Didi

Hello,

I have a very precise question. I have been in a relationship with an
American man for 3 years. Now we decided to get married to be
together. I am French and he is in Rhode Island. If he files for
fiance visa now, I heard that it would take about 6 months until I can
get the approval, which means that I will be approved in June. But my
brother in France is getting married mid August and I want to be there
for his wedding.
Do you think it will be possible? I don't have the timeline for
everything, so I am really worried I will miss it. Can anyone share
their experience?

I thought if I get approved in June, maybe I can get married right
away and then fly back to France. Or maybe I can wait a little to go
to the US to get married after I am approved.....please help me!!

ty

Whistlestop01

Originally posted by Didi

    > Hello,


    > I have a very precise question. I have been in a relationship with an

    > American man for 3 years. Now we decided to get married to be

    > together. I am French and he is in Rhode Island. If he files for

    > fiance visa now, I heard that it would take about 6 months until I can

    > get the approval, which means that I will be approved in June. But my

    > brother in France is getting married mid August and I want to be there

    > for his wedding.

    > Do you think it will be possible? I don't have the timeline for

    > everything, so I am really worried I will miss it. Can anyone share

    > their experience?


    > I thought if I get approved in June, maybe I can get married right

    > away and then fly back to France. Or maybe I can wait a little to go

    > to the US to get married after I am approved.....please help me!!


    > ty



Don't panic!!!! From what i heard, when you get final approval for your
visa you have 6 months to enter the States. Tho if you do go before
your brothers wedding you must get an Advanced Parole document otherwise
they won't allow you to re-enter the States (to get this document you
must first marry). Correct me if I am wrong guys!!!

Sibsie

Originally posted by whistlestop01

Correct me if I am wrong guys!!! No my fellow soon to be
Bostonian. You're right. The K1 gives you 6 months to enter.

Dcmark

Originally posted by whistlestop01

    > Don't panic!!!! From what i heard, when you get final approval for
    > your visa you have 6 months to enter the States. Tho if you do go
    > before your brothers wedding you must get an Advanced Parole document
    > otherwise they won't allow you to re-enter the States (to get this
    > document you must first marry). Correct me if I am wrong guys!!!
    >



Be careful assuming you can get the advanced parole, and if you get it,
that it will arrive in time. If we are talking a few months here, I
would just stay until the wedding is over. That is much easier.



Are you not going to get married in France. Don't forget to apply for
you Livret de Familie at the French consulate in the US or you will have
troubles later on if you want to live in France, kids, etc.

Bob Austin

Originally posted by DCMark

    > Be careful assuming you can get the advanced parole, and if you get
    > it, that it will arrive in time. If we are talking a few months here,
    > I would just stay until the wedding is over. That is much easier.


    > Are you not going to get married in France. Don't forget to apply for
    > you Livret de Familie at the French consulate in the US or you will
    > have troubles later on if you want to live in France, kids, etc.
    >





that is food for thought

Sunflwrgrl13

Originally posted by Didi

    > Hello,


    > I have a very precise question. I have been in a relationship with an

    > American man for 3 years. Now we decided to get married to be

    > together. I am French and he is in Rhode Island. If he files for

    > fiance visa now, I heard that it would take about 6 months until I can

    > get the approval, which means that I will be approved in June. But my

    > brother in France is getting married mid August and I want to be there

    > for his wedding.

    > Do you think it will be possible? I don't have the timeline for

    > everything, so I am really worried I will miss it. Can anyone share

    > their experience?


    > I thought if I get approved in June, maybe I can get married right

    > away and then fly back to France. Or maybe I can wait a little to go

    > to the US to get married after I am approved.....please help me!!


    > ty



Didi, for Rhode Island, the service center your fiance will send the
petition off to is the Vermont Serv Center. It should be approved there
within 2-3 months. And then I'd say it'll take at least another 2 months
to get your interview at the US French consulate. This is just a rough
guess, no one ever knows just how fast or slow processing will be. But
as others said, the visa is good for 6 months.



After marriage here, you must apply for what's called Advance Parole
before leaving the US. You apply for this usually at the same time as
you file the I-485 forms to adjust your status. If you leave without
Advance Parole being approved, then when you try to enter the
country, you will be denied and sent back to France. There you would
have to wait for your husband to apply for a K3 visa to get you back
into the country.



It is generally taking about 2-3 months to process Advance Parole (from
what I've seen at most centers) so even if you get married in June, you
more than likely won't have your Advance Parole documents before your
brother's wedding. Thus, you would be better off waiting til after your
bro's wedding to enter the US, if you do not want to chance being
separated from your new hubby for several months.



This is a concern for us as well, since my fiance's sister is getting
married next October, and I want him to be able to attend it, so we are
going to apply for the AP and hope it comes through in time. If it
doesn't, I don't think we'll go.



Cheers,

Jamie