Juliana from 90 Day Fiancé is letting her sister use the new car that Michael paid for... as a cab. The 23-year-old model purchased the vehicle using Michael's credit card while she was stranded in her home country of Brazil awaiting her K-1 visa.
For weeks, the popular reality show teased Juliana's purchase on Michael's card. Each time he spoke of her and their trials and tribulations completing the K-1 visa process, the matter of her car soon followed. However, no explanation was given as to why she did it. Silence is golden, and the lack of detail may have contributed to many question marks about Juliana's true intentions toward Michael.
However, Juliana broke her silence about the incident on Sunday's episode. Michael brought up the car and she was asked outright why she would purchase a vehicle without his permission. Juliana explained that the K-1 visa process wasn't going as either of them had planned. She started to worry that she wouldn't be able to get to America after all. So, she purchased a car for herself as a safety net. When Michael asked where the car was, Juliana responded that she gifted it to her sister who was using it as a taxi cab. The admission was punctuated with Juliana stating, "I'm so stupid."
The K-1 visa process is an arduous one. Typically, it can take couples two to three months to get approved. However, that's if everything runs smoothly. In Juliana's case, there were concerns from her country's consulate that she might have been involved in nefarious activities prior to meeting Michael, and was using the K-1 visa as a ruse for prostitution. Since Juliana is a young woman from a poor country, that seemed to elicit concern, thus delaying the process in her case. Typically, it's easier for fiancés to come to the United States, as opposed to applying for a spousal visa, because it's a quicker process. However, it's also much more expensive to pay the fees for the K-1 visa.
While Juliana's ambiguous past raises a few red flags (if not, at the very least, an eyebrow), Michael has no one to blame but himself for Juliana's purchase. After all, he gifted her with his credit card and encouraged her to use it for living expenses. Anyone from an impoverished area who has basically been given a blank check of sorts to bail them out of a financial bind would probably not be responsible using it. Not only that, but Juliana is a woman in her twenties. Based on her bio given during the season opener of 90 Day Fiance, she's growing used to the yacht life. Therefore, this is not a girl who will go silently into that good night if things in her relationship don't work out. Growing up poor, but seeing how other people live, has probably instilled in her to put back a little something for herself. If Michael had simply placed a limit on the card's daily use, the vehicle wouldn't have been a purchase she could make. Also, it's not like she bought the car to go joyriding in; her sister is using it as a means in which to generate income. Juliana is clearly not the most responsible person in the world, but Michael should have been less trusting with his money so early into their relationship.
Source: E!