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My wife and I are waiting on the K-3 or I-130 which ever comes first but its looking like we wont be together by christmas.

I really want to spent time with me wife and new 4 month old daughter.. is there anyway she can come over, like a vacation visa or something? I guess what im really asking is if the K-3/I-130 would cause problems with her applying for a visa to visit?

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twood2k,

I can really empathize with your situation -- in general, the best bet is for you to go out to see your family.

Regards,

KP

My wife and I are waiting on the K-3 or I-130 which ever comes first but its looking like we wont be together by christmas.

I really want to spent time with me wife and new 4 month old daughter.. is there anyway she can come over, like a vacation visa or something? I guess what im really asking is if the K-3/I-130 would cause problems with her applying for a visa to visit?

I-129F TRACK

2006-02-27: I-129 Sent

2006-03-02: NOA1

2006-07-24: NOA2

2006-07-31: Case received by NVC

2006-08-01: Case leaves NVC to New Delhi Consulate via DHL

2006-08-04: Case received by New Delhi Consulate

2006-08-08: Packet 3 mailed out by consulate

2006-08-17: DS-230 Part I couriered to consulate

2006-08-23: Got interview date (email and telephone confirmation)

2006-08-28: Picked-up packet 4 from the consulate, counter 16 (between 2 PM and 3 PM)

2006-09-20: Interview Date (VISA Approved!!!)

2006-09-23: Picked up Passport with VISA from Blue Dot courier office (VFS did not hold it)

2006-09-27: Reached Home!!! (POE Chicago)

I-130 TRACK

2006-02-08: I-130 Sent

2006-02-27: NOA1

2006-05-03: NOA2 (Approved)

2006-06-12: Received and entered into NVC system

2006-07-08: Self Generated DS-3032 and sent to NVC

2006-07-08: Received I-864 bill from attorney

2006-07-11: Paid I-864 bill

2006-07-12: Received IV bill

2006-07-17: Receive I-864 package

2006-07-19: Send back I-864 package

2006-07-19: Pay IV bill (was out on vacation)

2006-07-31: Sent in self-generated DS-230 (after NVC was ready)

2006-08-03: Case being reviewed by NVC (per operator)

2006-09-12: Case sent to New Delhi Consulate

2006-10-04: Emailed Consulate and got Original Interview Date (10/20/06) posponed to April 2007

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what country is your wife from, and where is she living now? This makes a whole big difference in how we can answer your question.

divorced - April 2010 moved back to Ontario May 2010 and surrendered green card

PLEASE DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME OR EMAIL ME. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT CURRENT US IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES!!!!!

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what country is your wife from, and where is she living now? This makes a whole big difference in how we can answer your question.

She is in Ukraine and our Daughter will have a U.S passport in 3 days (did application for birth abraod).

Hey Tom, I am sure you miss Angela and your little princess a lot! Good luck and I hope you can be together for Christmas, it just might be Christmas in Kherson.

YMMV

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It is probably unlikely that your wife would be given a tourist visa with daughter in tow, it would be difficult for her to show ties to home country, and as I understand it, getting a tourist visa in that area of the world is difficult at the best of times. You'll have to go to the Ukraine to visit them.

divorced - April 2010 moved back to Ontario May 2010 and surrendered green card

PLEASE DO NOT PRIVATE MESSAGE ME OR EMAIL ME. I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT CURRENT US IMMIGRATION PROCEDURES!!!!!

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She is in Ukraine and our Daughter will have a U.S passport in 3 days (did application for birth abraod).

Your daughter is 4 months old and is only getting her passport now? How long does it take?

The reason you are asking is I'm due in mid April and if all goes well I should have my visa around then....

It would kill me to wait another 4 months. :(

04-21-2006 | Marriage in Santa Ana, CA
I-130 Process
06-29-2006 | Mailed to CSC
08-23-2006 | Was told application was rejected & sent back
08-30-2006 | Recieved rejected package
09-01-2006 | Resubmitted I-130
09-08-2006 | NOA1 (now that's more like it)
09-13-2006 | Recieved NOA1 in the mail
12-19-2006 | Recieved email RFE
12-20-2006 | Recieved RFE in mail
12-22-2006 | Sent out RFE info
01-09-2007 | NOA2 Email received!
I-130 at NVC
01-24-2007 | Case Number Assigned
02-06-2007 | Emailed DS-3032 COA
02-09-2007 | NVC confirms COA in email
02-20-2007 | DS3032 & AOS Fee Bill Mailed
02-26-2007 | Received DS3032 and AOS Fee Bill
02-28-2007 | Mailed AOS Fee Bill and check
03-13-2007 | I-864 received
03-21-2007 | I-864 sent
05-16-2007 | IV Bill resent from NVC (never got the first)
06-02-2007 | IV Bill received
06-05-2007 | IV Bill payment sent
06-26-2007 | Received DS230
06-29-2007 | Mailed DS230 to NVC
08-15-2007 | NVC process complete but was sent back to US CIS (#@$%#$% this sucks)
11-08-2007 | I-130 returned to NVC
11-08-2007 | Requested expedited interview due to daughters illness
11-21-2007 | NVC approved expedited interview. Mailed to Montreal Embassy Nov 20th
12-11-2007 | Told by contact at US Consulate in Toronto that our interview date will be on Jan 4th.
01-04-2008 | Interview In Montreal. VISA GRANTED
01-11-2008 | Arrival in the US
11-09-2009 | Biometrics taken for 10 year green card
01-20-2010 | Approved- 10 GC ordered for production

06-22-2013 | N-400 package sent

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She is in Ukraine and our Daughter will have a U.S passport in 3 days (did application for birth abraod).

Your daughter is 4 months old and is only getting her passport now? How long does it take?

The reason you are asking is I'm due in mid April and if all goes well I should have my visa around then....

It would kill me to wait another 4 months. :(

The baby must be present at the interview so we had to wait until she was old enough to travel by train from south Ukraine to Kiev (north uraine).

We also had some trouble with the birth certificate that required an extra trip for me and that ate up allot of time...

It only took or takes around six days to get the passport in Ukraine after the interview.

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It is unlikely...but not impossible for your wife to get a tourist visa.. There have been instances where someone who has a spouse who applied for a k-1 , k-3, or I-130 etc ....and was still able to convince the consulate or embassy and be issued a tourist visa. (I read of one case in the Russia forum...in the regional section). And I have heard of people who have applied for an I-130 and still be able to get a tourist visa.

But the fact is...it will be tougher on you and your spouse to convince them because of the pending AOS application. Also , the other difficult factor is that you have a child and want that child to come too. (The instances I know of, where people have been able to get a tourist visa, there was not a child involved).

I think the only thing you can do is personally contact the consulate. Just try your best to get hold of someone in authority there (like a consul general or deputy consul) and do what you can to convince them.

More difficult by phone......but I don't think you have much choice since you obviously can't go there in person.

April 16, 2004 Married in Saint Augustine, Florida.

March 7, 2005 Wife left for Istanbul to serve J-1 2 year HRR. Was a very bad day at Black Rock.

May 23, 2006 USCIS receives application for I-130

June 12, 2006 Noa1

Sept 7, 2006 Noa2 I-130 approved

Oct 10 ,2006 Received fee bill from NVC

Nov 13 ,2006 Received Packet 2 DS-230

Jan 4, 2007 Mailed Packet 2 to NVC

Jan 22, 2007 RFE from NVC aaarrrrgggghhh!!!!!!!!

Feb 28, 2007 NVC received "checklist" response and original documents for the RFE

March 13, 2007 Case completed at NVC! Whoooohoooo!! Ankara, here we come!!!!

March 15, 2007 Case fowarded to Ankara Embassy

April 4, 2007 Interview. Wife gets handed the little green paper. Not good. Need to submit a few more things.

April 9, 2007 Items mailed back to Embassy. Crossing fingers, rubbing the "rabbit's foot", etc,..that this may FINALLY be the end.

April 14, 2007 Visa delivered! Wife is finally going to be on her way back home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 20, 2007 Wife enters through JFK. The days of grabbing my dinners at the WalMart deli....are now officially over!!!

Stay tuned to this channel for further updates..........

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