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Any Americans have any experience with marrying foreigners and bringing them here??

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  1. payems payems is online now

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:01am)

    If so, any advice for the process? I've seen some info online, but it sounds like if you mess something up with the process you are screwed. If anyone has done it, did you get a lawyer or do it all by yourself? Thanks.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:06am) in reply to payems

    My advice is to never play cards with a man who has the first name of a city.
  3. Johnny Slippy Johnny Slippy is offline Pudding Slut

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:13am) in reply to payems

    Check your PMs or PM me.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:52am) in reply to payems

    post pics on wowswift if she's a girl. otherwise, pm wowswift.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:58am) in reply to payems

    PM dolphin13
  6. skankmofo skankmofo is offline

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 12:59am) in reply to payems

    I would say it's worth paying the money for a lawyer...I looked into it when I was getting serious with a foreign girl, and the process is really long and tedious...not something you want to go through twice if you screw it up. I think it's worth the $1-2k you'll pay an immigration attorney.

    edit - I should say, it depends on the country too...my girl was chinese, which is more difficult than most.
  7. payems payems is online now

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:13am) in reply to skankmofo

    She's from Norway so I'd figure it would be a bit easier than some other eastern Europe and Asian countries, but I still don't want to f anything up. Thanks.
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  8. sXeffects sXeffects is offline

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:16am) in reply to payems

    I married a russian girl once when I was 12 but I never brought her to the U.S. Does that count?
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:19am) in reply to sXeffects

    do mail order brides HAVE to produce a child if desired???
  10. MoolahMuerte MoolahMuerte is offline

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:20am) in reply to payems

    My wife is Russian - we met while I was working in Moscow - I brought her over but it was a tedious drawn out process. I used a lawyer - not because of the paperwork (actually the forms are fairly straightforward) - but because of the process, it is arcane, no one will speak with you from the government and you need someone who knows what you "really" need to get the approvals. I think I spent $1500 total.

    Key point:

    You are assumed to be a "fake" couple unless you prove otherwise (guilty until proven innocent). So anytime you are together save everything that shows you are a real couple - pictures at holidays especially with family and friends, receipts for gifts, visa applications if you have them, greeting cards are a big plus, plane tickets, receipt for an engagement ring is huge etc. You will also have to get affidavits from others swearing you are a real couple, how you met, how they know you and all the rest.

    And you will continually be expected to show you are a "real couple" as you move further through the process when she applies for a green card and then permanent residency when she gets here. You will need to have joint accounts, insurance, etc., and showing that you both live at the same address is crucial - she can be on the lease, mortgage or whatever. I had my own place and never put her on the bill of sale/mortgage or on the utility bills, and it caused problems. Joint credit cards and insurance were really the things that saved me, but we ended up having to resubmit our documents a second time before she was granted permanent resident status.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:30am) in reply to payems

    I was offered 10k to marry a very nice looking Brazillian girl. Said no thanks.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:32am) in reply to MoolahMuerte

    Man was it worth it?

    Married couples in America don't even have to have all that joint stuff to file their taxes together.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:38am) in reply to payems

    I would recommend not cheating on her with 14+ broads and then leaving golf clubs laying around the house.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:40am) in reply to payems

    wow, congrats
     
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:40am) in reply to Niceguy

    TBH I didn't know what I was getting into. I thought we just went to an interview in Moscow, got married and showed the license. Plus, from Russia she couldn't get a visitor visa - so we were apart for like 6 months. The girl from Norway should be able to visit, so it would be a whole different deal.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:44am) in reply to bob2bob

     
    Originally Posted by bob2bob View Post


    wow, congrats

    Haha, figured you'd make it in here somehow, nothing done yet just wondering how much of a pain in the ass it's gonna be cause it doesn't look like fun.
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 1:53am) in reply to payems

     
    Originally Posted by payems View Post

    She's from Norway so I'd figure it would be a bit easier than some other eastern Europe and Asian countries, but I still don't want to f anything up. Thanks.

    That's RACIST!

    Seriously tho. There is no process prior to the wedding. You marry her and she is legal citizen.

    The process happens after. There are stipulations that you have to abide by. Just like the guy that married the Russian chick said.

    If you are not in love or getting paid handsomely then I doubt it's worth your time and aggravation.

    You should evaluate why this "transaction" is taking place. Does she want to become an American so bad that she will go to any lengths? Does she love you so much and you love her the same that there is no way you can be apart?

    Think about 5 years down the road and she is bored with your nitty ass that has to find a broad overseas to live with over here. She will probably take half your shit and move in with your former best friend.

    That's the best case scenario. Worst case is she kicks your ass out of your house and moves him in... Legally obv...
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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 3:12am) in reply to rocket5

    pics of mail order bride or gtfo
  19. Scha Scha is offline Creator of SchaArcade & SchaCam

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    Jan 19th, 2010 (1/19/2010 3:13am) in reply to payems

    Where are the pics?

    And does anyone want to marry me?
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