travel during k3 process???

[andyon 0]

Can my husband come on a visitors visa to stay with me for three months while he is waiting to get his interview?..we filed our k3 in april and we are at the affidavit of support stage..but i dont want to wait any longer to see him..plz does anyone know if he can come?????

[MPGGPM 0]

Can my husband come on a visitors visa to stay with me for three months while he is waiting to get his interview?..we filed our k3 in april and we are at the affidavit of support stage..but i dont want to wait any longer to see him..plz does anyone know if he can come?????

He can come to visit, but I don't know about staying for 3 months. That's quite a long time, and may raise some eyebrows when he arrives at the POE.

Longest my wife has ever stayed for was one month. (We are doing a Cr-1)

[andyon 0]

Can my husband come on a visitors visa to stay with me for three months while he is waiting to get his interview?..we filed our k3 in april and we are at the affidavit of support stage..but i dont want to wait any longer to see him..plz does anyone know if he can come?????

He can come to visit, but I don't know about staying for 3 months. That's quite a long time, and may raise some eyebrows when he arrives at the POE.

Longest my wife has ever stayed for was one month. (We are doing a Cr-1)

well..before we got married he always stayed for the maximum..3 months. so that is what we were going to do this time....unless his interview came before the 3 months .....but, he can travel on a visitors visa even tho he applied for a k3 visa???

[homesick_american 1]

With the visa we're applying for, we were informed that my husband would need a specific visa to visit the United States while it's being processed. We were advised that it would be easier if he did not travel to the US while we're being processed, but I didn't ask why at the time.

See, we live together...abroad...so it's not like I never get to see him. I just never get to see my family unless I want to travel alone.

[Peikko 1,575]

There is no reason why your husband cannot come to visit you, I did it many times with no problems.

However, having said that, there is a potential for disappointment if the immigration official at the airport decides that your husband has immigration intent.

Many advise that you should carry proof of compelling reasons to return nto the country of origin (letters from employers, that kind of thing) should your husband encounter this.

Good luck, I hope you get to see him soon

Oh, and as for length of stay, so long as he doesn't violate the VWP (which is 90 days if I remember correctly) there is no reason why the length of the visit should have any bearing.

[wasabisnack 0]

Andyon,

I had asked this question a few days back. My husband is also living in London and I am here in the states.

We did a lot of research and really came out more confused than before we posed the question.

The best I can give you is that no where does it state that one cannot come over on the visa waiver program if their non-immigrant K3 visa is pending. On the USDOS website, there is a list of people not eligeable for the visa waiver program and having a pending visa status is not listed.

There is always the chance that he will be denied entrance at customs, so he should bring a lot of documentation showing that he has ties to the UK. People have suggested a lease, pay stubs/letter of employment, etc. In addition, he should travel with copies of the NOAs, so that he can prove is trying to immigrate legally.

That's the best advice I can give and it's basically made up of the advice given to me by others.

Good luck.