B2 visa for wife of Green Card holder

[tripsul 2]

Hi everybody,

 

I am USA permanent resident, and we are planning to apply for B2 visa for my wife and young daughter next month.

 

She had B2 visa twice before, but I know that it might be hard for her now to get B2 visa again, since she is married to USA Green Card holder,  but we will try anyway. She will show her strong ties to home by leaving home her older daughter( my step daughter) from previous marriage.

Now, the thing is I am also not living in the states for past 7 years since I got good job back home, but keep my continuous residence valid, traveling to states every  months..

1)When it comes to visa application for my wife,  the question where they ask if she has any relatives living in the USA, does she answer YES or NO. Yes, I am a permanent resident, NO I only live there few weeks a year. I want my answer to be as much honest as possible, so there will be no issues for my wifes immigration process once I become a US citizen.

2) if she answers YES, am I allowed to attend interview with her, and what supporting documents do I need to show?  Do I need to show them the taxes I have files in the states for previous years?

3) Should she indicate that she will finance her trip herself,  or should I include the bank statement from the USA bank with much larger account balance?

4) Anything else you guys think that might be helpful for us to succeeds?

 

Thanks for taking your time and replying.

 

[Boiler 45,493]

Depends on the Consulate,if you are a US PR then you live in the US so that is easy.

[EmilyW 1,434]

I'd be more concerned about the red flags your living arrangement (ie being a permanent resident but not actually living in the US) will throw up.

 

You are not maintaining your obligations as a PR by living and working in another country and visiting for a few weeks.

[Mollie09 1,543]

You probably won't be an LPR for long...

[tripsul 2]

1 minute ago, Mollie09 said:

You probably won't be an LPR for long...

 well that's besides the point of this topic. however, thanks for the concern, however I do everything to maintain my status and will be relocating to the USA in the next few months as soon as my project is completed overseas. I have not violated any immigration laws, by accepting a good job offer overseas without any intentions to abandon my residency in the states.

[Dualie 185]

If it ever comes to light in USCIS that you are spending more time outside the US than inside, that is considered abandonment of your green card.  Even if they find out further down the line, your status could be revoked. Never lie to USCIS. It never ends well.

[Airis 0]

Why dont you become a us citizen first then petition your wife,less complicated that way. If you become a us citizen you dont have to worry about overstaying abroad

[TBoneTX 45,288]

Thread is moved from the "Bringing Family of PRs to America" forum to the Tourist Visas forum -- topic is a B2.

[Mollie09 1,543]

1 minute ago, Airis said:

Why dont you become a us citizen first then petition your wife,less complicated that way. If you become a us citizen you dont have to worry about overstaying abroad

OP has been spending too much time outside of the US to qualify for naturalization. Not going to happen for a while and he'd have to ACTUALLY move to the US first.

[geowrian 22,337]

1 minute ago, Airis said:

Why dont you become a us citizen first then petition your wife,less complicated that way. If you become a us citizen you dont have to worry about overstaying abroad

OP likely broke continuous residence via being abroad, meaning he isn't eligible for citizenship for 4 years + 1 day after his return.

[Airis 0]

1 minute ago, Mollie09 said:

OP has been spending too much time outside of the US to qualify for naturalization. Not going to happen for a while and he'd have to ACTUALLY move to the US first.

True.

[BuiQuang 95]

1 hour ago, tripsul said:

Hi everybody,

 

I am USA permanent resident, and we are planning to apply for B2 visa for my wife and young daughter next month.

 

She had B2 visa twice before, but I know that it might be hard for her now to get B2 visa again, since she is married to USA Green Card holder,  but we will try anyway. She will show her strong ties to home by leaving home her older daughter( my step daughter) from previous marriage.

Now, the thing is I am also not living in the states for past 7 years since I got good job back home, but keep my continuous residence valid, traveling to states every  months..

1)When it comes to visa application for my wife,  the question where they ask if she has any relatives living in the USA, does she answer YES or NO. Yes, I am a permanent resident, NO I only live there few weeks a year. I want my answer to be as much honest as possible, so there will be no issues for my wifes immigration process once I become a US citizen.  If u want to answer to be as much honest as possible, then u know where u live.  so answer honest.

2) if she answers YES, am I allowed to attend interview with her, and what supporting documents do I need to show?  u no can go to visitor visa interview with her.  Do I need to show them the taxes I have files in the states for previous years?  visitor visa about her not u so ur tax no help.

3) Should she indicate that she will finance her trip herself,  or should I include the bank statement from the USA bank with much larger account balance?  they will ask how she pay, she can show them with ur paper

4) Anything else you guys think that might be helpful for us to succeeds?  no lie

 

Thanks for taking your time and replying.

 

 

[tripsul 2]

15 minutes ago, geowrian said:

OP likely broke continuous residence via being abroad, meaning he isn't eligible for citizenship for 4 years + 1 day after his return.

 I have not broken a continuous residency as I mentioned in original post, so and I do qualify for citizenship after 2 years.

[tripsul 2]

10 minutes ago, BuiQuang said:

 

Thanks for the answers. 

And correct I plan on absolutely no lies, as I am less worried about this B2 visa a than  complicating my families immigration process in 2-3 years. 

 

So thats why this simple question is so hard to answer. If she marks YEs as reletavives living in states then it might look like a lie sonce i work overseas most of the time, if she says NO it will look like we sre trying to hide the fact that I am PR. May be I am just over complicating everything.

[geowrian 22,337]

3 minutes ago, tripsul said:

 I have not broken a continuous residency as I mentioned in original post, so and I do qualify for citizenship after 2 years.

Only you know your own case. But I've seen a lot of cases of people who were permitted entry fine but did not meet the continuous residency requirement for naturalization due to long trips abroad (or multiple extended stays outside the US). https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartD-Chapter3.html

Good luck