amanda992004@yahoo.com (Amanda) wrote in message news:<57d43f8b.0406210644.5d7f4a97@posting.google.com>...
> Nature Person wrote in message news:<1490246.1087747129@britishexpats.com>...
> > Hello there:
> >
> > Here is my situation - I am a U.S. Citizen via
> > Naturalization and I plan to move back to my native country. However, I
> > am getting married in November 2004, and I want my fiancée now/wife then
> > to be able to come here for a vacation....about 3-4 months.
> >
> > I spoke to
> > a lawyer, and this is what he said:
> >
> > - Don't try for visitor visa
> > (Agreed)
> >
> > - He recommended applying for the K - 1 (Fiancée Visa) now. He
> > said the timeline on an average for such a visa is 90 - 120 days. And
> > once she gets here, we do the court marriage here, do our vacation and
> > then go back. AND, he said that I can apply for change of status for her
> > in my native country. Is that true? Is one able to do that -> file K- 1
> > in U.S. and then file AOS in another country?
>
> I know this much: one doesn't do adjustment of status outside US. I am
> acquainted with an American man who married a girl Yes .. girl, she is
> much younger than him) and they lived there for almost a year before
> she could enter US on immigrant visa. I would say that is consular
> processing.
>
> I alos know an American man who, after coming back to US, got his
> fiancee on fiancee visa. They got married within 3 months after she
> got here.
>
> I think that in either case, if your wife wants to maintian a GC, she
> would need to live in US as a GC holder unless of cousre you have to
> live outside US because your company send you there. I don't know the
> detail on the law but just that you can get a GC living outside US.
>
I meant to type "You cannot get a GC living outside US by choice."
>
>
> >
> > What do you think is the
> > best way for me to get her here? DCF is also an option, though, I am not
> > sure how long that takes.
> >
> > I basically want to show her around and get
> > her a status (GC), though I plan to live in my native country.
> >
> > Thank
> > you for your input in advance! |