Glyden
1546 K-3 (spouse) entered the USA
70.3% left the USA within 6 months
22.6% left between 6 months to one year
7.1 % lasted more than one year
Those particular stats only refer to someone (man or woman) on a USA K3 visa leaving the country for whatever reason ,
or whatever length of time.
so its only real value is to show that around 93% of people using a K3 visa for immigration,
traveled outside the USA ... .within 1 year
this could be a trip home, to visit family, a vacation trip to mexico, bahamas, or DR,,
the other 7% waited more than a year before applying for travel outside the USA,,
..that is all that it shows.
it really has no relevance to divorce rate,
other than "some " of those may have divorced,
but the likely hood is that even if they did divorce,
that they stayed within the USA..
so it makes those stats even less useful..in determining divorce rates of K3 immigrants
and it's why that guy has taken flack on posting those statistics in that fashion, (and using his own wording) very misleading.
since he is allegedly , trying to be accurate,
has been well informed of this statistic being invalid for that use,
and has left it up anyway..
you have to say he is intentionally misleading at this point.
The bolded part is diffinantely incorrect, as appllied
7 % lasted more than one year.. as stated , implies only 7% of K3 marriages lasted more than one year.
certainly not the case! totally false.
what the stat shows is K3 applicants that waited longer than a year to apply for a travel visa,
regardless what the travel was for.
these could include happily married people traveling together on vacation,business,or to visit family ..
My exwife (we were married 6 years)
waited about 14 months before her first out of country travel,, and trip back to see her family..
so matches the bolded statistic.
During the first 6 months or year i encouraged her to travel to see the family,
she was not terribly homesick,, and simply preferred to wait.
You see how those statistics would be very misleading about length of K3 (or I-130) marriages?
If she had simply decided to see her family sooner, or we had decided to vacation sooner,,
she would fall in the *leaving even earlier * "shocking" stats
Also:
There is more to that statistic..
Keep in mind that vast majority of immigrants on the K3 visa are not from europe or asia..
but from mexico..
Since its a neighboring country sharing a large border.. and border areas to live and relocate in...
a "travel " outside the USA within the first 6 months, or year, is hardly surprising at all.
if you are a citizen of mexico,
lets say near TJ,,and married someone on a K3 that resides in chula vista..california
(20 minute drive maybe,and there are close towns)
yet officially got your travel docs in order to be proper in taking the 20 minutes drive to go mom or dad ,
.. the week after your nuptials.
the stats would show you left the USA within a week.
(and the guy is mis -using a USA visa statistic, to imply the marriage lasted a week)
i'm exaggerating to make a point,, ,
but with the large border,, and large immigrant population in texas,california,arizona,new mexico .border states..as well as many others,,
then include Canada/USA. with large cites that sit next to each other on the border..
its a wonder the statistic is not at 99.9% !!!!
Granted the divorce rate is probably high..!!!!!!!!!!
the point is , that statistic is utterly useless in showing that.
