Bringing my wife over and looking for work

[martinbr 1]

Hello, my wife has her visa now. She has had it since 06/28/10. But my dilema is that I have been out of work for 13 months with no job in sight. I am renting a room in a three bedroom house which has three other people already. I really need to get her over her before her visa expires in Dec. But I am deathly scared that it will make my situation even worse!

I am collecting unemployment which is barely getting me by. By the time my unemployment check comes, I am flat broke. But I am older and that might be the reason I am not getting hired with even a very tight market. But I am thinking that my wife who is filipina might be able to get a job easier than myself. Where I live in the S.F. bay area is predominatly asian, hispanic and filipino.

But this might be the only chance to get her here. The only thing I would have to do is get her a social security number and she be good to go. Is this correct.

I have been holding off as long as I can. As you can see by my timeline this immigration process has been going on for 3+ years. It is kind of a make or break situation. Anyone else been in this situation. I am not asking for a answer just maybe your experience if you were in this kind of situation bringing your loved one over when it was your time.

thanks,

martinbr

[Nik+Heather 121]

Your timeline indicates that your wife has an immigrant (CR-1 or IR-1) visa, so you are correct, all she will need to begin working when she gets here is her social security number. When she enters, she should get an I-551 stamp on her passport which indicates that she is a permanent resident and is the same as a green card.

[martinbr 1]

Your timeline indicates that your wife has an immigrant (CR-1 or IR-1) visa, so you are correct, all she will need to begin working when she gets here is her social security number. When she enters, she should get an I-551 stamp on her passport which indicates that she is a permanent resident and is the same as a green card.

I had some money come in that I have been waiting for to get a ticket for my wife to get here hopefully in the next couple of weeks. I really don't want to wait any longer. It's been another year since I have been away from her. This is kind of a make or break deal here. I might not have the money for awhile to get my wife here and then her visa will expire. Maybe with the two of us together we can come up with a plan on working to get here daughter here. The economy is not going to pick up any time soon as I was hoping so with the two of together, we can work it out.

martinbr

[Boiler 45,712]

What does she do?