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    Arrow Which Visa Would Be Best?

    Hi;

    Last March, I tried to bring my girlfriend over from England to stay with me
    here in Texas. She was stopped and questioned at the port of entry, and
    refused entry, mainly because she could not demonstrate that she had no
    intent to immigrate. She is/was a student, and she has always lived with
    her parents. She has never been employed, and does not own much in
    the way of possessions (she doesn't own a car).

    We have made a Congressional Inquiry on this, but it didn't get us anywhere.

    She has been removed from the Visa Waiver Program, so she will need a
    visa to come here. We have contemplated getting a fiancee visa, but we
    understand that it is expensive to get, and takes a long time to get it. Also,
    once she is here, we have 90 days in which to get married, or she goes
    back to England. That doesn't give us much time together.

    We have contemplated getting a student visa, as she wants to continue
    with her education, and it would give us a few years before we have to
    decide if marriage is the right thing for us to do - and also for her to
    decide if she can tolerate living in my life-situation. We also understand
    that the student visa is a non-immigrant visa, and that we have the
    problem of proving that she has no intent to immigrate.

    Are there any other kinds of visas that we could use for her to come
    over here on and spend (perhaps) a few years with me?

    (We would like to have more than 90 days in which to come to a decision
    on something as major as marriage.)

    Could we possibly get a visitors visa, and apply for the fiancee visa
    in the meantime?

    Is there anyone with the State Department that I can contact on this matter?
    (I never could find an email address on their website.)

    ... or an email address for someone at the U. S. Consulate in London?

    If it should come to that, what is the quickest way to get a fiancee visa?

    (I understand that it can take as long as 6 months to get.)


    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Which Visa Would Be Best?

    There's not a "I want to bring my girlfriend into the country for a few years to see if we're compatible, in which case we may eventually get married" visa. Also, as you know, a fiancée visa would give her three months to marry you or return home. If you're not going to marry within that time, and it will take years before you know if you want to marry, how does that help?

    What exactly happened last time? Young people visit the U.S. all the time. Was it pretty clear from the stuff she had with her that she intended to move to the U.S.?

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    Default Re: Which Visa Would Be Best?

    Hi Mr. Knowitall;


    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    There's not a "I want to bring my girlfriend into the country for a few years to see if we're compatible, in which case we may eventually get married" visa.
    Awww - shucks.

    Bummer.


    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    Also, as you know, a fiancée visa would give her three months to marry you or return home. If you're not going to marry within that time, and it will take years before you know if you want to marry, how does that help?
    She doesn't really know what she wants to do with her life. She has
    little idea as to what she wants to do in the way of a career. She is
    hoping to attend a college here, take some base-level courses, then
    come to some sort of a decision.

    FYI: The universities in the UK are not "liberal arts" institutions. You have
    to make a choice before entry, then you're stuck with it until graduation.

    Also, living life here with me is going to be something FAR different from
    what she is accustomed to, and it's going to take her some time to adapt
    - there's a huge difference between life in the UK, and life in South Texas.

    Besides that, there are things that I need to resolve with regards to my
    own career, and it could take me several months to do that. Our
    relationship has been ongoing for two years now, and she has finished
    sixth-form college, so it is well past time for us to move forward.


    Quote Quoting Mr. Knowitall
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    What exactly happened last time? Young people visit the U.S. all the time. Was it pretty clear from the stuff she had with her that she intended to move to the U.S.?
    She was not in possession of very much cash, and no credit card, so she
    could not support herself for the duration of her visit (I was going to take
    care of everything). Also, she was/is unemployed, doesn't own any
    property, so she could not prove that she has "ties" to her country of origin.


    Thanks!

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