Can I visit my husband , case at NVC

[kareelina 42]

Two years ago my husband sent me a visit to spend the summer school vacation with him in US and sent me the tickets as well , but I denied the visa , lost the tickets and the visa fees, the VO said that was not the type of visa for me and the kids , when he asked me whether my husband filed a petition for us to immigrate and I answered yes we've just started the process. Now we got our AOS1 and our case at NVC , we paid IV fees and filled in the form DS-260 , it seems as if it would take more time till we reunite again , my husband stop coming to me and my kids because he now needs to spare the money for the visa process, it's been 10 months now since he was here, How can I get a visa just to spend a month or two with him this summer ?

Edited June 10, 2016 by kareelina

[JFH 12,190]

You can apply and find out. The only way to know if you will get a visa is to apply for one. It is always difficult for a spouse to obtain a tourist visa, especially with a pending immigration application. But it's worth a try.

But surely it would be cheaper got your husband to come to you than you go to him? It's one plane ticket vs multiple plane tickets (not sure how many children you have) and multiple visa application fees.

[kareelina 42]

You can apply and find out. The only way to know if you will get a visa is to apply for one. It is always difficult for a spouse to obtain a tourist visa, especially with a pending immigration application. But it's worth a try.

But surely it would be cheaper got your husband to come to you than you go to him? It's one plane ticket vs multiple plane tickets (not sure how many children you have) and multiple visa application fees.

I thought the visa could be obtainable while our case is pending approval at NVC , because I should come back home for the interview , but it is a risk , we do not know how those Visa counselor thinks or believe of us the foreign spouses , we are always suspicious

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to working and traveling during immigration from what visa do I need~~

[arken 4,197]

I thought the visa could be obtainable while our case is pending approval at NVC , because I should come back home for the interview , but it is a risk , we do not know how those Visa counselor thinks or believe of us the foreign spouses , we are always suspicious

Yes the visa could be obtainable but not guaranteed. The approval depends on how the CO gets convinced you'll return back. The CO knows that you do not necessarily need to come back for the interview and that you can abandon NVC process and start USCIS process while in US and that's what is factored into the potential visa denial.

[Pitaya 2,577]

For visitor visas, each visitor visa applicant is presumed to have immigration intent, and must prove that they are not trying to immigrate to the US. Additionally, as you mentioned, your husband has filed for immigration visas for you and the family, that shows that you already have immigration intent. Overcoming that threshold of intent will likely be very difficult.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[dillygoose 21]

You can apply for a tourist visa but it's pretty unlikely you'll be approved.

Plus you'll go through all that process and time for that application when from the embassy standpoint if they let you go you won't be coming back.

You should have your husband visit you in Egypt and wait out the process for your immigration visa to go to the US.

[kareelina 42]

Thank you all for replying , so it is better to wait for the immigration visa ,