B-2 medical visa while CR-1 is processed?

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I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

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I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

[marends 0]

I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

sorry for being unclear. My wife has been hospitalized in Beijing for the past 6 months with a serious noncontagious bacterial infection. She's been in three different hospitals in Beijing and has had 5 different Chinese doctors whom have tried different things to help her, with little success. I have consulted with numerous doctors in the U.S. who have advised Tracy and I about the proper courses of treatment, which we've had to relay onto her doctors in China (her doctors actually rely on us to tell them how to treat her). There simply are not any physicians in China who are experts about this infectious disease, whereas there are numerous experts in the U.S. We've lost faith that the Chinese medical system can help her. We've been consulting with U.S. doctors who are experts about her condition, and we can get letters from these U.S. doctors who would agree to treat her. We also know that we need to get a letter from her current Chinese doctor recommending that she be treated in the U.S. She's already on my medical insurance in the U.S., and I would be the one who would pay for treatment here. I know we'll have to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. We're already married, and we've already applied for a CR-1, so she *obviously* has immigrant intent. I would assure the consular officer that Tracy would return to China after her medical treatment to finish the CR-1 process. All of her family is there, but she does not own a house, she does not currently have a job, and she currently does not even have an apartment (she moved out of her apartment when she was hospitalized because it was pointless for her to continue paying rent while she was in the hospital). I would appreciate any advice you might have on how we might overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. Basically, we just want her to be treated by the experts here (which I figure would take 4-6 months), and she would go back to China to finish the CR-1 process. What's happening with her continued treatment in China is that her condition is much, much worse than it would be had she been treated all along by experts in this disease. We're trying desperately to mitigate the damage.

I just needed to know if it was indeed possible to do both a B-2 and CR-1 at the same time and how best we might provide assurance to the consulate that she would indeed return to China to finish the CR-1.

[pushbrk 13,121]

I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

sorry for being unclear. My wife has been hospitalized in Beijing for the past 6 months with a serious noncontagious bacterial infection. She's been in three different hospitals in Beijing and has had 5 different Chinese doctors whom have tried different things to help her, with little success. I have consulted with numerous doctors in the U.S. who have advised Tracy and I about the proper courses of treatment, which we've had to relay onto her doctors in China (her doctors actually rely on us to tell them how to treat her). There simply are not any physicians in China who are experts about this infectious disease, whereas there are numerous experts in the U.S. We've lost faith that the Chinese medical system can help her. We've been consulting with U.S. doctors who are experts about her condition, and we can get letters from these U.S. doctors who would agree to treat her. We also know that we need to get a letter from her current Chinese doctor recommending that she be treated in the U.S. She's already on my medical insurance in the U.S., and I would be the one who would pay for treatment here. I know we'll have to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. We're already married, and we've already applied for a CR-1, so she *obviously* has immigrant intent. I would assure the consular officer that Tracy would return to China after her medical treatment to finish the CR-1 process. All of her family is there, but she does not own a house, she does not currently have a job, and she currently does not even have an apartment (she moved out of her apartment when she was hospitalized because it was pointless for her to continue paying rent while she was in the hospital). I would appreciate any advice you might have on how we might overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. Basically, we just want her to be treated by the experts here (which I figure would take 4-6 months), and she would go back to China to finish the CR-1 process. What's happening with her continued treatment in China is that her condition is much, much worse than it would be had she been treated all along by experts in this disease. We're trying desperately to mitigate the damage.

I just needed to know if it was indeed possible to do both a B-2 and CR-1 at the same time and how best we might provide assurance to the consulate that she would indeed return to China to finish the CR-1.

Issuing a visa in these circumstances would require an exception. I would get Senator Boxer or Senator Feinstein's immigration staff involved in this process as soon as possible. It's possible to expedite either the CR1 or a B2 if justified by the circumstances.

Edited February 22, 2009 by pushbrk

[marends 0]

I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

sorry for being unclear. My wife has been hospitalized in Beijing for the past 6 months with a serious noncontagious bacterial infection. She's been in three different hospitals in Beijing and has had 5 different Chinese doctors whom have tried different things to help her, with little success. I have consulted with numerous doctors in the U.S. who have advised Tracy and I about the proper courses of treatment, which we've had to relay onto her doctors in China (her doctors actually rely on us to tell them how to treat her). There simply are not any physicians in China who are experts about this infectious disease, whereas there are numerous experts in the U.S. We've lost faith that the Chinese medical system can help her. We've been consulting with U.S. doctors who are experts about her condition, and we can get letters from these U.S. doctors who would agree to treat her. We also know that we need to get a letter from her current Chinese doctor recommending that she be treated in the U.S. She's already on my medical insurance in the U.S., and I would be the one who would pay for treatment here. I know we'll have to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. We're already married, and we've already applied for a CR-1, so she *obviously* has immigrant intent. I would assure the consular officer that Tracy would return to China after her medical treatment to finish the CR-1 process. All of her family is there, but she does not own a house, she does not currently have a job, and she currently does not even have an apartment (she moved out of her apartment when she was hospitalized because it was pointless for her to continue paying rent while she was in the hospital). I would appreciate any advice you might have on how we might overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. Basically, we just want her to be treated by the experts here (which I figure would take 4-6 months), and she would go back to China to finish the CR-1 process. What's happening with her continued treatment in China is that her condition is much, much worse than it would be had she been treated all along by experts in this disease. We're trying desperately to mitigate the damage.

I just needed to know if it was indeed possible to do both a B-2 and CR-1 at the same time and how best we might provide assurance to the consulate that she would indeed return to China to finish the CR-1.

Issuing a visa in these circumstances would require an exception. I would get Senator Boxer or Senator Feinstein's immigration staff involved in this process as soon as possible. It's possible to expedite either the CR1 or a B2 if justified by the circumstances.

Please clarify: issuing which of the visas (B-2 or CR-1) would require an exception? Which of the above facts would normally prevent the issuance? The fact that she doesn't have a job or residence?

[pushbrk 13,121]

I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

sorry for being unclear. My wife has been hospitalized in Beijing for the past 6 months with a serious noncontagious bacterial infection. She's been in three different hospitals in Beijing and has had 5 different Chinese doctors whom have tried different things to help her, with little success. I have consulted with numerous doctors in the U.S. who have advised Tracy and I about the proper courses of treatment, which we've had to relay onto her doctors in China (her doctors actually rely on us to tell them how to treat her). There simply are not any physicians in China who are experts about this infectious disease, whereas there are numerous experts in the U.S. We've lost faith that the Chinese medical system can help her. We've been consulting with U.S. doctors who are experts about her condition, and we can get letters from these U.S. doctors who would agree to treat her. We also know that we need to get a letter from her current Chinese doctor recommending that she be treated in the U.S. She's already on my medical insurance in the U.S., and I would be the one who would pay for treatment here. I know we'll have to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. We're already married, and we've already applied for a CR-1, so she *obviously* has immigrant intent. I would assure the consular officer that Tracy would return to China after her medical treatment to finish the CR-1 process. All of her family is there, but she does not own a house, she does not currently have a job, and she currently does not even have an apartment (she moved out of her apartment when she was hospitalized because it was pointless for her to continue paying rent while she was in the hospital). I would appreciate any advice you might have on how we might overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. Basically, we just want her to be treated by the experts here (which I figure would take 4-6 months), and she would go back to China to finish the CR-1 process. What's happening with her continued treatment in China is that her condition is much, much worse than it would be had she been treated all along by experts in this disease. We're trying desperately to mitigate the damage.

I just needed to know if it was indeed possible to do both a B-2 and CR-1 at the same time and how best we might provide assurance to the consulate that she would indeed return to China to finish the CR-1.

Issuing a visa in these circumstances would require an exception. I would get Senator Boxer or Senator Feinstein's immigration staff involved in this process as soon as possible. It's possible to expedite either the CR1 or a B2 if justified by the circumstances.

Please clarify: issuing which of the visas (B-2 or CR-1) would require an exception? Which of the above facts would normally prevent the issuance? The fact that she doesn't have a job or residence?

Issuing a B2 at all would require an exception but they may just choose to expedite the CR1. Depending on the infections desease, she may be ineligible. I don't blame you for not providing the details but without them it's hard to know.

See if this helps. http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

[marends 0]

I'm not sure if this topic is best suited for the B-2 or CR-1 section. My wife is Chinese. We recently applied for a spouse CR-1 and submitted our I-130. We've received NOA1 and are waiting for the petition to be approved. Is it possible to get a B-2 medical visa while the CR-1 is being processed? We have all possible supporting evidence for the medical visa. We don't want to cancel the CR-1 if it's possible to do both at the same time. I'll post this question also on CandleForLove.

"Medical Visa" is not enough information to render even a speculative response. What is the purpose of the visit? Is she a doctor or a patient? Are you the patient?

sorry for being unclear. My wife has been hospitalized in Beijing for the past 6 months with a serious noncontagious bacterial infection. She's been in three different hospitals in Beijing and has had 5 different Chinese doctors whom have tried different things to help her, with little success. I have consulted with numerous doctors in the U.S. who have advised Tracy and I about the proper courses of treatment, which we've had to relay onto her doctors in China (her doctors actually rely on us to tell them how to treat her). There simply are not any physicians in China who are experts about this infectious disease, whereas there are numerous experts in the U.S. We've lost faith that the Chinese medical system can help her. We've been consulting with U.S. doctors who are experts about her condition, and we can get letters from these U.S. doctors who would agree to treat her. We also know that we need to get a letter from her current Chinese doctor recommending that she be treated in the U.S. She's already on my medical insurance in the U.S., and I would be the one who would pay for treatment here. I know we'll have to overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. We're already married, and we've already applied for a CR-1, so she *obviously* has immigrant intent. I would assure the consular officer that Tracy would return to China after her medical treatment to finish the CR-1 process. All of her family is there, but she does not own a house, she does not currently have a job, and she currently does not even have an apartment (she moved out of her apartment when she was hospitalized because it was pointless for her to continue paying rent while she was in the hospital). I would appreciate any advice you might have on how we might overcome the assumption of immigrant intent. Basically, we just want her to be treated by the experts here (which I figure would take 4-6 months), and she would go back to China to finish the CR-1 process. What's happening with her continued treatment in China is that her condition is much, much worse than it would be had she been treated all along by experts in this disease. We're trying desperately to mitigate the damage.

I just needed to know if it was indeed possible to do both a B-2 and CR-1 at the same time and how best we might provide assurance to the consulate that she would indeed return to China to finish the CR-1.

Issuing a visa in these circumstances would require an exception. I would get Senator Boxer or Senator Feinstein's immigration staff involved in this process as soon as possible. It's possible to expedite either the CR1 or a B2 if justified by the circumstances.

Please clarify: issuing which of the visas (B-2 or CR-1) would require an exception? Which of the above facts would normally prevent the issuance? The fact that she doesn't have a job or residence?

Issuing a B2 at all would require an exception but they may just choose to expedite the CR1. Depending on the infections desease, she may be ineligible. I don't blame you for not providing the details but without them it's hard to know.

See if this helps. http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/ineligib...ities_1364.html

What she has is not contagious, so that won't be a problem. I called the Beijing embassy, and they told me to send them a fax describing the situation. I'm waiting for their reply about how we should proceed.