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Bringing my fiancé with me and my kids to usa

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Tracy-->NY   40

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The visas have already been granted, so you can marry her before you enter or they become void.

In my instance I married after I entered and file a petition about three weeks later. He will visit until he can live there legally. It is a waiting game.

 

My Journey

Priority Date: July 24, 2007 (EAC)

AOS fee paid: February 2013

Request embassy change: May 2013

Son born: September 2013 (added to petition March 2014)

Interview: March 17, 2015 (Joint sponsor needed)

Joint sponsor documents submitted: April 27, 2015

Visas approved and issued: April 30, 2015. Had to return to embassy to do oath for son :)

Visa in hand: May 5, 2015 (two working days after issued)

IV fees paid: August 10, 2015

POE: JFK - September 10, 2015 (one day before visa expiry date - No hassle)

Returned to Barbados: September 28, 2015

Green cards: October 5, 2015 :dancing:

Entered US permanently: March 22, 2016

Applied for SSNs: March 28, 2016 (didn't tick box on DS-260)

SSN received: April 4, 2016;

Learner's permit: April 7, 2016 (in NY you also have to do 5-hour class);

Driver's License: July 13, 2016 (on first try) :dancing:

Husband's Journey (F2A)

Married: September 2015

I-130 sent: October 8, 2015 (via USPS)

Priority date: October 9, 2015 (WAC)

Petition approved: March 8, 2016 (5 months to the date of receipt) :)

NVC Welcome Letter: May 13, 2016
AOS documents sent: August 8, 2016
Case complete: September 14, 2016 (the waiting continues:clock:).

Interview:  October 5, 2017 (Approved - Issued following day :))

Visa in hand:  October 12, 2017

POE:  October 13, 2017

Green card:

SSN:

 

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aaron2020   11,651

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The visas have already been granted, so you can marry her before you enter or they become void.

In my instance I married after I entered and file a petition about three weeks later. He will visit until he can live there legally. It is a waiting game.

I think you meant that if he marry her before he enters, then he voids the immigration visa that requires him to be single when he enters the US. It's not "marry before you enter or the visa is void."

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Tracy-->NY   40

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Yes I meant can't my bad. Which is what I did married after entry.

 

My Journey

Priority Date: July 24, 2007 (EAC)

AOS fee paid: February 2013

Request embassy change: May 2013

Son born: September 2013 (added to petition March 2014)

Interview: March 17, 2015 (Joint sponsor needed)

Joint sponsor documents submitted: April 27, 2015

Visas approved and issued: April 30, 2015. Had to return to embassy to do oath for son :)

Visa in hand: May 5, 2015 (two working days after issued)

IV fees paid: August 10, 2015

POE: JFK - September 10, 2015 (one day before visa expiry date - No hassle)

Returned to Barbados: September 28, 2015

Green cards: October 5, 2015 :dancing:

Entered US permanently: March 22, 2016

Applied for SSNs: March 28, 2016 (didn't tick box on DS-260)

SSN received: April 4, 2016;

Learner's permit: April 7, 2016 (in NY you also have to do 5-hour class);

Driver's License: July 13, 2016 (on first try) :dancing:

Husband's Journey (F2A)

Married: September 2015

I-130 sent: October 8, 2015 (via USPS)

Priority date: October 9, 2015 (WAC)

Petition approved: March 8, 2016 (5 months to the date of receipt) :)

NVC Welcome Letter: May 13, 2016
AOS documents sent: August 8, 2016
Case complete: September 14, 2016 (the waiting continues:clock:).

Interview:  October 5, 2017 (Approved - Issued following day :))

Visa in hand:  October 12, 2017

POE:  October 13, 2017

Green card:

SSN:

 

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Daveoheight   1

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Thanks guys for the responses it looks like i have some homework to do and choices to make. I very much appreciate the responses and advice you all gave me

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Daveoheight   1

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The visas have already been granted, so you can marry her before you enter or they become void.

In my instance I married after I entered and file a petition about three weeks later. He will visit until he can live there legally. It is a waiting game.

I have a question, I know after crossing the border that I am to stay in the USA for 6 consecutive months. Do I marry her back in her home country. Or does she marry me in the USA?

Also I noticed that you filed your i130 as soon as you got married. And the priority date soon after? Would you know how long it will take for your husband to legally live in the USA?

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I have a question, I know after crossing the border that I am to stay in the USA for 6 consecutive months. Do I marry her back in her home country. Or does she marry me in the USA?

Also I noticed that you filed your i130 as soon as you got married. And the priority date soon after? Would you know how long it will take for your husband to legally live in the USA?

You can leave the same day.

“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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I have a question, I know after crossing the border that I am to stay in the USA for 6 consecutive months. Do I marry her back in her home country. Or does she marry me in the USA? There is no rule requiring you to stay in the USA for 6 consecutive months after you immigrate to the US. Once you enter the US on the immigrant visa to live, you can use your green card to visit Canada. It does not matter whether you marry in Canada or the US.

Also I noticed that you filed your i130 as soon as you got married. And the priority date soon after? Would you know how long it will take for your husband to legally live in the USA? The Priority Date is when USCIS receives the I-130. It takes 2 years for an LPR to petition for a spouse.

Have you considered to file for I-601A? This is not what you think it is. First, your wife would need to be the Immediate Relative of a USC. Your wife would need a USC husband or USC child over age 21 to be granted a 601a waiver. Second, the 601A is to waive a person's unlawful presence. It doesn't waive the need to qualify for an immigration visa. It doesn't waive the need for a visa.

If there was a way to bring your wife immediately, we would tell you. No one is trying to hide the ball. We are telling you the truth.

You chose to immigrate as a single man in the F1 category with your children. You could have chosen to immigrate in another 4 years as a married man in the F3 category with your wife and children, but you didn't.

You will have to marry after you immigrate. It will take 2 years for you as an LPR to petition for your wife. Feel damn fortunate that she can come to visit since many other couples can not even do that. You have to accept this. Sorry, but you can not choose to have a shorter wait so you can immigrate to the US as a single man and have a girlfriend/fiancee/wife immigrate with you.

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Tracy-->NY   40

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We married in the USA and returned to our home country I'm moving in march 2016. It the visa bulletin continues to move as it is two years max. I am a LPR. He has a valid visitors visa till 2019 thankfully.

 

My Journey

Priority Date: July 24, 2007 (EAC)

AOS fee paid: February 2013

Request embassy change: May 2013

Son born: September 2013 (added to petition March 2014)

Interview: March 17, 2015 (Joint sponsor needed)

Joint sponsor documents submitted: April 27, 2015

Visas approved and issued: April 30, 2015. Had to return to embassy to do oath for son :)

Visa in hand: May 5, 2015 (two working days after issued)

IV fees paid: August 10, 2015

POE: JFK - September 10, 2015 (one day before visa expiry date - No hassle)

Returned to Barbados: September 28, 2015

Green cards: October 5, 2015 :dancing:

Entered US permanently: March 22, 2016

Applied for SSNs: March 28, 2016 (didn't tick box on DS-260)

SSN received: April 4, 2016;

Learner's permit: April 7, 2016 (in NY you also have to do 5-hour class);

Driver's License: July 13, 2016 (on first try) :dancing:

Husband's Journey (F2A)

Married: September 2015

I-130 sent: October 8, 2015 (via USPS)

Priority date: October 9, 2015 (WAC)

Petition approved: March 8, 2016 (5 months to the date of receipt) :)

NVC Welcome Letter: May 13, 2016
AOS documents sent: August 8, 2016
Case complete: September 14, 2016 (the waiting continues:clock:).

Interview:  October 5, 2017 (Approved - Issued following day :))

Visa in hand:  October 12, 2017

POE:  October 13, 2017

Green card:

SSN:

 

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aaron2020   11,651

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We married in the USA and returned to our home country I'm moving in march 2016. It the visa bulletin continues to move as it is two years max. I am a LPR. He has a valid visitors visa till 2019 thankfully.

Best of luck.

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