Apply for tourist visa & CR1/K3 simultaneously?

[celiothrkn 0]

My wife is applying for the CR1/K3. According to time lines, this will take almost a year to process. Can she apply for a tourist visa from the nearest embassy/consulate in China after we've filed for CR1/K3?

Would the tourist visa interview officer think that she's going to come to the US on vacation and not leave the US because she has a husband here?

Also, does anyone have experience applying for Chinese tourist visas to the US? Do Chinese tourists need to go with tour groups? Or can they roam freely?

[payxibka 10,047]

My wife is applying for the CR1/K3. According to time lines, this will take almost a year to process. Can she apply for a tourist visa from the nearest embassy/consulate in China after we've filed for CR1/K3?

Would the tourist visa interview officer think that she's going to come to the US on vacation and not leave the US because she has a husband here?

Also, does anyone have experience applying for Chinese tourist visas to the US? Do Chinese tourists need to go with tour groups? Or can they roam freely?

yes

probably

if she gets a visa and is granted entry into the USA she can roam freely... the big question is will she be given a visa and allowed into the USA...

[gyrsriddle 0]

My wife is applying for the CR1/K3. According to time lines, this will take almost a year to process. Can she apply for a tourist visa from the nearest embassy/consulate in China after we've filed for CR1/K3?

Would the tourist visa interview officer think that she's going to come to the US on vacation and not leave the US because she has a husband here?

Also, does anyone have experience applying for Chinese tourist visas to the US? Do Chinese tourists need to go with tour groups? Or can they roam freely?

yes

probably

if she gets a visa and is granted entry into the USA she can roam freely... the big question is will she be given a visa and allowed into the USA...

My wife did exactly that through the consulate at Shengyang. She was here for 3 months then returned to China to wait for the K-3 interview.

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My wife is applying for the CR1/K3. According to time lines, this will take almost a year to process. Can she apply for a tourist visa from the nearest embassy/consulate in China after we've filed for CR1/K3?

Would the tourist visa interview officer think that she's going to come to the US on vacation and not leave the US because she has a husband here?

Also, does anyone have experience applying for Chinese tourist visas to the US? Do Chinese tourists need to go with tour groups? Or can they roam freely?

yes

probably

if she gets a visa and is granted entry into the USA she can roam freely... the big question is will she be given a visa and allowed into the USA...

My wife did exactly that through the consulate at Shengyang. She was here for 3 months then returned to China to wait for the K-3 interview.

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I think it's a bad idea unless she has been granted before i.e., she is not a risk and will return. - she's rich and has more to lose by being in the USA illegally.

[kalia3333 1]

The Ghana embassy actually approved my husbands tourist visa and than called him in to revoke it, I assume they thought he would stay and not return to wait forever for them to process the CR1/K3.

[celiothrkn 0]

My wife is applying for the CR1/K3. According to time lines, this will take almost a year to process. Can she apply for a tourist visa from the nearest embassy/consulate in China after we've filed for CR1/K3?

Would the tourist visa interview officer think that she's going to come to the US on vacation and not leave the US because she has a husband here?

Also, does anyone have experience applying for Chinese tourist visas to the US? Do Chinese tourists need to go with tour groups? Or can they roam freely?

yes

probably

if she gets a visa and is granted entry into the USA she can roam freely... the big question is will she be given a visa and allowed into the USA...

My wife did exactly that through the consulate at Shengyang. She was here for 3 months then returned to China to wait for the K-3 interview.

gyrsriddle,

Do you remember what proof your wife used to show that she will return to China after her 3 months tourist visa is up? Did you give her an invitation letter stating that you're her husband? If you have a copy of that invitation letter saved, could you message it to me?

Also, does anyone know what the tourist visa approval & rejection rates are?