Hi,
Although this is my first post as a member, this forum has been very useful to me as it's in English and I read a lot here before I visited the country. The long story short is I met a very nice woman on a dating website and she lives in Santo Domingo. We've met once, spent time together and use Skype daily. I met most of her family when I visited and I want to bring her here, to Florida, to get married and live.
I have reviewed the info on the government website regarding the K1 visa, but still have some questions. First, I know I have to submit a form to get the process started and then they would schedule an interview. A couple of questions on this. Any idea how long the process takes between me submitting that first form and the time she'll get the interview? Any idea how much time is given between receiving the notice for the interview and the actual date of the interview?
I am worried that she'll receive notice and it will only be a few days until the interview. It states on the website that I should attend the interview. This means I'll need notice to take vacation time from my job, get a plane ticket, hotel, etc., so I need some time to schedule.
I work with a woman who married a gentleman from Trinidad and she seems to think that completing the paperwork to get my fiancee here is something I should be able to do myself. However, their situation was completely different and I have been inclined to believe that I may be better off using an attorney. Any opinions on this and if so, where would it be better to hire the attorney? Here in the U.S. or in the DR?
Finally,lol, and to complicate things further, she doesn't speak hardly any English and my Spanish is horrible. So we rely on translation almost exclusively now. I'm probably going to use Rosetta Stone at some point for both of us, but wondering if this would be a problem during the interview if we're both still struggling with the other's language. I can pick up enough Spanish to know that all the taxi drivers were in shock that we not only met, but can communicate somehow.
I guess my main question is really how long may this process take? A year or less?
Thanks for any info you may provide. I understand this is probably not a normal question for this forum but any help would be much appreciated.
Although this is my first post as a member, this forum has been very useful to me as it's in English and I read a lot here before I visited the country. The long story short is I met a very nice woman on a dating website and she lives in Santo Domingo. We've met once, spent time together and use Skype daily. I met most of her family when I visited and I want to bring her here, to Florida, to get married and live.
I have reviewed the info on the government website regarding the K1 visa, but still have some questions. First, I know I have to submit a form to get the process started and then they would schedule an interview. A couple of questions on this. Any idea how long the process takes between me submitting that first form and the time she'll get the interview? Any idea how much time is given between receiving the notice for the interview and the actual date of the interview?
I am worried that she'll receive notice and it will only be a few days until the interview. It states on the website that I should attend the interview. This means I'll need notice to take vacation time from my job, get a plane ticket, hotel, etc., so I need some time to schedule.
I work with a woman who married a gentleman from Trinidad and she seems to think that completing the paperwork to get my fiancee here is something I should be able to do myself. However, their situation was completely different and I have been inclined to believe that I may be better off using an attorney. Any opinions on this and if so, where would it be better to hire the attorney? Here in the U.S. or in the DR?
Finally,lol, and to complicate things further, she doesn't speak hardly any English and my Spanish is horrible. So we rely on translation almost exclusively now. I'm probably going to use Rosetta Stone at some point for both of us, but wondering if this would be a problem during the interview if we're both still struggling with the other's language. I can pick up enough Spanish to know that all the taxi drivers were in shock that we not only met, but can communicate somehow.
I guess my main question is really how long may this process take? A year or less?
Thanks for any info you may provide. I understand this is probably not a normal question for this forum but any help would be much appreciated.