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Quick question, once she has the K3 visa and we're waiting for the I-130 to process, can she leave and enter the country as much as she wants?

After talking it over with her, we're going to do exactly this. Thanks so much!

Thanks guys. Yeah, I would never have her overstay her tourist visa. I just figured a part of it would be completed during the 8 months that she's here... but I guess it doesn't work that way.

I've been married to my SO for over a year and a half but she couldn't move here yet due to family/work commitments. She's visited a half dozen times on tourist visas, though. She finally finished everything and was ready to move here for good and we were looking at starting the paperwork for her K visa, however, since she still had 8 months or so left on her tourist visa, I told her to just fly over and we'll just start on the next step. She arrived last week but now I'm sort of lost on what exactly that next step is. I was reading up on the "adjustment of status" but I think that's for K visas? Can anyone point me in the right direction? I hope I didn't make a mistake by having her come here... I apologize if this is a very common question, I've searched the forum a little for something similar but had no luck.

@dnoblett Thanks! This is what I was thinking as well. I didn't know about the POE issues but I'll make sure to prep her in advance. Wish me luck on getting her a tourist visa! Thanks again. @2mike&jin From what I've spoken to her about the program, it sounds like it was influenced by a Russian "send students abroad to learn other cultures and bring them back to apply what they've experienced" sort of thing that existed many years ago. She's from a more rural region and it was more of a provincial program. They tried it for a few years and have since bailed on it, as it's not being done any more but it sounds like they're still serious about completing the obligation else losing your collateral. The program seems CCP influenced, since the terms were taken from a Russian program, but it was open to the general public and the "work" she is obligated to do can be with any company, as long as it's in her field of study. All of the paperwork I've seen so far indicates that she's clear and free to come here after she's worked for a few more years.

Thanks for the reply, I didn't know about the 2 year marriage abroad thing. How interesting! Your information was a great help. The only part I'm hazy on is should we tell the Embassy what we're planning on doing when she comes here (and prove that she's going back) when we apply for the tourist visa or should we keep the application completely "tourist" based, as far as they know?

I have a fiance in China and she went through this government program where they give her an education abroad in exchange for 5 years of service when she returns. She had to sign her parents house as collateral for the deal. She's 2 years into her service and she intends on finishing the next 3 years there. I've already flown out to visit her twice (and even live with her for 2 months) but I have work obligations here that prevent me from seeing her again for over a year. So, I want her to come here (Phoenix, AZ) for a quick 3 week vacation so we can get married then have her go back to continue her obligation and we can look at planning the next few years down the road. Now, my question: What are her chances of getting a tourist visa to visit me if we provide proof of this obligation, two way plane ticket, proof of her great job there, etc? Should we even mention that we're engaged? PS. I know I can bring her over on a K-1 visa but doing all of that paper work and have her come here for 3 weeks then go back and have to do it again later seems pretty silly. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

That's a good topic. I'm a city boy at heart and she's a city girl, so we'll definitely try to live in a loft/condo downtown at some point, so there's really no habitual culture change for her. I am very interested in how an SO growing in densely populated cities will adjust to a ranch or a large piece of land away from the city. Keep me posted.

It sounds as though she thinks you own your own home, Travis. Are you sure that she fully understands the western system of borrowing and trust deeds etc? Good luck little brother. I do have a home, hehe, in a western sense of the word (aka. Making payments until I'm 60!). I forgot about deeds, doh, that's probably what she's talking about. Thanks Dennis! You da man!

Thanks for checking my list everyone. i feel much better about sending this out now. Oops, I forgot to mention W-2s. I'll grab those. Also, my SO mentioned that I should send a copy of my "house ownership certificate". I have no idea what that is. I guess that is only necessary if you enter your house equity as an asset on the Support form, right?

Thanks Mike and Dave. I'll add those to my list. I have no "ex" issues, so I guess I'm set. Thanks again!

how did you get your i-134 notorized?.....did you just fill it out and have a notary public notorize it? what about tax returns...statement from bank and employers etc?....do you need to present those to the notary public to get your i-134 notorized? let me know how you did it..thank you andy For the i-134, exactly. i have no idea if I am supposed to notarize the tax statements. Seems strange to do that, since they're already signed and processed a while ago. What is the notary supposed to be verifying on the tax statements?

Hey guys, I did several searches to figure out the contents that I should be sending to my SO now that we have the P3. I saw read several postings, but they had more specific questions about co-sponsors and pertaining to marriage P-3s, which may or may not be different than K-1 P-3s?. I'm wondering what, completely, does a non-cosponsor Western fiance need to send the foreign SO after the P-3 is received. Here's the list I devised based on reading some online help items, the affidavit of support instructions, having my SO email me images of her P-3 packet, etc. This is what I'm compiling to send her thus far. PLEASE let me know if I'm wrong on anything or am missing something important. - Affidavit of Support - completed and notarized - Employer Letter showing status, salary, start date and job title (company letter head, signed by employer) - Copies of last 3 tax returns (notarized? I am getting mixed info) - Bank Statement showing account open date, present balance and yearly deposit total - New "Intent to Marry" letter (newly dated and signed) - 3 recent pay stubs - New proof of ongoing relationship (recent photos, phone bills, emails, letters, etc) - The original K-1 package.

My SO's family cook their meals almost exclusively on an electric wok like the one you bought. She said that stove-top woks can't seem to get hot enough for her family. In my mind, it's a good purchase for you.

Oh my gawd. This one was HUGE and absolutely unbearable to my SO. I seriously thought she was Carrie from the Stephen King movie when she caught me doing this.