Years after your Russian wedding, you will only remember the day and the excitement of getting married rather than all the hassles you will deal with after. The hardest part of marrying a Russian woman is the questions that you will get from your friends about whether the woman is using you to get her citizenship in your country. They may assume she just wants to leave Russia and will do anything to get out. Only you will know the truth.



There is no query about your marriage with a Russian Woman. Maybe you could have spotted her while holidaying or maybe website that glorifies the dating procedure, but either way, the end point is that you are blissfully in love with her, and have decided to marry her. This feeling of being in love is too great to worry about the little paper work that you have to do.

First you should understand what the "Fiancee Visa" is, also called the K-1. This document allows your sweetheart to stay in the United States for a limited time period, during which the marriage should occur. Usually it is for 3 months, which is enough time for you to get to know here, and make the big step.

The K-1 is a non-immigrant visa that allows your fianc to live with you. But once you are legally married, you will have to prove that you both live together and function as a family. In order to obtain the K-1 visa, as the future spoyse, you will need to submit an Alien fiance petition from I-129F.

This petition allows you to bring your fianc and her children, if she has any, to the United States for your marriage. In case there are children, you will have to fill petitions for K-3 and K-4 for your future wife and her children respectively. Once you obtain these visas, you can bring them to the United States to complete the process for obtaining permanent resident status. Do not get apprehensive about your new family integrating into the American society, as people holding the K-4 and K-3 are allowed to seek employment in the States by applying for the Employment Authorization Document.

This may sound complicated, but, in reality, it is very simple. All that you need to do is, fill in all the necessary documents as per the guidelines given. You can take the help of certain agencies which specialize in this field. There are special attorneys too who will look after your paper work and give you updates from time to time.

Of course they do cost money, but it will save you time when dealing with all the paperwork. In addition, many of them have websites in which you can see updates and the progress that you are making with the Visas.

You should enjoy your marriage, and let others deal with the formalities.