What is the best VISA to get?

[Guille 0]

Hi! Im from the Philippines. I want to go to the US to take USMLE Step2-CS (medicine licensure exam) on July 2014. I will take the exam with my fiance who has dual citizenship (Filipino-American). If I go there to take the exam with him, what type of VISA should I get- fiancé visa (we get married in the US), spouse (marry in our country before going to the US) or Tourist Visa? By the way, my fiance is based in the Philippines. He frequents the US with his family, but they don't own a property there.

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[Boiler 45,501]

Do you intend to stay in the US or return?

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hi! Im from the Philippines. I want to go to the US to take USMLE Step2-CS (medicine licensure exam) on July 2014. I will take the exam with my fiance who has dual citizenship (Filipino-American). If I go there to take the exam with him, what type of VISA should I get- fiancé visa (we get married in the US), spouse (marry in our country before going to the US) or Tourist Visa? By the way, my fiance is based in the Philippines. He frequents the US with his family, but they don't own a property there.

Being you are both in the Philippines I would look serious at getting married there then doing the CR-1 as a DCF, of course all of this is for naught if you are not planning to reside in the USA (a U.S. residence is required)

[HollyGolightly 72]

If you are planning on being in the US briefly so you can take the test, I suggest you just apply for a B2 visa. If you check the visa qualifications for B visas it allows "recreational study as part of a tourist visit", which seems to be in line with what you want to do. It would be a different story if you are intending to take the test and then stay in the US. There are many options should you decide on that. You can find an employer and apply for work visa or get enrolled in a university program and acquire a student visa. I am not sure if you can gain residency through your non-resident dual husband, specially since he is not domiciled in the US. He can apply for CR1 or K3 visa for you once you are married so you can gain residency status in the US but that route is a long and painful one (same as with K1) and if you are working on a set timeframe to take the test it is unlikely that you will get that resolved in time.

[Guille 0]

Thanks guys! Im planning to take the test there on July 2014 and come back to Philippines after. By the way, my parents are immigrants in the US since Sept of this year. Is that a good thing? Or will they doubt me more knowing that I have relatives there? By the way, the reason why im considering the k1 visa is because we intend to get married there since my parents cant come back to the PHilippines. So I have 2 intentions.. To take the test on July and to get married. Will that make it more complicated?

[Guille 0]

Actually, We have also considered getting married here before going to the US. Im sure my parents will understand if that will make it easier for me to get a visa.

[Boiler 45,501]

B2 is what you want, not an easy one to get.

[HollyGolightly 72]

Thanks guys! Im planning to take the test there on July 2014 and come back to Philippines after. By the way, my parents are immigrants in the US since Sept of this year. Is that a good thing? Or will they doubt me more knowing that I have relatives there? By the way, the reason why im considering the k1 visa is because we intend to get married there since my parents cant come back to the PHilippines. So I have 2 intentions.. To take the test on July and to get married. Will that make it more complicated?

It will be difficult to get issued a B2 if you are planning to get married in the US with your USC boyfriend and it will be tough to explain on the interview that you have every intention of coming back after you marry and take the test.

K1 is a petition for a fiancé of a USC issued for a single entry on the condition that you marry and adjust status. If you do not have the intention to stay and immigrate to the US then applying for K1 would be pointless as it expires within 90 days from entry unless you get married and file AOS.

You may get married in the US regardless of what visa you have as long as you do not immigrate with a nonimmigrant visa. However, since you do have prior intent to marry it will be extremely difficult to get a B2. The fact that you have immigrant parents might also be taken against you. You will have to show strong ties (i.e. job, real property, family, investments, interests etc.) to your country on your own right in order to get approved a visit visa.

[NikLR 13,227]

you only need the k1 if you are planning on staying in the USA after marriage... if not, don't bother.

[Guille 0]

Good day everyone! Im a Filipina and my

husband is a Filipino-American based here in the Philippines. He's born in the Philippines by an American mother. My husband and I would like to go to the US on July 2014 to take the US medical licensure exam. But until now we have not figured out the best type of US VISA to get for me. I think we are running out of time.

By the way, my parents have just migrated to the US on Sept 2013. Pls help me guys...

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Are you looking to move to the US or just visit and write the exam?

good luck

[aaron2020 11,651]

You need a visitor visa if you intend to come take the test and return home.

For a visitor visa, you need to overcome the presumption that all visitors intend to immigrate.

With a US citizen husband and parents who recently immigrated, you might have a difficult time getting the visa.

Apply and best of luck.

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If you want to immigrate to the US, it will take a year to get the immigration visa.

Edited January 3, 2014 by aaron2020

[Zedayn 485]

It all depends on what your intentions are. If you are just coming to visit and take an exam, then you will need to apply for a tourist visa.

If you are intending to move to the US and live, then your husband would file an I-130 petition for a spousal visa.

[Guille 0]

Thank you for your replies. For the meantime my goal is to be able to go to the US with multiple entry VISA because we need to be come back to my country after the exam. We work here as doctors. Visitor/tourist VISA is too risky because my parents are in the US. WhaT should I do?