Best option ?

[moon shadow jay 0]

I am a little confuse with my process here. Before I came back to the states from Mexico. My wife and I were seaching on Immigration help. We came to a website stating about latina help and immigration. It stated 3 options for latinas. And the one that we both came up on was 2-3 months for becoming a resident. The information is below

THE WIFE VISA

WIFE FOR GETTING VISA, three (3) POTENTIAL OR WIFE VISA FORMS, depending on your situation:

1) LEGAL RESIDENT VISA

This option is available after their civil wedding or church in the country of the lady with a U.S. citizen is visiting as tourists in some U.S. CONSULATES You can file the petition directly to the Consulate. The rate of wife to get visa in most cases estes: 2 or 3 months. (THIS OPTION IS NOT AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. CONSULATES IN COLOMBIA, PERU NI BRAZIL.)

2) LEGAL RESIDENT VISA

This option is available after a civil wedding or church on the land of the lady to a U.S. citizen who is a LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE LAND OF THE LADY. (RESIDENCE IS A PERMANENT ADDRESS THE KNIGHT IN THE LAND OF THE LADY, HOW IS WORK EXAMPLES INCLUYDO KNIGHT IN THE LAND OF THE DAMA, CABALLERO physicalist PRECENSIA BY A LEAST SIX MONTHS IN THE LAND OF THE LADY.) Velocity for wife get visa in the majority of these cases: 2 or 3 months. (THIS OPTION IS AVAILABLE IN ALL CONSULATES U.S.)

3) Visa K-3

This alternative is allowed a wife ofa U.S. Citizen enter the U.S. by the maximum 24 months with permission to travel or return to their country after a civil marriage or Igleisa in the country of the lady. The rate of wife to get visa in most cases estes: 6 or 9 months.

For either option, it first requires that you have married in her country with her American boyfriend in a civil or church marriage. Also, you must complete an application and to show: 1) Proof of your husband be a citizen of the United States, 2) Proof of a valid marriage and 3) Adequate financial support from her husband.

NOTICE: Change in Form of Immigrant Visa Application For Spouse at U.S. Embassy After 01 July 2003. Click Here.

You can get started the process nearby.

It takes

1) your responses to our Form for Spouse Visa.

Now this is what I am confuse on. Which is the best for my situation and or is there any extra service provided to wifes? We got this from ( SERVICIOS DE ABOGADO )

Also I got eveything together, The wife and I translated our own paper work. Got photos ect... Now my office would be chigaco but for Mexico where my wife is from what is all the services for this country, example... interview city ect.. Any additional help would be helpful but before I mail this paper work out I just wanted to get a understanding about this.

Thank You

[Otto 83]

OK - I'll give it a go...

moon shadow jay - I don't know where you got what you posted and/or if it was translated using some kind of software, but I can see why it would perhaps get you confused. Land of the Lady?

To help others help you... (Just some basic questions to start with.)

• One of you is a US Citizen correct?
• Your wife is in Mexico currently? (Or in the US?)
• You are in the US currently?

[moon shadow jay 0]

yes I cant fully read or speak spanish but my wife can fully and I do use google translator. but without my wife here to help me I gave it a go.

I am the US citizen

My wife is Mexican and is in Mexico

And yes I am in the US (Minnesota)

[Otto 83]

yes I cant fully read or speak spanish but my wife can fully and I do use google translator. but without my wife here to help me I gave it a go.

I am the US citizen

My wife is Mexican and is in Mexico

And yes I am in the US (Minnesota)

Good.

So you have two options.

1. CR-1 Visa (or IR-1 if married already more than 2 years) - essentially they follow the same path/instructions.
2. K-3 Visa

You should first take a look at the Guides (near top of the page) and review (in particular) the What Visa Do We Need? section - it will show you some of the 'Pros' and 'Cons" of each of these types.

Also in the Guides section - are Step by Step instructions/guides for each type of Visa. That should get you started - they are clear and accurate, you just need to evaluate each one, then you can begin to focus on the direction that is best for you guys.

[canadian_wife 1,829]

I've never heard of a tourist being able to file directly with the consulate for his wife's immigrant visa. I'm not sure that is an option.

You can only do #2 if you have been a legal resident of Mexico for at least 6 months, then you can file directly with the consulate

You should file for the CR-1 while your wife is in Mexico and you are in the US. 2-3 months is EXTREMELY liberal. You should look at 6 - 8 months realistically.

I'm sorry but I just can't really figure out how your lawyer came to those 3 options. Perhaps you need to consult an immigration lawyer (if you'd like) that speaks English so you can ask questions and figure out your options

Good luck.

[moon shadow jay 0]

Direct Consular Filing looks like the information I added is what we where looking for. There is no direct link to read more information about how would this work, and what fourms are needed. I could google this question but google is not realy a good source for information. Where would the Direct Consular Filing be located?

[Otto 83]

Direct Consular Filing looks like the information I added is what we where looking for. There is no direct link to read more information about how would this work, and what fourms are needed. I could google this question but google is not realy a good source for information. Where would the Direct Consular Filing be located?

DCF (Direct Consular Filing) is intended for when both spouses live in the foreign country (presumably Mexico) - The US Embassy/Consulate in Mexico (as far as I know) does not offer DCF.

Visa Journey's Guide for DCF

Edited September 14, 2009 by Otto und Karin

[canadian_wife 1,829]

As I said, you can only Direct Consular File if you have been a legal resident of Mexico for at least 6 months. So unless you are currently living in Mexico and working towards getting your legal residency, it doesn't seem to be an option for you. For clarification, post your questions on the DCF forum here

Good luck.