visa k-3

[daroum 0]

slt a tous je suis une algérienne qui vie à alger et mon marie et actuellement au usa depuis 6mois par la green card( lotterie 2010)

voila il a vu un avocat la bas qui lui a éxpliqué que la procédure pour me regroupé va prendre j'usqu'a 2ans qui est beaucoup pour moi je sait que je doit étre patiente mais c dure.sachant qu'il na pas encore déposé mon dossier j'aimerai s'avoir si je peut demandé en parlléle un visa touristique ou bien un visa étudiant tandit que la procédure est en cours qu'elle est le moyen pour le rejoindre merci d'avance

[Pitaya 2,577]

slt a tous je suis une algérienne qui vie à alger et mon marie et actuellement au usa depuis 6mois par la green card( lotterie 2010)

voila il a vu un avocat la bas qui lui a éxpliqué que la procédure pour me regroupé va prendre j'usqu'a 2ans qui est beaucoup pour moi je sait que je doit étre patiente mais c dure.sachant qu'il na pas encore déposé mon dossier j'aimerai s'avoir si je peut demandé en parlléle un visa touristique ou bien un visa étudiant tandit que la procédure est en cours qu'elle est le moyen pour le rejoindre merci d'avance

Welcome to the forum. Please, use English only in the main forum, local languages are often used in the various regional forums.

Good luck on your visa journey.

[Trishy_N_J 23]

C'est correct je vais tout traduire pour toi. SVP envoie moi un message si je repond pas.

As I said, "It's Ok, I will translate everything for you. Please send me a pm if I don't reply".

Her question is as follows:

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Hi everyone. I'm an Algerian woman that lives in Alger. My husband has been living in the USA for about 6 months now. He obtained the green card via lottery (in 2010).

He consulted a lawyer there who explained to him that the procedure to bring me there could take up to 2 years. This is rather long for me and I know I have to be patient but it's hard, especially since he hasn't yet filed for anything yet. I'd like to know if I could ask for a Tourist via or a Student visa while he's filing for me.

In other words, what is the fastest/best way for me to go to him? Thanks in advance

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Sorry if my translation isn't perfect but I did it very quickly.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

**** Moving from K1 fiance visa to Bringing Family Members of Greencard Holders. Please, no more non-english in this thread. ***

You can try for a tourist visa (6 months visit at a time, cannot work) or a F1 student visa (must go to university full time- fees are expensive). When did you get married? If before he got his visa, why did you not go with him?

[maprincesse 1]

slt a tous je suis une algérienne qui vie à alger et mon marie et actuellement au usa depuis 6mois par la green card( lotterie 2010)

voila il a vu un avocat la bas qui lui a éxpliqué que la procédure pour me regroupé va prendre j'usqu'a 2ans qui est beaucoup pour moi je sait que je doit étre patiente mais c dure.sachant qu'il na pas encore déposé mon dossier j'aimerai s'avoir si je peut demandé en parlléle un visa touristique ou bien un visa étudiant tandit que la procédure est en cours qu'elle est le moyen pour le rejoindre merci d'avance

oui je suis à peu près dans le même cas que toi mais mon esr resident permanent par sa mère ma procedure est en cours et je suis pressée qu'elle se termine mais avec l'immigration americaine et dans notre cas il faut être patiente tu sais 2ans ça va être un peu rapide au lieu demander un visa d'etudiant tu vas gaspiller bcp d'argent alors que si tu reçois ton papier tu vas pas payer pour l'ecole .A mon avis cela ne regarde que moi si j'etais à ta place demande lui de faire la procedure pour toi et entre temps il va faire des vas et vient entre Algerie et les usa bonne chance

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

** Moved to MENA forum. English only outside the regional forums please ****

[daroum 0]

but could i ask for a student visa or a tourist visa while the the procedur is being???????please help me i am lost

[Marina and Wayne 2]

Salut,

je suis sur que ca sera "non".

Ne perdez pas le temps, dit-lui d'envoyer la demande d'immigration pour vous. Avez-vous aux min. 14000$ par an pour payer les etudes? Ca sera "non" quand-meme, car votre intention d'immigration est evidente.

2 ans-c'est ne rien par rapport au autres attentes-jusqu'a 12 ans.

Courage!

[Sarah B 26]

Salut,

Je ne pense pas que le gouvernement va t'accorder un visa touristique car ton but ne sera pas d'etre une touriste mais de rejoindre ton mari non? Au niveau d'un visa d'etudiant, je te le deconseil fortement car en tant qu'etudiante Americaine les frais seronts de loin moins cher. Il faut que tu prennes des cours d'anglais pendant que tu attends ton visa d'immigration. Rabi Ma3k.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Hi daroum! Welcome to MENA VJ.

I need to bone up on my french and arabic languages well enough to read and write fluently in them so I can be of some help here.

Yes you could try for a tourist visa or even a student visa and it's not very difficult but it will cost money and is not always guaranteed. Women being petitioned for don't have as difficult a time from the MENA region with their petitions. I suspect in your case since your husband came on a lottery visa and you're already married that it will be rather quick and easy for your case.

My question is what is holding up your husband from filing as soon as possible to bring you over here? Is it money? If it is money then I'd put it towards the family based visa of CR-1/IR-1 because the K3 no longer is an option. The processing times have increased on the CR-1/IR-1 with the average taking about 11 months from first filing the petition to receiving the visa to travel here. I'm not certain about Algeria though because sometimes the visa process can be case specific. Your husband should really file that petition quickly because there is no reason you should have to endure a long distances relationship. LDRs are really difficult especially when you're both already married. It was so stressful on me waiting all those years for my husband to come here and now I think if it was for my protection or the countries then the extreme caution and background casing was all for nothing really. He's fine and like a lamb really. We couldn't be happier now that we're counting the years together instead of day, weeks and months. Couples getting to be together is happiness and being apart is pure hellishness.

I hope you guys get to be together soon and that you keep us, in the MENA forum, updated on your case and what you decide to do.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I did a simple timeline search for the average processing time for CR-1/IR-1 coming out of Algeria.

Here take a look: My link

oops I see it just takes you to the search engine for it on this site. Well if you put in the details which you may have more of you'll be able to see it and read the recent data for yourself and look at individual timelines of other people going through the process for comparison.

Edited July 26, 2012 by Dr. A ♥ O

[venusfire503 54]

Hi daroum! Welcome to MENA VJ.

I need to bone up on my french and arabic languages well enough to read and write fluently in them so I can be of some help here.

Yes you could try for a tourist visa or even a student visa and it's not very difficult but it will cost money and is not always guaranteed. Women being petitioned for don't have as difficult a time from the MENA region with their petitions. I suspect in your case since your husband came on a lottery visa and you're already married that it will be rather quick and easy for your case.

My question is what is holding up your husband from filing as soon as possible to bring you over here? Is it money? If it is money then I'd put it towards the family based visa of CR-1/IR-1 because the K3 no longer is an option. The processing times have increased on the CR-1/IR-1 with the average taking about 11 months from first filing the petition to receiving the visa to travel here. I'm not certain about Algeria though because sometimes the visa process can be case specific. Your husband should really file that petition quickly because there is no reason you should have to endure a long distances relationship. LDRs are really difficult especially when you're both already married. It was so stressful on me waiting all those years for my husband to come here and now I think if it was for my protection or the countries then the extreme caution and background casing was all for nothing really. He's fine and like a lamb really. We couldn't be happier now that we're counting the years together instead of day, weeks and months. Couples getting to be together is happiness and being apart is pure hellishness.

I hope you guys get to be together soon and that you keep us, in the MENA forum, updated on your case and what you decide to do.

It might be 11 months if the petitioner is a USC, but isn't it different if the petitioner is a permanent resident (as hers is)?

Sorry - brain hasn't woken up yet, and I'm really rusty on immigration things now....

Best of luck to all!

venusfire

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

It might be 11 months if the petitioner is a USC, but isn't it different if the petitioner is a permanent resident (as hers is)?

Sorry - brain hasn't woken up yet, and I'm really rusty on immigration things now....

Best of luck to all!

venusfire

I'm not really sure if it makes a difference if the petitioner is a USC or LPR. I have never read on here there being much of a problem with that before. I was looking at the recently updated immigration timelines for Algeria on the CR-1/IR-1 visa.

The average is about 6 months from filing to NOA 2. The USCIS processing center that takes the least amount of time is the Texas Servicing Center then the Vermont Servicing Center and last is the Califonia Servicing Center with an unusally long amount of time. Unfortunatly depending on which State he lives in will decide which processing center the petiton will be routed to with California being the most that petitions go through. There doesn't appear to be any stats for the Nebraska Servicing Center for Algeria petitions on here.

Without looking at individual cases and seeing who has the large wait that is skewing the numbers the average wait is 651 days or around 1 year and 9-10 months. So what they said to her about 2 years may be more accurate for Algeria. Gosh that is an awful darn long time to wait on a petition to be with your spouse. I've been there myself with that long of a wait.

He should really get on the ball and file the petition now for his wife. The sooner the better.

Edited July 26, 2012 by Dr. A ♥ O

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

When did you marry your husband, did he include you on the DV lottery application or did you marry him after he was approved ?

[daroum 0]

when my husband received his green cards we were engaged (august2011) we got married in October ( 2011 ) and he went to usa in february 2012 before he doesn't know about the procedure.récently he has seen a lawyer who éxplain about the procedure of our situations

this week my husband will add my fille and i want to ask for a tourist visa next monthe what do you think????????