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Hello,
My wife has been coming to see me on tourist visa before we got married. At one point we decided that we're going to start the adjustment of status process instead of applying for K-1 visa so that we can wait for the decision while she's here with me.
I understand that this was not the best idea from a legal point of view because of the whole 30/60 rule and preconceived intent. We started the process long after 60 days but the preconceived intent was still there.
We wrote up an elaborate story to conceal the fact that we had intimate relations prior to her coming here on the tourist visa and that our idea to marry was spontaneous rather than planned out in advance.
We just found out our interview has been scheduled and my wife is worried that we may slip up in some way while explaining ourselves.
The thing is, she met a girl at school who was in the same situation and she was not worried at all. She did not try to conceal the fact that she came here to marry on a tourist visa and she has received her green card without issues.
It keeps me wondering if our elaborate story is worth sticking to at all. Wouldn't it be better to be just straight up with the interviewer?
Has anyone here been in a similar situation?
Thanks
My wife has been coming to see me on tourist visa before we got married. At one point we decided that we're going to start the adjustment of status process instead of applying for K-1 visa so that we can wait for the decision while she's here with me.
I understand that this was not the best idea from a legal point of view because of the whole 30/60 rule and preconceived intent. We started the process long after 60 days but the preconceived intent was still there.
We wrote up an elaborate story to conceal the fact that we had intimate relations prior to her coming here on the tourist visa and that our idea to marry was spontaneous rather than planned out in advance.
We just found out our interview has been scheduled and my wife is worried that we may slip up in some way while explaining ourselves.
The thing is, she met a girl at school who was in the same situation and she was not worried at all. She did not try to conceal the fact that she came here to marry on a tourist visa and she has received her green card without issues.
It keeps me wondering if our elaborate story is worth sticking to at all. Wouldn't it be better to be just straight up with the interviewer?
Has anyone here been in a similar situation?
Thanks
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