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Posted by pj
on 11/5/2008, 11:33 am, in reply to "marriage and immigration"
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I just finished! big recommendation--start now.
File your fiancee visa while you are in the US. I completed all the initial paperwork in the application and was surprised by the additional documents immediately requested upon submission of the application. the biggest pain in the butt was getting the state and FBI criminal background checks since I was already in Australia on the tourist visa. thus, file now while in the US so that the application process is smoother and faster.
if you happen to get married before the finacee visa is ready, no worries! that happened to us and the Australian Embassy in DC was quite helpful through the bureaucratic procedures of officially denying our finacee visa, offering us to apply for the spouse visa at no added fee, and then approving our spouse visa lickety split.
Good luck!
pj
--Previous Message--
: My fiance is from Australia, I am American.
: He is coming back here in March for another
: visit. I have kids from previous marriage,
: there father is willing to let me take them
: out of country. What we wanna know, is how
: do we go about moving me and kids to
: Australia. Do we get married here then
: apply, do we get married there, do we apply
: here, do apply there, what kinda forms, what
: kinda fees, do we need attorneys, proof?
: anything is helpful and very appreciated...
: thanking you in advance
:
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