Meeting and Marrying a Woman From Eastern Europe

[Gabber]

Just getting back to basics and I really want to cut to the chase so to speak.

How much money is required to meet, marry and bring your EE bride back to your country? Detailed responses would be interesting and appreciated.

[Sarah]

Also, let's discuss how much money is required to meet, marry and bring a WW (western world) bachelor to our FSU countries?
Roughly:
Multy-entry annual visa - $450
Tickets - $500
Temporary residence permit (without quota, if the marriage certificate is available) - $1000
Temporary residence permit (with quota) - $15 000
Monthly maintenance - I think $300-500 per month
So it does not look very expensive. I think any EE so-called bride can afford it. It can be a good business too.
I am serious!
Ladies, let's think about it!

[belano4ka]

here are some rules for NZ

An eligible sponsor is a New Zealand citizen or resident who:


* has not previously supported or sponsored more than one other successful principal applicant under Partnership policy
or
* has not supported or sponsored any other successful principal applicant under Partnership policy in the five years immediately preceding the date the current application is made
or
* was not the perpetrator of an incident domestic violence in the seven years prior to the date the application is made.

ah,yes, and money.... minimum income NZD $29,897.92 (gross) per annum

and lady has to find job within 3 months upon arrival...We don't have wife visa here,only partner :)

[pouffe]

Also, let's discuss how much money is required to meet, marry and bring a WW (western world) bachelor to our FSU countries?
Roughly:
Multy-entry annual visa - $450
Tickets - $500
Temporary residence permit (without quota, if the marriage certificate is available) - $1000
Temporary residence permit (with quota) - $15 000
Monthly maintenance - I think $300-500 per month
So it does not look very expensive. I think any EE so-called bride can afford it. It can be a good business too.
I am serious!
Ladies, let's think about it!

Do you really think we ( western men) are all cheapendales?

[Sarah]

No, I do not think that ALL are chip... I believe it will be quite difficult to export a guy like you, Pouff! :p

[yankee]

to acquire the K-1 or K-3, have a lawyer represent you, along with all the fees the Department of Homeland Security, it will cost about $5,000 to get your lady to the US. Then you wait two years for an additional $2,000 for the permanent residence card.

The costs before marriage? Depends on if you want a mail order bride (requires only one visit) or several visits to develop a real relationship.

[hvandorp]

Since you're from Toronto this doesn't apply to you, but if you were in the USA:

K-3 is really not very useful anymore. The processing times for K-3 and R-1 or CR-1(permanent resident status) visas are identical and you don't have to adjust your status after entering the USA. If you are asking about marrying abroad and then petitioning for your spouse:

I-130 petition = $355
DS-230 Immigrant Visa Application = $440
I-864 Affidavit of Support Review = $80
Her medical exam = $180
Translation of documents into English = ~$200

Lawyers simply fill out the same forms that you can do on your own if you have an IQ over 80. They can not speed the process up at all. Most cases require about 8 months from petition filing date to interview at a consulate.

[Calibret]

Also, let's discuss how much money is required to meet, marry and bring a WW (western world) bachelor to our FSU countries?
Roughly:
Multy-entry annual visa - $450
Tickets - $500
Temporary residence permit (without quota, if the marriage certificate is available) - $1000
Temporary residence permit (with quota) - $15 000
Monthly maintenance - I think $300-500 per month
So it does not look very expensive. I think any EE so-called bride can afford it. It can be a good business too.
I am serious!
Ladies, let's think about it!


Ok, I'm available and willing to throw in a few bucks too, I really need
to get out of here quick.:becky:
Send photos please.

[yankee]

Lawyers simply fill out the same forms that you can do on your own if you have an IQ over 80. They can not speed the process up at all. Most cases require about 8 months from petition filing date to interview at a consulate.

I disagree with you. My wife had a very difficult time with the Visa people at the US embassy. Without my lawyer we would still be playing their games. and it was 6 months to interview.

PS: my IQ is over 80

[hvandorp]

I disagree with you. My wife had a very difficult time with the Visa people at the US embassy. Without my lawyer we would still be playing their games. and it was 6 months to interview.

PS: my IQ is over 80

I wasn't implying anything about your IQ. The forms are not difficult.

[Sarah]

Ok, I'm available and willing to throw in a few bucks too, I really need
to get out of here quick.:becky:
Send photos please.

Caliper (sorry for such a nickname, but it is inherited from RR) - it is me who is paying, so it should be you to send the photos, please. PS - I am very picky - sorry about it. If you are not a brunette with blue eyes, go to hell, please).

[Sarah]

PS: my IQ is over 80

I DO believe it is more than 81...

[Calibret]

Caliper (sorry for such a nickname, but it is inherited from RR) - it is me who is paying, so it should be you to send the photos, please. PS - I am very picky - sorry about it. If you are not a brunette with blue eyes, go to hell, please).


Caliper? Funny you remember that.
And sorry, no blue eyes and I think you're too young for me.;)

[Sarah]

How nice of you! You are such a Gentleman! Thank you for whatever it was - compliment or joke. I am easy and it is very pleasant for me.
(here should be an icon of the flowers, but I answer in a Quick Reply and need to run further... )

[Mnguy2007]

There have been some good answers here about the process and cost.
In my opinion there is some even more basic and maybe even more important points to consider.

1. If your not serious about finding your mate, match or whatever you choose
to call it then you shouldn't start. Nobody likes to have their time and emotions played with.

2. If money is an issue then you should consider waiting until you have studied enough to understand how much the expenses are going to be based on your approach.
There are plenty of options on how you may find and communicate with someone from a distance so naturally the final cost is going to be reflective of those options.

3. Be honest
Again this is my opinion but by being honest about everything with the people that your communicating with you are giving them the ability to make their own choices. That only seems fair unless there is a different motive than to find love.

4. Use your common sense and the golden rule and you will find the person your seeking.

A note in regards to the cost. If you find the right person then how much is
that worth to you?
To me there is no amount of money that can compare to sharing my life with the woman I love. Money and things can be replaced but the love and happiness may not be able to be replaced.

[Umka]

I'm sorry for replying to this thread without reading it whole and, perhaps, it's just whining, but, at least, it's on topic.
I'm a Russian girl and have been married to a Swede for about 5 years now, and I must say that only now the bureaucracy trouble stopped. We've been:lol: through hell, with people from migration office directly lying to us and threatening us, violating human rights on the way, but now everything seems to have settled and I have some expenses that we have learnt:
Hotels in Russia are unreasonably expensive.
Something along the way WILL go wrong. And that's OK.
You want to meet in person a few times and live in her town (even for a week), as well in yours. (You might learn loads by living at her hometown, just through that experience, also, if she refuses that, I wonder why... I understand why I wouldn't take a man I haven't met in real life before to my apartment, but I don' see any but shady reasons not to invite him to my town)
If she is not from Moscow/St. Petersburg and not visiting you with a tourist trip (she'd need a tour and a hotel booked with a group),
you will need to stay for a week in the said capitals to wait for the visitor's visa for her (Schengen, might take longer to other countries, I dunno). I mean, for her to visit you.
Transfer in Moscow, from Airports and such: costs loads of money and takes hours, there's no traffic in the capital!
Plus all the documents stuff. Keep in mind, that in the country where we live it is considered unethical to demand any level of income or capital for a husband to have to be able to marry a woman, since we're commies here, but in many countries they actually expect you to have some money.
Was all that worth it? Totally!
No, seriously, my husband thinks so too, don't you, Honey:shooter:?
P.S. Sorry that I can't name any prices, it was long ago and , besides, I can't count.:confused:

[Umka]

* was not the perpetrator of an incident domestic violence in the seven years prior to the date the application is made.


:lol: This made me giggle. So it's perfectly okay if he did it 7 years ago. Facepalm...