Visa based on Nikkah on skype

[Hopefulm 3]

8 hours ago, usmsbow said:

This sounds like "I've got a wife (and probably kid(s)), so sorry, nothing is going to happen."  Even if he is not attached, this is just complete BS, sorry. He's hiding something. 

 

 

 

My family distantly know their family. I've just confirmed that he has got a permit to work visa. No residence/ citizenship.

[AshMarty 360]

12 minutes ago, Hopefulm said:

I've confirmed he only has a permit to work. Is it possible that we have our nikkah on Skype and I go meet him. Have proof of meeting in person. And then apply for Visa.

 

Thanks.

I work with a lot of medical doctors and Fellows from overseas. Most are offered an immigration lawyer for free through the hospital to complete the legal paperwork (applying for visas, green cards or naturalization). You might want to see if he can consulate with an immigration lawyer through his work place but would likely need to be for his spouse.

Edited December 27, 2017 by AshMarty

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

Well,  if he only has work permit, he can not apply for u as his financee

and you have to meet in person

that is first step in case u plan to marry

our neighbor had work visa and his wife was allowed to come 

but those visas are applied by the work facility as very expensive

 

but FIRST MEET 

[Boiler 45,898]

Probably a J? So he is temporary in the US, can you get married when he finished his work visa and returns home?

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

As others said, even if he has a work permit status but not any residency (green card or such) he can not apply for you for any sort of immigration visa. He has to be a green card holder, and even that takes time. You both have some other things to sort out first like meeting in person.

[Dashinka 24,707]

19 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

You would be surprised by what people send as proof...

I wouldn’t be surprised.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

29 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

As others said, even if he has a work permit status but not any residency (green card or such) he can not apply for you for any sort of immigration visa. He has to be a green card holder, and even that takes time. You both have some other things to sort out first like meeting in person.

This is not true. If they meet and then marry, he can subsequently apply for a visa for his spouse. I know of a couple who did this 3 years ago, based on she having work permit status, and no green card. It took approximately 6 months from the wedding for him to follow her to the USA. Of course, once back in the US neither had a green card, and he could not work. It took him another 2 years before he qualified for a work permit.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Russ&Caro

[Boiler 45,898]

6 minutes ago, Russ&Caro said:

This is not true. If they meet and then marry, he can subsequently apply for a visa for his spouse. I know of a couple who did this 3 years ago, based on she having work permit status, and no green card. It took approximately 6 months from the wedding for him to follow her to the USA. Of course, once back in the US neither had a green card, and he could not work. It took him another 2 years before he qualified for a work permit.

He is not here as an Immigrant so how can he apply for an immigration visa for someone he has not even met?

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

11 minutes ago, Boiler said:

He is not here as an Immigrant so how can he apply for an immigration visa for someone he has not even met?

The example I gave is a woman who was here on an H1b work visa, not an immigrant visa. She returned to Pakistan to marry her husband, and as a spouse of an H1b visa holder, he was able to apply for an H-4 visa to follow her to the US, months later.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Russ&Caro

[Boiler 45,898]

1 minute ago, Russ&Caro said:

The example I gave is a woman who was here on an H1b work visa, not an immigrant visa. She returned to Pakistan to marry her husband, and as a spouse of an H1b visa holder, he was able to apply to follow her to the US, months later.

You were telling another poster what they said was not true when what they said is perfectly true. H1b is not an immigrant visa.

[Russ&Caro 1,549]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You were telling another poster what they said was not true when what they said is perfectly true. H1b is not an immigrant visa.

Yes, that is correct. My bad. The OP was asking about any type of visa in which she could join her bf/fiancee in the US. Upon closer reading of the poster's comment I see that he brought up a point about immigrant visas that  the OP was not asking about.

 

So his post was irrelevant, not incorrect.

Edited December 27, 2017 by Russ&Caro

[NoProblem 69]

Nikkah over Skype and then drawing up a written nikah contract is considered legal marriage in Pakistan when witnessed (over the phone and video) by both sides of bride and groom's representatives.  However, at the time of the interview the embassy may deny you a derivative visa since you would not have met your husband to consummate this marriage.

[Ontarkie 14,369]

~~Moved to Work Visas, from IR1/CR1 P&P - as the OP's fiance is in the US on a Work Visa not GC holder or USC.~~

Edited December 27, 2017 by Ontarkie

[Ermin&Zijada 141]

Why would you want to marry someone you have never met in person anyways?

[payxibka 10,047]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

You were telling another poster what they said was not true when what they said is perfectly true. H1b is not an immigrant visa.

H1b qualifies as a dual intent visa