Posts by britt84

britt84

10 Aug 2008

USA, Canada / American Woman & Polish Man Want to Get Married-Advice for Getting to USA [16]

Cleo14,
Thank you so much for your response! Wow- I feel like we get conflicting information- our heads are spinning with all we've read about getting married in the USA!

We have been thinking about the Fiance Visa, but right now I am living in Poland. To apply for a Fiance Visa I (the US citizen) would need to file it in the USA....and then my fiance would have to wait over here in Poland. I guess the main thing is that we want to be together! We started out doing long-distance in the beginning and we don't want to do that again....

I am curious- do you know how much the Fiance Visa costs? I've heard it's quite expensive.
At this point, we are scared about trying for a Tourist Visa because he could be denied....and then would that hurt our chances of getting a Fiance Visa? Or even a J-1 Visa?

(And thank you- wherever and whenever we have our wedding I, too, hope it will be beautiful)

britt84

10 Aug 2008

USA, Canada / American Woman & Polish Man Want to Get Married-Advice for Getting to USA [16]

Hi everyone. I'm fairly new to Polish Forums but I wanted to get right out there and ask some questions. So here's my story---My fiance is Polish and I'm American and we've been engaged since New Year's 2008. Three months after we got engaged, I moved to Poland so that we could be together (My fiance was still in school and I was interested in teaching English).

Anyways it's August now and it's been 5 months since I moved here, and now we BOTH want to go back to the USA. My fiance just graduated from college so he is interested in working in the USA. Also...we want to get married in the USA, but we are not sure of the best/most painless way to get back to the USA. I have heard lots of things about getting a tourist visa and then just getting married in the USA, but it sounds like the US doesn't like it when you do that....

My Question---If you were in our position, do you think it would be better for my fiance to try for a tourist visa or to try and get a J-1 work visa? (Oh and keep in mind that he applied for a tourist visa a year & 1/2 ago and was unfortunately denied...)

If the tourist visa is in face the best way...What should he do at the tourist visa interview that will ensure that he gets one? And does it really take 2 years to get a green card if you get married on a tourist visa??

Thank you so much in advance for any information/advice/experience! :)
-britt84