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  1. #1
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    Default What Happens to a Minor on a K2 Visa if the Parent's Status is Not Adjusted

    Hi everyone,

    I am new here and not sure if this is the correct forum for this post but will put it out here and see where it goes.


    I will try not to be too lengthy but the short of it is this..... I am a USC and I brought my wife and her son over here on a K1/K2 Visa earlier this year and we were married within the 90 day window. Since then things have become extremely difficult in the marriage and I feel that the best thing to do is to divorce as much as I hate to say. My wife and I have talked a lot about our relationship, I have sought counsel from my pastors and friends and family and nothing is improving. Our AOS interview is coming up next month and I really don't feel comfortable going into it with things the way they are.

    My wife has a 17 yo son from a previous marriage who came over on the K2 visa, (we have no kids together) and he is a senior in our public school system. I am reluctant to move forward with the AOS process but I honestly feel bad because if I do withdraw my application for her and her son and divorce then I am assuming he will need to leave the school system mid-year.

    I was wondering is, there any way for him to stay here with a "host family", provided I can coordinate one, and finish out his senior year in school before he must go back?

    I am fairly stressed about this whole situation as I never wanted things to go like this but unfortunately they have and I am trying to make the best out a not so good situation. Or should I just quit trying to be nice and rip the band-aide off so to speak?

    Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    C

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    Default Re: K1 Visa and High School Student

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    Hi everyone,

    I am new here and not sure if this is the correct forum for this post but will put it out here and see where it goes.


    I will try not to be too lengthy but the short of it is this..... I am a USC and I brought my wife and her son over here on a K1/K2 Visa earlier this year and we were married within the 90 day window. Since then things have become extremely difficult in the marriage and I feel that the best thing to do is to divorce as much as I hate to say. My wife and I have talked a lot about our relationship, I have sought counsel from my pastors and friends and family and nothing is improving. Our AOS interview is coming up next month and I really don't feel comfortable going into it with things the way they are.

    My wife has a 17 yo son from a previous marriage who came over on the K2 visa, (we have no kids together) and he is a senior in our public school system. I am reluctant to move forward with the AOS process but I honestly feel bad because if I do withdraw my application for her and her son and divorce then I am assuming he will need to leave the school system mid-year.

    I was wondering is, there any way for him to stay here with a "host family", provided I can coordinate one, and finish out his senior year in school before he must go back?

    I am fairly stressed about this whole situation as I never wanted things to go like this but unfortunately they have and I am trying to make the best out a not so good situation. Or should I just quit trying to be nice and rip the band-aide off so to speak?

    Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

    C
    Do you believe that your wife was sincere in the marriage and that the only reason why it is falling apart is that the two of you are not compatible? Or do you believe other things?

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    Default Re: K1 Visa and High School Student

    Hi,

    I want to believe she has been sincere.....we both made significant financial contributions to her coming over among other things. There some warning signs before she came that I didn't give as much credence to as I realize now that I should have....Mainly personality issues. I think now that her son is in school here that she may be motivated to do what ever it takes to keep him here, but that is just my opinion.

    Another interesting thing now that I am thinking of it....She has another son, 24 yo back in her country, who runs an IT business and travels to the U.S. occasionally on a B1/B2 Visa for business. He is a good guy and I like him but almost immediately after we received the notice for the AOS interview, my wife started asking me if I could find all the forms that her older son would need to come to the U.S. permanently and send them to him. I don't want to be naive or be over cautious but I find that timing rather interesting.

    C

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    Default Re: K1 Visa and High School Student

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    Hi,

    I want to believe she has been sincere.....we both made significant financial contributions to her coming over among other things. There some warning signs before she came that I didn't give as much credence to as I realize now that I should have....Mainly personality issues. I think now that her son is in school here that she may be motivated to do what ever it takes to keep him here, but that is just my opinion.

    Another interesting thing now that I am thinking of it....She has another son, 24 yo back in her country, who runs an IT business and travels to the U.S. occasionally on a B1/B2 Visa for business. He is a good guy and I like him but almost immediately after we received the notice for the AOS interview, my wife started asking me if I could find all the forms that her older son would need to come to the U.S. permanently and send them to him. I don't want to be naive or be over cautious but I find that timing rather interesting.

    C
    I don't find that timing particularly interesting. Most people would like to have their children all residing in the same country. That's normal human nature.

    Have you tried professional marriage counseling? The two of you are dealing with not only a marriage but cultural issues as well. It sounds to me like you both entered into a bonified marriage and if you give it the time a marriage should deserve, that would eliminate the problem with her younger son. Yes, I realize that you don't want to go into the AOS interview with doubts, but professional counseling might help you understand whether those doubts are real or not.

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    Default Re: K1 Visa and High School Student

    Hi and thanks for your advice.

    I really never suspected that she had ulterior motives but if I had to pick something then the timing of her older son was the only thing I might have thought unusual.

    The real problems arise from some fairly intense personality conflicts and some heavy baggage left over from her previous marriage. I saw this start to show before she came over here and me being the easygoing guy thought that she was just nervous and everything would work out fine...When in reality it became more intense.

    I completely understand and accept that she has come from a different culture, different language, and a different upbringing....That doesn't even count the gender differences. She can be very playful and loving yet switch in a moment to a very controlling and competitive person. Don't get me wrong....I was not looking for a "yes sir" stay at home wife.

    If I went to another country to live....I would want to know how to say things the right way (she speaks British English, taught to her by Romanians and Russians!..Oh and she is Moldovan)...I would want to know about customs, proper ways to do things in life..how to fit in to my culture at least a bit....but that is not the case here. Almost every time I try to explain how something is done here or the correct way to say something it starts an argument about how I don't know my own language or the procedure that I am showing her must be wrong because that is not the way she did it in her country. Then of course there is the fear of how her ex treated her and that affects many parts of our life.

    I am sorry but I am rambling.....

    So the jury is still out on what I am going to do but...I am still curious if her son could finish out his Senior year if I stopped the process now.

    Thanks again!

    Regards,
    C

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