To Rosie

Submitted by Lisa from USA (United States), Oct 26, 2008 at 06:56

First off...Congrats! I wish you all the happiness for I know you were home sick and will be returning to your family as well.....Can you give me some general advice? When you say you petitioned for your husband I am assuming this meant you put in an invitation or invite to your country to reside as a citizen or permanent resident. Correct me if I am wrong please. I am engaged to be married while I am in Morocco next month. We have discussed where to live which is here in USA or at least while my kids are young and in school and until they are much older/marriage age but I agreed one day when we are much older I will want to live in Morocco if he still agrees and want to leave everything here we have built behind.

Only time will tell this but neither of us knows the correct forms we need to fill out to get him here to USA as my husband should be....We both are expecting it to take 6 months or longer but we both are willing to travel and commute back and forth until it is finalaized. My question to you Rosie is if I am marrying in Morocco.... do I still fill out a Fiance Visa and a support form or do I do a spouse/relative visa and support form....These different type of Visas have us both confused and he tells me whatever I see fit for us both and I want to make sure I do the right one to make sure it does not take longer than it should by filling out wrong forms.....Do we need to ask the US consulate while we are there or do we do paperwork there for him to come and live here after we get the marriage certificate in hand or do I need to send it off from the USA? Any info, Experiences, or help will be much appreciated.

This is why I started reading and following this Blog to begin with-searching for this information. Thanks in advance.

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