DFC or work visa for foreign spouse (I got an answer!)

[americannes 0]

I thought it was possible for it to be easier to move to the States on a work visa for my foreign husband. We live in France and I've been here for 8 years and married for 6. My husband has a job offer in the States and the application process for the green card looked kind of hard. But I had this suspicion that a work visa wouldn't work because I'm a USC and because of that, it would be taken for granted his intent to immigrate.

Well, I talked to the embassy in Paris and they confirmed it - we'll have to petition for the immigrant visa through DCF and won't be able to go the work visa route.

The good thing is that the lady told me I could submit my petition and this petition would be good for up to 3 years. If at the end of 3 years I haven't finalized the request, then it would be destroyed. If any time after that I wanted to recommence the petition, I would just submit a new petition and the old one wouldn't count against us.

Once I've submitted my part of the petition, we can submit my husband's part later after he has his formal job contract and his salary will count as proof of funds. She said that the whole process should take around 4 months.

Whew! so I don't have to worry about petitioning and then abandoning the application - I can start right away even if we're very unsure about the whole relocation thing.

[Chamonix-Dallas 0]

I thought it was possible for it to be easier to move to the States on a work visa for my foreign husband. We live in France and I've been here for 8 years and married for 6. My husband has a job offer in the States and the application process for the green card looked kind of hard. But I had this suspicion that a work visa wouldn't work because I'm a USC and because of that, it would be taken for granted his intent to immigrate.

Well, I talked to the embassy in Paris and they confirmed it - we'll have to petition for the immigrant visa through DCF and won't be able to go the work visa route.

The good thing is that the lady told me I could submit my petition and this petition would be good for up to 3 years. If at the end of 3 years I haven't finalized the request, then it would be destroyed. If any time after that I wanted to recommence the petition, I would just submit a new petition and the old one wouldn't count against us.

Once I've submitted my part of the petition, we can submit my husband's part later after he has his formal job contract and his salary will count as proof of funds. She said that the whole process should take around 4 months.

Whew! so I don't have to worry about petitioning and then abandoning the application - I can start right away even if we're very unsure about the whole relocation thing.

Thanks for sharing this information !!!

I just have a question, how can your husband get a formal job contract and salary in the US before the end of the process ?