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The K1 visa seems to be the best option; It seems like it will require less time and we will have a license here in the US. I can see that as being helpful in the future. Would it be advantageous to plan for another trip to China when she receives a date for the interview? I could plan for a banquet then and maybe attend the interview with her afterwards (If I am allowed).

K-1 can be filed now, since they have already met. To apply for a visa based on marriage, he would have to first travel there again and get married. Then he could apply for CR-1 (by filing the I-130), and, when he gets the I-797C NOA1 receipt, he could file for K-3. Rather than worrying about a denial, you are better off getting your evidence together yes agreed, but if they intend to marry this year as stated in OP, then K-1 would become invalid, remember processing times are 10- 11 months now. Welcome to CFL. Quick question what are your ages, because in China you have to be a certain age to be able to marry in the first place. I can not think of the age requirements because I am well beyond it and so is Ada the beautiful lady I will be marrying in May if I can get back then. She is 23 and I am 27. A quick question for anyone... if it is certain that we wish to marry, then we cannot get a K1 and marry in the US?

Oh goodness. Two weeks ago, I just returned from a 17 day trip in China. I met my girlfriend for the first time in Beijing. Later we flew to Chengdu and took the train to Nanchong to meet her parents. It all started back in July when we located eachother online through a dating site. We are both college students and I work full time. After talking for a few months we decided to meet in January (because I would have more vacation to come see her). And now I know what true love is and how fulfilling it is. It breaks my heart everyday that I cannot be with her; being almost as far away on earth as one person can possibly be from another. (That Richard Marx song comes to mind). We have decided to marry this year. It is really amazing where the love of a lifetime can show up. After having done some research on Visa's, strangely enough, it seems easier for me to move to China than for her to move to the USA. It's crazy because of the ideals America was founded on.. But I digress. We still think it would be easier to earn a living here in America. So I have decided to start the VISA process and have almost finished filling out our K1. But a question comes to mind -- Would it be easier for me to go there and marry her and apply for a K3 VISA? It would break our hearts if she were turned down. Is the chance for denial less with a K3? Oh.. if you have anymore questions about the trip, I just love to talk about it with anyone. GOSH I miss Chengdu.