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[Money2g 0]

Hey everyone, my sister recently got married overseas, she is a U.S. Citizen and wants to bring her husband here. So what would be the easiest and quickest way for her to bring her husband here?

Thanks

[Barbara J 115]

Hey everyone, my sister recently got married overseas, she is a U.S. Citizen and wants to bring her husband here. So what would be the easiest and quickest way for her to bring her husband here?

Thanks

Well now she is married she has to file CR1 spousal visa for him and they wait for approval and he comes here after interview and gets GC on arrival. Takes approx from what I am reading 6-9 months

[Eric-Pris 1,604]

So what would be the easiest and quickest way for her to bring her husband here?

Easiest and quickest would be stuffing him into a large suitcase and bringing him with her. But since that probably wouldn't work, she should come back to the US and file an I-130 for him. If he passes the interview, this will give him a CR-1 Visa. As soon as he enters the US with it, he'll be a permanent resident.

Edited June 22, 2011 by Eric-Pris

[Inky 1,110]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

There is the guide step by step for CR-1 spousal petition.

Takes almost a year, there is no fast way to bring them to the USA.

[Darnell 8,478]

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[Navyk 78]

There is one quicker way but it depends on the foreign country - if your sister is willing to stay in the foreign country for 4 - 5 months, she can file for the Direct Consular Process, which eliminates the 3-5 months USCIS approval period (of course the US Consulate gets the background check done but is is much faster).

[Inky 1,110]

There is one quicker way but it depends on the foreign country - if your sister is willing to stay in the foreign country for 4 - 5 months, she can file for the Direct Consular Process, which eliminates the 3-5 months USCIS approval period (of course the US Consulate gets the background check done but is is much faster).

Its not quicker really, waiting 4-5 months you could be part way through the CR-1 process already. Most countrys you cant just stay there as a visitor you have to be a resident of the country to file DCF. So she would have to process to be a resident THEN file DCF.

[pushbrk 12,568]

Its not quicker really, waiting 4-5 months you could be part way through the CR-1 process already. Most countrys you cant just stay there as a visitor you have to be a resident of the country to file DCF. So she would have to process to be a resident THEN file DCF.

I've never understood why so many people suggest the DCF route to petitioners who don't already live abroad. It's as silly as an unmarried petitioner asking whether it will be faster to bring their fiance, they've already met within two years as a fiance or spouse. It's as if these folks are incapable of factoring in the time to move and stay or plan another trip for marriage. Think it through, folks.

[britishspouse 1]

I've never understood why so many people suggest the DCF route to petitioners who don't already live abroad. It's as silly as an unmarried petitioner asking whether it will be faster to bring their fiance, they've already met within two years as a fiance or spouse. It's as if these folks are incapable of factoring in the time to move and stay or plan another trip for marriage. Think it through, folks.

Looks like they are also stopping the DCF route in some countries link here makes sense I think. Just have it all done one way

[rafinoori 2]

salam brother cr1 visa is better more then k1 okey i m afghani too im waiting for my cr1 visa my wife is us citizen but i m in AP .... since march 2011

[Sergi9 110]

There is one quicker way but it depends on the foreign country - if your sister is willing to stay in the foreign country for 4 - 5 months, she can file for the Direct Consular Process, which eliminates the 3-5 months USCIS approval period (of course the US Consulate gets the background check done but is is much faster).

??????? It certainly does depend on the foreign country, in Aug if the country doesn't have a USCIS presence there is no more DCF. ...

There is no way this could be quicker IMHO and it creates an entire cascade of additional problems like sponsorship, domicile plans, yada yada.

[pushbrk 12,568]

??????? It certainly does depend on the foreign country, in Aug if the country doesn't have a USCIS presence there is no more DCF. ...

There is no way this could be quicker IMHO and it creates an entire cascade of additional problems like sponsorship, domicile plans, yada yada.

Very few countries don't have a USCIS presence but the public notice is written in such a way that literal interpretation is impossible. One would think the notice indicates nobody can do DCF after August but I'm certain that's not true. What were people in countries without USCIS presence doing about filing an I-130 BEFORE this notice? It doesn't mention that. Couples living abroad could always choose to file in the same way as those living separately with the USC in the US.

Edited June 23, 2011 by pushbrk

[Lisamarie 79]

Six to nine months would be the absolute minimum. I would tell them to plan on at least a year, and probably longer.

Well now she is married she has to file CR1 spousal visa for him and they wait for approval and he comes here after interview and gets GC on arrival. Takes approx from what I am reading 6-9 months