90 Day Fiance couple Paul Staehle and Karine Martins are hoping to be a happily married couple in Brazil with a baby, as shown on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way on TLC -- but have things worked out as planned, and are they still together?
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90 Day Fiance: The Other Way premiered in early June with Paul packing up his life in Louisville, KY, to move overseas for his pregnant wife, Karine from Brazil.
When filming began, Karine was pregnant with Paul's baby and alone in Brazil. They were both broke, so Paul was looking for a way to support his family.
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way follows American citizens moving across the globe and living in foreign countries for the sake of love and their future spouses.
Unlike Paul and Karine -- who wed on the latest season of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days -- the unmarried couples have 90 days to wed or else the Americans must return home to the states.
Paul and Karine met online and then Paul eventually traveled to Brazil to meet Karine face-to-face.
Paul was afraid of life in Brazil, including crime and the bugs, but he took a risk for love and wanted to get to know Karine better.
The couple liked each other but struggled to communicate. They even needed a language-translation phone app just to understand each other.
However, the couple still managed to fall in love, and their 2017 wedding was documented on the TLC franchise in 2018.
But Karine and Paul's romance has had many ups and downs. Karine, for example, suffered through two devastating miscarriages -- one of which was documented on Season 2 of 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days.
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RELATED LINK: '90 DAY FIANCE' COUPLES NOWHowever, Paul and Karine happily announced they had another baby on the way in October 2018. And that same month, Paul revealed the couple was expecting a baby boy.
90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days showed Paul and Karine fighting often, and it seemed like the baby was the only thing holding their relationship together.
At one point, Karine even threatened to divorce her new husband, who had trouble trusting his wife and questioned whether he was even the baby's biological father.
Tension escalated between the couple on the show's Tell All reunion special last year, when Paul admitted he wanted Karine's child to get a paternity DNA test once born.
Karine obviously wasn't pleased to hear that her husband suspected she was sleeping around and being unfaithful.
During the premiere of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, Paul, 35 at the time, explained he had been working odd jobs on a farm to save up money for his wife and unborn child.
Paul wanted to be by Karine's side throughout her pregnancy more than anything, especially considering the pair feared another miscarriage or complications.
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Paul was frustrated he couldn't support his wife and baby, and he was prepared to fly to Brazil and never come back.
Paul insisted he was making "a huge sacrifice" for Karine by leaving his friends and family behind. He wasn't looking forward to adjusting to Brazilian culture and learning a new language.
After packing up about five huge bags of baby supplies and his own belongings, Paul was ready to travel to Brazil.
However, he missed his flight due to an embargo requiring he only check two bags.
Paul went home, repacked everything, and told Karine via FaceTime that he could probably travel to see her in a month or so from that point. But his pregnant wife appeared sad and alone.
Paul immediately came to regret his decision and therefore called the airline to explain his dilemma. As a result, he ended up grabbing a seat on a flight the very next day.
When Paul left his mother to head to the airport, it was an emotional moment for the both of them. Paul felt guilty about leaving his friends and family, but he pretty much had no choice.
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"No matter where I go, I'm torn between two worlds," Paul said in a recent episode.
"I wish I could have both in one place, but right now, it's not possible unfortunately."
Paul was later shown arriving in Brazil to see Karine with two compact suitcases on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way. He planned to reside there permanently.
"Moving to Brazil and never coming back is nerve-wracking. I love my parents and my family, but I want to be with Karine and I want to be there to help raise my baby when it's born," Paul told the cameras.
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Karine didn't feel Paul was making much of an effort to work and earn money, so they had some problems to sort through. She feared Paul wouldn't be able to support the baby given a child is such a huge expense.
Karine was also upset Paul had canceled his flight, and Karine's brother Bonnie shared with the cameras that Karine spent a lot of time crying in her bedroom.
Bonnie didn't really like Paul and considered him to be "an unbalanced person." Bonnie wanted Paul to learn Portuguese and said Paul had the tendency to turn into "a demon" at times.
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Karine insisted she truly loved Paul but needed him to "stop the drama," become a good father, and step up to the plate financially.
Karine wouldn't talk to Paul or answer his calls, so he hoped she would forgive him.
Footage later showed Paul's plane landing and him walking into Karine's apartment late at night. It was a huge surprise for Karine, and she immediately jumped into his arms and cried.
"I love you," Paul said, before Karine thanked him for coming.
Paul explained he didn't have much luggage with him, and Karine was disappointed to see what he brought. Paul brought few baby supplies, and Karine told the cameras baby supplies were what they really needed and Paul just wasn't thinking.
Paul -- who was accused of acting impulsively -- felt like anything he did for Karine was never enough.
On the latest episode of 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way, Paul vented about how he didn't receive the homecoming he had hoped for.
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Paul also wasn't sure whether he would be granted residency in Brazil due to his criminal record, and if he ended up being denied for any reason, he wouldn't be able to obtain a work permit to make money.
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Karine just hoped Paul would be able to find a job and support his family.
But Paul later discovered his application for permanent residency had been denied. In a letter Paul had received, he was accused of committing a crime of terrorism, genocide, a crime against humanity, and war crimes.
Paul insisted he was not guilty of any such crimes, and he couldn't believe it. He was apparently only given 10 days to stay in Brazil.
"Karine is going to be heartbroken. She's going to be just shocked. I only have 10 days to deal with this and then I need to leave the country," Paul said in a confessional.
"I don't want to cause unnecessary drama and then cause her stress and cause problems with the baby. I don't know what to do at this point. I really don't."
Paul then took off running and swearing from the film crew.
So are Paul and Karine still together and still a married couple?
Despite issues that have plagued their relationship, Karine and Paul are definitely still an item and married.Paul just shared a family photo of Karine, the baby and himself at a cookout on July 4.
The couple has been posting photos of each other on Instagram Stories for weeks.
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Not only are they making cameo videos together for money, but Karine also shared a few funny images of Paul on the couch with their son.
Paul and Karine's adorable infant son, Pierre Martins Staehle, was born in Brazil in March.
And the latest news is that Paul and Karine are now living as a couple in the United States! That's right, Karine is in America.
Eyewitnesses took photos of Paul and Karine at the airport together in Louisville, Kentucky in mid-June.
And then Karine confirmed her location by posting photos on her Instagram Stories of Paul and herself visiting local attractions in Louisville.
Paul, Karine, their baby, and Paul's mother all posed for a picture in front of the entrance of the Louisville Zoo.
And in addition to sharing a photo of a gorilla at the zoo, Karine also posted a picture of exterior of Louisville's Hard Rock Cafe, suggesting the couple also visited the Fourth Street Live entertainment and shopping complex downtown.
Back in February, Paul had revealed in his Instagram Stories that Karine had received a CR-1 spousal visa.
So after welcoming their first child together on March 22, it appears Karine and her son officially moved to the United States.
Paul gushed to Us Weekly shortly after his baby was born that he's "very happy" and "very excited" to be a father.
"I'm also very nervous and want to do everything the best that I can and do everything right," Paul told Us.
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Paul and Karine are definitely not hiding their relationship status considering Paul's Instagram bio reads, "Married to @staehlekarine," along with an emoji of a couple and their child.
Karine's Instagram profile also has Paul in her main photo and reads, "Casada com [Paul]" in her bio at the top, which means she's "married with" Paul.
A picture on Paul's Instagram from late May shows Karine and himself dressed up for what appears to be a date night at Moai Restobar, a restaurant in Brazil.
Paul's mother also visited the couple in Brazil earlier that month. Paul posted a video on Instagram of his mother flying home on American Airlines in May.
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