Visa Dilemma

[Monkeyboy2]

NY

If I am a US citizen and my fiancee who is a Singapore Citizen comes to the US in December 2013 on a Visa Waiver and upon meeting her immediately file for a fiancee Visa. She goes back to Singapore legally on the terms of the waiver and I go to Singapore the following April 2014 and we get married in Singapore BEFORE the fiancee Visa is approved. Singapore ROM is recognized in the US. Do I have to file a Spousal Visa? I ask because fiancee Visas dont take as much time as spousal Visas to be processed and I don't want to have to wait a year or more for my then wife to come over.

 

[OHRoadwarrior]

Yes you must apply for a spousal visa. Expect the entire process of obtaining citizenship to be a nightmare as you do not really know the woman you married.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=10093e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=10093e4d77d73210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD

 

[lisaanderson05]

NY

If I am a US citizen and my fiancee who is a Singapore Citizen comes to the US in December 2013 on a Visa Waiver and upon meeting her immediately file for a fiancee Visa. She goes back to Singapore legally on the terms of the waiver and I go to Singapore the following April 2014 and we get married in Singapore BEFORE the fiancee Visa is approved. Singapore ROM is recognized in the US. Do I have to file a Spousal Visa? I ask because fiancee Visas dont take as much time as spousal Visas to be processed and I don't want to have to wait a year or more for my then wife to come over.

Yes. If you get married in Singapore, the fiancé visa will be cancelled and you will have to file for a spouse visa.