay once we get married?
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If my girlfriend is from Peru, can we marry the next time she visits with her travel visa and can she stay once we get married?
We have known each other for a year and she has visited me once on a travel visa. I am visiting her this Christmas and she wants to move to the US and get married to me in early next. Can I marry her the next time she comes over and keep her in the US? I heard the fiance visa is a long process with no guarantees.
Asked on July 19, 2012 under Immigration Law, New York
Answers:
Harun Kazmi / Kazmi and Sakata Attorneys at Law
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Yes, you can process in the US, if you come with the intent of a tourist. If you enter with preconceived intent to file for your green card, you may be refused entry or ultimately denied based on your fraudulent entry. Therefore, you must handle your process carefully and within the bounds of discretion.
However, is she comes as a normal tourist, you can file for her case here after you propose after her entry.
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