We want to move to USA

[therealbbe 0]

Hello everyone I am confused with what visa I need to fill in. We are hoping to move to Austin Texas as this is where my hubby's family is. Hubby is us citizen and our son had dual nationality. Myself and my daughter are British. I married hubby nearly 14 yrs ago in uk which is where we reside at present. I have just finished my nursing degree and we want to move. Please please please can someone advise me

Thank you Sharon x

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Follow the guide here for DCF filing:

VJ member lost_at_sea's guide

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/DCF_London

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/443127-dcf-london-i-130-for-ir1cr1-spouse-guide/

[MandyLouDarling 0]

Hi Sharon,

We are near the end of our process so feel free to ask questions if needed. Also, we are moving to Austin, Texas! :-) I'm American and my husband is English. We've been married nearly 10 years and have two children and live here in the UK currently.

I found lost at sea's information incredibly helpful. It is extremely detailed. We started on Oct 22 of last year and my husband's interview is this week so, it's a pretty quick process through London DCF considering.

Best of luck to you!

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

Hello everyone I am confused with what visa I need to fill in. We are hoping to move to Austin Texas as this is where my hubby's family is. Hubby is us citizen and our son had dual nationality. Myself and my daughter are British. I married hubby nearly 14 yrs ago in uk which is where we reside at present. I have just finished my nursing degree and we want to move. Please please please can someone advise me

Thank you Sharon x

One of the tragedies of this immigrations process, in my opinion, is that petitioners like you with an established long and productive relationship has to be processed the same as Jack and Jill who met on vacation and have spent a total of two weeks together.

Good luck on your journey and I hope your transition is smooth. Lot's of brits in Texas, not sure why exactly.

[therealbbe 0]

Thank you all for the info and any advice is so appreciated. Are we allowed to apply for me and my daughter on same petition or separate. Omg another person moving to Texas how cool be nice to chat sometime. When are you moving??? Or hope to move?? I am finally getting my head around things and looking forward to it now!! Any

Help will be totally appreciated regarding what forms. Is it 420 dollars??

Thank you again

Sharon x

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Married people (immigrant visas) have to have separate I-130 petitions (and fees) for each person. It is the fiancé visa where a child is a derivative of the parent and is just listed on the parent petition. You can mail them together and such but each is a separate application.

Your visa will be IR1 but often they are listed together as CR1/IR1. The only difference is you will get a 10 year greencard because of being married over 2 years. CR1s get a greencard that expires in 2 years and they have to an additional process to remove conditions before their card expires.

[2ndMessiah 184]

In a previous post you mentioned you are a newly qualified nurse. Well done, that is a lot of hard work.

My understanding is you wont be able to get a nursing job in the US, until to certify, pass the appropriate exams. Just something else you might want to look into.

From a previous post, Dylan your son will have to have a CRBA (consular report of birth abroad). You can get his US passport at the same time. http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/robirth4.html

Edited January 18, 2014 by 2ndMessiah

[razspaz13 30]

One of the tragedies of this immigrations process, in my opinion, is that petitioners like you with an established long and productive relationship has to be processed the same as Jack and Jill who met on vacation and have spent a total of two weeks together.

Good luck on your journey and I hope your transition is smooth. Lot's of brits in Texas, not sure why exactly.

oh so well said, I had no idea before starting this process that our marriage of 14 years would have no real value as being established and "the real deal"

I reckon' it could be the warmer weather and maybe a few more blue sky moments than Britain LOL

[therealbbe 0]

In a previous post you mentioned you are a newly qualified nurse. Well done, that is a lot of hard work.

My understanding is you wont be able to get a nursing job in the US, until to certify, pass the appropriate exams. Just something else you might want to look into.

From a previous post, Dylan your son will have to have a CRBA (consular report of birth abroad). You can get his US passport at the same time. http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/acs/passports/robirth4.html

He already has birth certificate, social security number and we now have to renew his usa passport. We did this because we went on holiday to usa and he needed usa passport to enter. Yes I have heard about having to pass exams wonder if I can do this before or I have to wait till I get there. That makes things harder to start work straightaway meaning I need to find out how much money we need for them to accept me and my daughter in usa

Thank you for replying

[2ndMessiah 184]

Again this is from memory, but my understanding that when you train as a nurse in the UK you specialize in care for a specific group, IE adult or pediatric etc

In the US nurses are trained for everything and have to pass NCLEX exam.

When you have your EAD (employment authorization document) card or green card, you will be able to work but not as a nurse.

A quick google brought me to this link, http://www.brutish-nursing.com/wk_us.html

There are some things on this page might not apply to you if you already have an EAD/Green card but the qualification is a definite.

Edited January 20, 2014 by 2ndMessiah