Fiancée visa – bring your Russian lady to your
country
Organizing immigration for you lady is the last and most frustrating
step toward your happiness together.
After you two meet and decide that you are right for each other,
you should apply for fiancée visa (in some
countries called prospective partner visa) for her. This visa is
usually given to 3, 6 or 9 month depending on the country you live.
Fiancée visa for USA is only given for 3 month. It gives
you additional time to adjust to each other and before the visa
expires you should get married.
Fiancée visa costs a lot, so sometimes
a couple decided that the lady will enter the country on tourist
or student visa, and get residence after they are married. Not a
good idea. Immigration department usually sees this tactic as deceiving,
so your lady will have real troubles obtaining residence.
Here are the basic requirements to obtain fiancée
visa to the US:
- You have to be a U.S. citizen
- You should meet your fiancée in person
- Both you and your fiancée are single and legally free
to marry
- Your lady does not have a criminal record
- Your fiancée has not violated U.S. immigration laws
For other countries the requirements could be different, so you
should check with your immigration department.
Immigration laws are slightly different for every country, but
usually you have to prove that your relationship is genuine
and continuing. Good proof is:
- photos together
- copies of letters,
- postcards you send to each other,
- phone bills,
- tickets when you traveled together
- joined bank account, if you can open one
- joined membership in organizations and associations
Secret tip
When you bride goes to the embassy for the interview ask
her to wear plain modest cloth, no make up and arrange her
hair in a way that she doesn’t look as beautiful as
usual. Immigration officers (especially women officers) are
prejudiced against beautiful women who want to marry foreign
men. It might sound silly, but it is true – the better
a woman looks, the more difficult it is for her to get a visa.
For some reason immigration seems to think, that if a woman
is good looking, she must be dishonest. |
There are many immigration lawyers who offer to organize fiancée
visa for your lady for unreasonable high fee. Usually you can do
it without paying them thousands.
All you need is detailed information and step-by-step instructions
on how to get her visa. You can get information from http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm
for USA, or find a government site for your country. However, it
only tells you requirements, but doesn’t give you any tips
for how to make sure you lady will get her visa.
To get step-by-step instructions you will need fiancée visa
kit provided by Foreign
Affair, the largest and most respected Russian dating service.
How long does the visa take?
Waiting is horrible and immigration departments usually don’t
hurry to help loving couple to be together. Fiancée visa
might take up to 6 month, but usually it takes 3-4 month. So be
patient.
While your lady is waiting for her visa, encourage her to study
English. Her language skills are vitally important for the future
of your relationship. You will probably have to sponsor her studies,
since language classes are very expensive in Russia.
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