Just a visit...

[themudd 0]

Hi my name is Lee.

I will be getting married to an Ecuadorian next month. We will be living in Ecuador at first and plan on making some visits to the US in the near future with the long term plans of her becoming a resident of the US and to live here.

Without starting the immigration process for her to become a resident of the US and have her just go with me to the US for a visit, what kind of Visa would I need to have the best chances? And any tips to improve my chances?

Thanks Lee

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi my name is Lee.

I will be getting married to an Ecuadorian next month. We will be living in Ecuador at first and plan on making some visits to the US in the near future with the long term plans of her becoming a resident of the US and to live here.

Without starting the immigration process for her to become a resident of the US and have her just go with me to the US for a visit, what kind of Visa would I need to have the best chances? And any tips to improve my chances?

Thanks Lee

based on what you said, the only visa would be a tourist visa

[RickD 0]

Hi Lee,

It is possible that they will not give her a tourist visa if they know you are married, because immigration will assume she is not going to return to Equador. My wife (a Colombian) has a valid, five year tourist visa for the US, issued before we were married, and it is my understanding that immigration would treat her as a pending immigrant and not let her in, even if she had a round trip ticket and every intention to return to Colombia until her immigration status is approved. She did visit last summer, with her father, before we were married, but the letter I wrote was to invite her father to visit (he wasn't about to give his youngest daughter away until he was sure that I was who I said I was ) and Ivonne was just a traveling companion. You can certainly try (and if you do, I pray that you are successful), but just don't get your hopes up.

Rick

[misterjay26 0]

apply for the tourist visa. you can find the info on the us embassy/consulate ecuador webpage. although im not an expert, i traveled with my ecua fiancee in november to ¨meet the parents¨, and after sending in the forms, waiting a couple weeks for them to be processed, & just a 10-minute interview she was approved (of course, im pretty sure we had good luck).

i dont think the fact that ur married hinders ur chances of her getting a tourist visa, it only provides futher proof that this is a serious relationship. make sure to provide photos to substantiate the rel`ship & marriage cert if ur married by then. some tips. . have a guarantor - a close family member of urs in the US with lots of assets to cover her liability of becoming an illegal alien while there. for instance, my dad is fairly wealthy and im sure this helped at least a bit. include a copy of the round-trip airline tix. and solicit the help of a congressman/senator from ur home state, to persuade the officer into approving it quickly.

good luck

Hi my name is Lee.

I will be getting married to an Ecuadorian next month. We will be living in Ecuador at first and plan on making some visits to the US in the near future with the long term plans of her becoming a resident of the US and to live here.

Without starting the immigration process for her to become a resident of the US and have her just go with me to the US for a visit, what kind of Visa would I need to have the best chances? And any tips to improve my chances?

Thanks Lee