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SARAH29   0

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Hi ,

I recently got married 4 months ago and my husband is in Pakistan . We have been planning to apply for his immigration by filing the I-130 petition . but as i have read it takes 2 or more years for the whole process to get completed and then he can come here . But he wants to visits me soon ( in 2 -3 months )as we have been missing each other a lot . Is there any way that he can apply for his Visit visa so that he can come see me only and go back top Pakistan , I can't go to Pakistan since i have no vacations left and i can;t afford to lose my job right now . Please advise if anyone has gone through the same situation ? is it possible to get a visit visa before applying for the immigration ??

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It is very difficult (though not impossible) to obtain a tourist visa once they know you are intending to immigrate. It's up to the discretion of the officer and depends on your home country, too, but it is not likely it will be approved.

Actually, it may be difficult to get one before you even file the I-130 since he needs to be honest and say he is visiting you, which may make them deny him, too, since they probably think he will stay in the US and adjust status.

You can definitely try and in some cases it is approved, but it's very rare. He will have to provide very strong home ties to his country, and personally I wouldn't get my hopes up.

You are better starting the I-130 filing ASAP.

Good luck!


For your reference, my husband was denied a tourist visa under the same circumstances - he only wanted to visit me for Christmas. He has/had very strong ties to his home country but that didn't matter... They told him if his wife is a US citizen that he must apply for an immigrant visa.


Married: 5-July-2015
I-130 Petition Sent: 11-May-2016
NSC Received (Our Priority Date): 12-May-2016
NOA2 Received: 30-September-2016 141 days for I-130 approval
NOA2 Hard Copy Received: 06-October-2016
Petition Sent to NVC: 17-October-2016 17 days for petition to be sent to NVC
NVC Received: 21-October-2016 4 days to be received at NVC
NVC Case Number Assigned: 31-October-2016 10 days for case number to be assigned
NVC Welcome Letter Received: 3-November-2016 @ 12:10 AM 3 days from case number assigned until Welcome Letter received and invoices unlocked
IV and AOS Fees Unlocked: 3-November-2016 @ 7:00 AM
IV and AOS Fees Paid: 3-November-2016
DS-260 Unlocked: 7-November-2016 2.5 business days for DS-260 to be unlocked
DS-260 Submitted: 8-November-2016
AOS and IV Documents Sent: 9-November-2016
Scan Date: 14-November-2016 5 days to receive scan date due to a holiday/weekend
Medical expedite requested: 14-December-2016
Medical expedite approved at consulate: 19-December-2016 Expedite approved with consulate but denied at NVC; still need to wait for case complete
Case on Supervisor Review: 22-December-2016
Case sent to the Review Department: 13-January-2017
Case Complete: 24-January-2017     10 weeks and 2 days at NVC before case completed
Case arrived at consulate/CEAC status "Ready": 1-February-2017
Interview: 21-February-2017   We scheduled our own interview because we had an approved medical expedite with the consulate. By sheer luck we got such a quick interview date because someone cancelled their appointment less than 20 minutes prior
Interview Result: Approved!!
Visa Issued: 21-February-2017     Visa issued same day as interview
DHL tracking information received: 22-February-2017     DHL tracking number appeared 28 hours after interview, scheduled for delivery the next day
Visa in hand: 23-Feb-2017
US POE (Minneapolis): 26-Feb-2017

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Hi ,

I recently got married 4 months ago and my husband is in Pakistan . We have been planning to apply for his immigration by filing the I-130 petition . but as i have read it takes 2 or more years for the whole process to get completed and then he can come here . But he wants to visits me soon ( in 2 -3 months )as we have been missing each other a lot . Is there any way that he can apply for his Visit visa so that he can come see me only and go back top Pakistan , I can't go to Pakistan since i have no vacations left and i can;t afford to lose my job right now . Please advise if anyone has gone through the same situation ? is it possible to get a visit visa before applying for the immigration ??

No its very difficult to get Tourist visa cos my friend did that from Islamabad Embassy he got Refused cos 1-130 Was pending plus Your husband have to wait for Interview in Islamabad so don't waste your times and money on it please I did trying that long time ago and was not working it either

Good luck

 
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