Have u ever applied for permanant residence before?

[minglevi 0]

My ex. wife filed a CR1 petition for me before 5 years but things didn't work out and finally I didn't get the visa

...is that petition considered as an application for permanent residence?

[Reba 2]

Not unless you actually filled out the DS forms and sent them to the consulate did you apply for permanent residence. If it never got past the petition stage, you never applied.

[pushbrk 13,172]

Not unless you actually filled out the DS forms and sent them to the consulate did you apply for permanent residence. If it never got past the petition stage, you never applied.

This is why you see me harping on people to stop calling petitions applications. It matters folks. If you the foreign spouse actually applied for a visa after an I-130 petition was approved then your answer is yes. If you did not, then the answer is no.

Petitions are not visa applications.

[minglevi 0]

Not unless you actually filled out the DS forms and sent them to the consulate did you apply for permanent residence. If it never got past the petition stage, you never applied.

This is why you see me harping on people to stop calling petitions applications. It matters folks. If you the foreign spouse actually applied for a visa after an I-130 petition was approved then your answer is yes. If you did not, then the answer is no.

Petitions are not visa applications.

Just to confirm. ....do you mean that if beneficiary has not really gone for visa after getting the interview date ...it means he has not applied for permanent residence is that correct?

if a person has really got that visa than only its considered as application for permanent residence correct?