What to apply for

[Blackstone 0]

I'm an American . I have been married to a Moroccan lady since 2006. We have a 2 yrs old son. I was working in Iraq, now we are ready to move to the US. What type of visa should I apply for my wife that is the quickest? Obviously, my son will not need a visa.

Mike

[MIBEN 83]

IR1 since you have been married for over 2 years. Actually you apply for the I-130 and they will automatically adjust it to the IR-1, I also did the I-129F to see if my husband could come over while the immigration visa was being processed but they just approved both visas at the same time and then closed out the I-129F. When I applied for my husband, I had no option I had to apply for both not sure if that has changed. The best place to get information to me was from the source itself http://www.state.gov/

If you are still overseas I know there used to be a way to apply from the overseas locations and it was the fastest ways to get the visa if you a resident of the country you lived in but many embassies no longer have that option.

Average process time is 7-10 months for most immigration visas.

Good luck,

Edited February 29, 2012 by MIBEN

[Leatherneck 693]

I'm an American . I have been married to a Moroccan lady since 2006. We have a 2 yrs old son. I was working in Iraq, now we are ready to move to the US. What type of visa should I apply for my wife that is the quickest? Obviously, my son will not need a visa.

Mike

File a I-130 petition for your wife, your son will need to be documented as a U.S. citizen. You do so with a Consular Report Of Birth Abroad.

Here is the link with regards to CRBA. Here is the link to the "Guides" regarding filing the I-130 from outside of the U.S.

[Ryan H 3,810]

Moved from K3 Process & Procedures to IR-1/CR-1 Process and Procedures. Duplicate thread posted by OP in IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures moved out. Note, the duplicate thread only contained 1 reply (mine) which I copied and pasted into this thread.

I'm an American . I have been married to a Moroccan lady since 2006. We have a 2 yrs old son. I was working in Iraq, now we are ready to move to the US. What type of visa should I apply for my wife that is the quickest? Obviously, my son will not need a visa.

Mike

You do not apply for a visa, you file a petition (form I-130) with USCIS. Once the petition is filed, you wait for an adjudication decision. If the petition is approved, it is sent to the NVC for more processing, then sent to the appropriate Embassy or Consulate abroad. It is your wife who will then apply for a visa. Since you have been married for more than 2 years, she will be applying for an IR-1 visa. Since she is living with you in Iraq, she will be able to interview at the Embassy in Baghdad.

For more in-depth information, check out the VJ spousal visa guide.

Nothing about this process is quick, you should estimate 7-10 months from petition filing to interview. I don't want to get your hopes up, but I will mention that other VJ members have reported that petitions in cases where the USC is living abroad have had their petitions adjudicated quickly by USCIS. Darnell calls it (I'm paraphrasing him) the "US Citizen spouse living abroad queue." USCIS will not officially acknowledge such a queue but there is more than anecdotal evidence to suggest such petitions are being adjudicated quickly.

Edited February 29, 2012 by Ryan H

[princess apple 4]

I'm an American . I have been married to a Moroccan lady since 2006. We have a 2 yrs old son. I was working in Iraq, now we are ready to move to the US. What type of visa should I apply for my wife that is the quickest? Obviously, my son will not need a visa.

Mike

you will need to print up the CR I-130 for spouse pettition

g1145

g325 1 for you and 1 for her

there are instructions on this site for the cr I-130 click on the guids link and print up this information.

[mounir412 101]

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