Tourist Visa Question.

[SeaTurtis 1]

Aloha, Ok obviously like so many here my family is waiting for the next ice age for our i-130 its month 5 and reading that it could be a year before I hear back from them. I wonder why I didnt just get them tourist Visas to come spend a few months while we wait.

So my Obvious concern is Can I go ahead and fill out a tourist visa for my wife and kids and bring them over for a few months. If we end up moving forward before the time expires we will fly back to asia and complete the CR1 process.

I would go there and chill together but weve got an empty home on the beach in maui so obviously i can afford to have them visit. But I had read some possible dissinformation on forum before that as soon as i file i-130 it voids tourist visa i also read that filing for tourist visa will get my family black listed. So weven just figured wed wait it out but Id of never done that if i knew it could be a year just for the i130 patition. Its ridiculius.

But now that I know itl be a while yet. Id like to know what i can do to bring them here Nd let them spend some time here.

I did read for tourist visa they want you to show you have a reason to return to home country. She does have a residense but the obvious reason to return is to complete the CR1 visa process in Jakarta when that time comes. Truth is the only reason to return is to accomplish all that were working for.

You guys have been the best most reliable providers of infor ation for me even better than Immigration website. So my frusteration comes from the fact that any of us have to do this. And i wont rant but I constantly hear "the government is not perfect" for example when we pay 420$ for a patition. Government gets multi million dollar contracts but i tend to wonder if a plummer fixed your toilet and took a month and his excuse was "plummers are not perfect" wpuld you fire him? Lmao.

Its a concept iv had cross my mind lately as the ultimate excuse for putting people through unreasonable hardships. Even the least i portant trades are expected to sell a perfect product.

Only me tion it because it has poetic justice and i figure some will get a snicker if you think a out it like that.

Thank you all and when we finally get here well send you some pictures.

[aleful 1,905]

hi

that's not a reason, because millions have abused their tourist visa and every person is considered having an intent to stay,

because if she enters, she could just adjust status in the US by being married to a USC

so she has to convince the officer that she has no immigration intent, that she has strong ties to her country, she must return to her country,

she won't be blacklisted, if she is denied a tourist visa, it won't have any negative effect on her spousal petition

[SeaTurtis 1]

Thank you. So the short answer is no? I mean we obviously have intent to stay here and it cant really be denies but the intent to come visit is honest. Im not out to screw up anything but iv got friends that get to visit on a tourist visa and my wife cant or it seems because our obvious goal is to have the CR1.

I wonder if anyone has been approved to travel here on a tourist visa while waiting for the longer plan.

I recently read I chose the longer rought by marrying abrad but thats how hard it is to pick and choose what info is accurate and whats not. I had read that it was better to marry in the other country faster greencard i also read they didnt need a visa because they where immedeate family. Obvioulsy when i started I began to learn more but its trial and error for most first timer i guess. No wonder people make a business out of it.

So is there any logical way to bring them over for a visit? Are my odds pretty low for getting a tourist visa because we already plan to be here in long run?

[az2014 381]

Are my odds pretty low for getting a tourist visa because we already plan to be here in long run?

You got the answer.

Any ties to the home country can hardly be strong as when the CR1 is complete those ties will be left behind instantly.

[SeaTurtis 1]

Well at least if i have to hire a plummer "its not perfect" wont be an excuse.

Edited March 21, 2016 by SeaTurtis

[aleful 1,905]

Thank you. So the short answer is no? I mean we obviously have intent to stay here and it cant really be denies but the intent to come visit is honest. Im not out to screw up anything but iv got friends that get to visit on a tourist visa and my wife cant or it seems because our obvious goal is to have the CR1.

I wonder if anyone has been approved to travel here on a tourist visa while waiting for the longer plan.

I recently read I chose the longer rought by marrying abrad but thats how hard it is to pick and choose what info is accurate and whats not. I had read that it was better to marry in the other country faster greencard i also read they didnt need a visa because they where immedeate family. Obvioulsy when i started I began to learn more but its trial and error for most first timer i guess. No wonder people make a business out of it.

So is there any logical way to bring them over for a visit? Are my odds pretty low for getting a tourist visa because we already plan to be here in long run?

hi

I didn't say no, but the excuse of having to return because they will have their interview in their country isn't a good excuse since they could stay and adjust status in the US, There is nothing you can do, she must convince the IO that will will return to their country

especially that you would like the whole family to come, then there would be no reason for them to return, just adjust status in the US

maybe one or two could be granted, and the others stay behind, you can try, but they might say to wait until they get their visas, who knows?

if you have the money and you want to try you can, knowing that there is a slim chance that they would all be approved

Edited March 21, 2016 by aleful

[SeaTurtis 1]

Well its not all family just wife and two kids. She still owns a home in Java and will maintain it as family lives there.

But I was reading some other peoples posts who where pretty much griping for the same issue i have of taking 7-9 months or longer Nd I noticed a guy saying he calls USCIS and they tell him what months they currently processed.

I looked up a screenshot of the processing for Nevraska office. It was updated Jan 13- and the recent completed cases where july2. Mine is only a couple of months behind that so At this point the idea to visit is probly a waste of time. I was considering the thing takes a year to get patition forwarded being october and as far as I can tell from that point it takes at least 4 months to get the CR1. So that means it could possibly be as long as about a year from Today. In that case Im either going to Asia or they are coming here. Lol

But if they completed July back in Jan they should be quite close to October you think? Close enough that I probly should pay for 3 tourist visa applications.

But another thought i was considering is some of the medical ####### for the tourist visa might later save time on the cr1 or would they do it all over? Just curious.