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HOW WOULD NONE U.S. WIFE & DAUGHTER TRAVEL W/ME TO U.S.

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kardesch2012   0

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Filed: Country: Romania
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VERY CONFUSED... DISMAYED! NEED INFORMATION! WAS REFERRED TO THIS SITE BY A VERY GOOD FRIEND. WHEN I RETIRED I MARRIED OUTSIDE OF U.S., & OBTAINED A GREEN CARD (QUITE EASY) FROM MY WIFE COUNTRY (ROMANIA). WE DECIDED THAT WOULD BE MY SECOND RESIDENCE (WIFE'S JOB, DAUGHTERS EDUCATION, & WIFE'S SMALL FAMILY & NEEDEING TO BE CLOSE BECAUSE OF THIER AGES & HEALTH)! REQUESTED A VISA THAT WOULD ALLOW WIFE DAUGHTER TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO U.S. WITH ME WHEN EVER I WAS RETURNING TO U.S. (ABOUT TWICE PER YEAR & FOR ANY EMERGENCIES OR SPECIAL EVENTS). HAVE BEEN TOLD REPEATEDLY LATELY THAT THERE IS "NOT A VISA" THAT WOULD ALLOW THIS! ...EVEN MORE ALARMING NEITHER DAUGHTER OR WIFE WOULD BE ELGIBLE FOR EVEN A TOURIST VISA [bECAUSE OF OUR MARRIGE]. WE WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR A U.S. GREEN CARD BECAUSE OF ITS LIMITATIONS OF BEING OUTSIDE U.S.!! JUST WONDERING IF IT IS INDEED TRUE ... THAT MY WIFE & DAUGHTER WILL NEVER BE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL TO U.S.? NEITHER ARE PREPARED (NOR WOULD I EVER EVEN ASK THAT THEY GIVE UP THIER ROMANIAN CITIZENSHIP) IN ORDER TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S. TO VISIT RELATIVES OR FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. ... SORRY FOR THE RAMBLING BUT KINDA LOST, DISMAYED & VERY CONUSED WITH THE ANSWERS I GOTTEN... WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED IF SOMEONE COULD / WOULD PROVIDE ANY FUTHER INFORMATION. THANKS

...FIRST TIME USER ON THIS SITE =RAMBLING!

JnRMo Contributor

JnRMo   16

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Filed: Country: Latvia
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No caps/bold please.

A Tourist visa may not be impossible. My wife and her sister had multiple tourist visas growing up when her mom was living in the U.S. but she was residing with her father outside the country. If you can afford it it may be worth trying.

Also - not really a great answer - but Romania is likely to join the Schengen Area in a few years, and as it continues to reform in line with that it will likely become eligible for VWP at some point. Off the top of my head I think Poland is the only Schengen Area country that hasn't become eligible for VWP. Even if it does it's not guarantee of entry, but may make things easier.

Is the daughter yours?

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04/14/12 - First date in the U.S.

02/26/13 - Married

06/3/13 - Petition Filed (had been unsuccessfully trying to move to Europe)

06/6/13 - NOA1 (National Benefits Center)

12/19/13 - Transferred to Nebraska Service Center

03/3/14 - I130 Approved

03/18/14 - NVC Received file from USCIS

04/28/14 - Received/Paid AOS Bill

05/01/14 - Received/Paid IV Bill

05/14/14 - Sent AOS Package

05/30/14 - Sent IV Package

06/05/14 - Submitted DS-260

06/19/14 - Received checklist for AOS, resubmitted required corrections

08/09/14 - Case completed at NVC

08/14/14 - Received Interview Date

09/08/14 - Interview date - Approved!

09/11/14 - Raced into town, threw car into a parking spot, and ran down city streets to get to the courier company 2 minutes before the close to get passport back

10/10/14 - POE Entry

dhlunar Collaborator

dhlunar   25

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First, please don't use capital letters and all bold when posting.

If I am reading this correctly, you are a US Citizen, you currently live in Romania, have a Romanian wife and daughter, and you have no intention of permanently moving to the US with your wife and daughter, but travel to the US about twice a year and you would like them to come with you?

If your wife and daughters intention is to come to the US a couple of times a year for a couple of weeks and have no intention of living permanently or working in the US then they could apply for tourist visa's (B1/B2 type). However, there is no automatic denials (unless they broke some US law and were banned from the US or lied on a visa application prior). The only issue is what is known as immigrant intent. Immigrant intent means the applicant for a non-immigrant visa (which a tourist visa is) needs to overcome the burden of proving they do not intent to stay in the US pass the time allowed and will becoming back to their country of origin. Since you are a US Citizen it makes it harder to overcome the immigrant intent since they might be able to apply for Adjustment of Status when they arrive due to their immediate relative being a US Citizen. Also, each visa application is looked at differently. So if they are approved now and go to get a new visa in a year, there is still no guarantee that they will be approved.

Here is the information regarding the cases for my in-laws (wife, their daughter, is the petitioner under the IR-5 category, Parents of a USC):

Submit I-130 (2 petitions) to USCIS on May 30, 2013

USCIS approved the cases on March 10, 2014.

Received notice online from USCIS the cases were sent to NVC on March 17, 2014.

NVC received the cases on March 28, 2014

The case numbers were created on Monday, April 28.

We received the numbers by phone on Friday, May 2.

DS-261 became available on both cases late in the evening on Friday, May 2. Both DS-261 filed on Saturday, May 3.

Received emails to my wife regarding AOS at around 8am on Wednesday, May 7. At the same time received emails that were cc of letters sent to my in-laws. However, the date of all of the letters was Monday, May 5.

Received emails regarding the Immigrant Visa Fee at around 11:15am on Wednesday, May 7. IV fees became available online at around 1pm on Wednesday, May 7. Date of invoice was Tuesday, May 8.

Paid all the fees on Wednesday, May 7 at around 1:15pm.

All fees marked as paid and DS-260 become available sometime late on Friday, May 9.

Dropped off IV and AOS packages (in two different envelopes - 1 for AOS and 1 for IV documents) at the local post office at around 2pm on Saturday, May 10.

Submitted DS-260 (for both cases) around 10am on Sunday, May 11.

Both document packages received by NVC on Monday, May 12 (according to Post Office Tracking - one around 1pm and the other around 4pm. Don't know why they got separated.)

Received checklist email for both cases at 4pm on Thursday, June 12 regarding the IV civil documents

Wife called NVC in the afternoon of Friday, June 13 to inquire about the checklist. Told by a representative they are normal and automatic and not to worry. AOS under review. Call back after Tuesday, June 24.
Received a checklist for my father-in-law on Monday, June 16. NVC reviewed his AOS paperwork, but waiting for the documents the requested the week before.

Wife called NVC in the morning of Tuesday, June 17. Told by the agent they don't have the document requested for dad, and they don't have the AOS package for her mom.

Put in a request with our Senator to get more information. Response was mother-in-law is documentary complete and father-in-law was in document review for the military document.

Wife called NVC on the morning of Tuesday, July 1 and spoke with a supervisor regarding her dad's military document. Supervisor said she would look into it.

Supervisor called us and left a voicemail on the morning of Wednesday, July 9 and stated they have located my father-in-law's military documents. Case sent back to document review.

Per conversation with an agent, the expedited request originally requested by email on July 7, was sent to the Embassy on Thursday, July 10.

Received by postal mail on Thursday, August 21 from our Senator regarding the response of another inquiry. Still the same.

Early in the morning on Friday, August 22:

Wife calls the Embassy and was told the IV section doesn't accept calls, and was given a number in the states that turned out to be scheduling assistance for NIV interviews.

Called NVC as soon as they opened and was told the Embassy denied the expedite request, but the case was completed by NVC on Monday, August 18. Wife inquired about interview scheduling, and was given some good information.

At 5 PM on Thursday, September 11, received the interview letters. Interview is scheduled for the morning of October 9.

Mother-in-law approved. Father-in-law placed in Administrative Processing due to follow-up TB test.

CEAC stated ISSUED for my mother-in-law on October 15. DHL had the package for pick up on October 17 but called the wrong number. Package picked up on October 27.

On December 11 mother-in-law received a phone call from the Embassy that the medical is back for my father-in-law and to DHL his passport to them. Passport sent on December 12.

On December 18 CEAC updated to ISSUED for my father-in-law. My wife is happy!!!! Embassy said they gave it to DHL on December 19

Due to a DHL delay the package did not become available for pick up until December 24. USCIS Immigrant Fee paid the same day.

POE: JFK Terminal 1 - December 26, 2014 - They are finally here!!!

Took them to a local SSA office to get SSN on January 6, 2015. Cards received on January 10, 2015.

Green Cards received by priority mail on January 23, 2015 (four weeks after arrival).

Both went to motor vehicles and got state issued ID cards on April 11, 2015.

Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,828

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to Tourist Visas forum.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

SBB Enthusiast

SBB   74

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: China
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I assume by your story that your daughter is not a US citizen?

07/14/2012: Eloped in Texas Hill Country
08/11/2012: Mailed I-130, I-485, and I-765 to Chicago Lockbox
08/13/2012: Package received by Chicago Lockbox
08/14/2012: Priority Date
08/17/2012: Notice of receipt sent
08/21/2012: Biometrics appointment notice sent
08/27/2012: Walk-in biometrics completed
09/19/2012: Interview scheduled for October 26
10/24/2012: EAD production ordered
10/26/2012: Interview in San Antonio. AOS approved!
11/5/2012: USCIS claims green card delivered, nothing in mailbox.
12/5/2012: Service request filed for non-delivered green card.
12/7/2012: Service request replied to (but not delivered).
1/4/2013: Filed I-90, paid another $450
1/24/2013: Biometrics again...
4/1/2013: First Green Card from November finally arrived...

4/22/2013: Replacement Green Card arrived.

8/9/2014: Filed I-751

8/14/2014: Received NOA for I-751

3/12/2015: ROC Approved!

7/18/2016: Sent in N-400 to Texas lockbox

7/21/2016: N-400 delivered

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,966

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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B2 is the Visa, whether they would get it from a high fraud country is another issue.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 
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