Do we know if they were actually married?

[B2G]

If she was here on a K-1 visa, they would not have been married in Saudi Arabia, because she wouldn't need one.

That meant they were "engaged" when she came here in 2014.

[951-Riverside]

1. For all we know they could have stole the baby too n/t

[2naSalit]

2. A relative of mine

who is a practicing Muslim is "married" in the Islamic sense but they are yet to be "married" by the state they reside in. It seems there are two forms of marriage in this belief system. I think having a child is accepted within the religious sense while it is not mandatory that the state marriage be in effect. I'll have to ask them about that.

[B2G]

8. For K-1 Visas, it means married legally by the state. nt

[DCBob]

3. K-1 visa requires getting married within 3 months of arrival in country.

[GusBob]

4. One press report I read here

NY or LA. paper

Said she came in on a Fiancee Visa,,,,whatever that means

[B2G]

6. It means they need to be legally married here within 90 days

or the Visa is no longer valid.

[GusBob]

9. Yes I looked back at the NY times story posted in LBN

The brother in law claims they had been married for 2 years. He said Forook went to Saudia Arabia twice, once to meet her and once to marry her......

[B2G]

10. That's partly why I asked

I thought they said she came here in July of 2014 on a K-1 visa...in which case they weren't married yet because she wouldn't have needed a visa to move here.

[GusBob]

12. Yes it is confusing . Now I just read another story that said

They were married, but later quotes an official who says she was living here legally on a visa

There is some confusion on the subject for sure.

They had been keeping alot of secrets

[B2G]

14. If she was living here on a K-1 visa issued in 2014,

it certainly wasn't legal.

Lots of secrets it seems.

[Recursion]

5. Depends. There's "married" and "Married" in some systems

And you can get a K-1 if you're "married" but not yet "Married", if that makes sense.

[B2G]

7. It means a legal marriage.

That's why I'm asking.


"What happens if we do not marry within 90 days?

Fiancé(e) status automatically expires after 90 days. It cannot be extended. Your fiancé(e) should leave the United States at the end of the 90 days if you do not marry. If your fiancé(e) does not depart, he or she will be in violation of U.S. immigration law. This may result in removal (deportation) and/or could affect future eligibility for U.S. immigration benefits."

http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas

[randome]

11. Tradition (doing something because that's how it's always done) sucks!

He met her once then married her. Whose idea was this? The family's? Did he feel he was simply bowing to the Almighty Family in going through with this? Did any of this play into his hypothetical isolation from society? Marrying someone in a country where people typically marry for love or lust could have put him even further on edge.

The answers aren't there yet, of course, but I disdain anyone who can't or won't think for him or herself. And that's what it looks like to me, so far as his marriage goes.
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[GusBob]

13. They met online

He belong to 2 looking for bride websites

[randome]

15. Even worse. Meeting and then marrying someone online is nonsense.

But it could all have been set up by his family, still. And why go to Saudi Arabia to meet someone when you live in another country? It just seems like he was very estranged from the people around him, despite having been born in Illinois.

I have one genius-level university professor in the family who keeps marrying mail-order brides. It's nonsense no matter who does it.
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