Tourist visa for Kenyan Spouse

[NYCruiser 423]

2 hours ago, MaggieD said:

Thank you so much for the replies. We rent a house in Kenya and I am applying for my Kenyan residency. Do you think this would help? We don't want to live in the US at this time, however I just don't want to be seperated from him for an indefinite amount of time. 

 

Also I thought he couldn't adjust status within the US. Any suggestions on what we should do instead? the K3 seems impossible and K1 seems confusing because we are already married in Kenya. Should I go home and work on it from there? 

Niaje....

Am a Kenyan citizen too here in the USA now.

I am afraid due to his ties to you, the Embassy (no matter where) will in all likely hood deny him a B1/B2 visa. You are also renting which does not help. I was thinking maybe Canada but they are just as strict since you could visit him (a lot nearer) if he would stay with relatives.

 

Best is to get to the USA and take care of your father alone,

BTW, Delta Airlines now has non-stops to Kenya (not sure if currently, or in the very near future) which might make it easier for you?

[kris&me 572]

2 hours ago, MaggieD said:

Thank you so much for the replies. We rent a house in Kenya and I am applying for my Kenyan residency. Do you think this would help? We don't want to live in the US at this time, however I just don't want to be seperated from him for an indefinite amount of time. 

 

Also I thought he couldn't adjust status within the US. Any suggestions on what we should do instead? the K3 seems impossible and K1 seems confusing because we are already married in Kenya. Should I go home and work on it from there? 

we no longer do K3 

it is CR1 for a spouse

renting a house is not a strong tie as it is easy to abondon

owning property is 

owing o busines is

having a job is

in most cases (high fraud country) a tourist visa is denied for a spouse as the intent to immigrate in always an issue

[MaggieD 0]

2 hours ago, NuestraUnion said:

K3 is obsolete and are rarely approved. Out of the tens of thousands of immigrant visa USCIS approves per year there are only a few hundred K3's that get approved. K3's usually get denied and converted to CRi/IR1.

 

The reason your husband is a high risk is because he can adjust status through you in the US. Many people do that because it is kind of a way to skip the line, so to speak. It is because people don't want to be separated for long periods of time which is something you already admitted to in an earlier post (not insinuated that you are going to do it).

Basically I just want to be able to go to my home country with my husband, I don't know how long I will need to be home. It could be 2 months it could be 6 months. If we have a C1 does he then have to stay in the country? This is quite confusing. 

[Boiler 45,564]

CR1 is for immigrating, B is for visiting.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

8 minutes ago, MaggieD said:

Basically I just want to be able to go to my home country with my husband, I don't know how long I will need to be home. It could be 2 months it could be 6 months. If we have a C1 does he then have to stay in the country? This is quite confusing. 

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides/

http://www.visajourney.com/content/compare

 

It's confusing because you are not familiar with what visa types are available.  Please research using the above links.  Read each category carefully.

What you want and what options are available to you may be two totally different things.  Prepare to adjust your plans.  Visitor visa's (Category B) are very difficult to get from African countries as the others have stated.

[Going through 5,671]

9 minutes ago, MaggieD said:

If we have a C1 does he then have to stay in the country?

A CR1 is for immigration as the spouse of a USC.

And yes, the CR1 would mean he has to remain in Kenya.  He would not be able to enter the US until his CR-1 visa is approved.  Which could take a year.  Or more.  A CR-1 is not an alternative to a tourist visa.  If he has no plans on immigrating to the US to live in the US permanently, then it makes no sense to apply for a CR-1.

 

The ONLY option your husband has to accompany you for a short visit in the US is to apply for the B1/B2 visa for purposes of tourism.  The criteria he would have to meet for approval is already mentioned in previous posts in this thread.  Again, based on all that you have mentioned, the chances of him being approved are quite slim and you will most likely end up having to travel to the US by yourself to care for your father.

[Crazy Cat 41,904]

35 minutes ago, MaggieD said:

Basically I just want to be able to go to my home country with my husband, I don't know how long I will need to be home. It could be 2 months it could be 6 months. If we have a C1 does he then have to stay in the country? This is quite confusing. 

Even if he were to get a B2 visa (highly unlikely), his length of stay would be limited to what the border officer gives him upon entry to the US......and it most certainly would be 90 days or less....

[Crazy Cat 41,904]

My wife and I were apart for a year during our CR-1 processing......video calls 2 times a day were our means of being together.

[Maria1989 403]

You want to visit your dad, then go and visit. Taking your husband along may not be possible because a Visitor Visa is unlikely. My question is this presents many issues, he is from Kenya (High Fraud) but according to you you want to remain in Kenya but you have been residing in Asia for a while. Too many issues... if you don’t plan on living in the US go alone without your husband, then return. When you do decide you may want to live in the US, you may be able to Direct Consular Filing, after receiving your Kenyan Residency, if the US Embassy allows that for Kenya, which can take maybe 3-4 months as opposed to a year and a half. 

[Sunnyland 639]

If the most of time you think you will stay in US is 6 months then I'm pretty sure your husband can "survive" on his own in his country if a tourist visa is not possible for him. No one died of this before. Many times when I had to travel to my home country to visit my family (and my hubby could not come due to his job) then I did it alone and were separated for like 1 or 2 months max. It sucks but no all couples can travel together all the time. 

 

If your husband is not granted with a tourist visa, then you will have to go alone and take care of your father and then go home to your husband. 

Hope all goes well with your father recovery.

Edited March 12, 2018 by Sunnyland

[usmsbow 801]

Just would like to note: don't get totally discouraged by the replies here. A friend of mine is Kenyan, and her parents were able to get tourist visas to visit her here. That being said, they're middle class by USA standards, so better off than the overwhelming majority of Kenyans. You know your personal circumstances better than any of us. Can't hurt to try for a tourist visa. Best of luck to you! 

 

 

[NYCruiser 423]

17 minutes ago, usmsbow said:

Just would like to note: don't get totally discouraged by the replies here. A friend of mine is Kenyan, and her parents were able to get tourist visas to visit her here. That being said, they're middle class by USA standards, so better off than the overwhelming majority of Kenyans. You know your personal circumstances better than any of us. Can't hurt to try for a tourist visa. Best of luck to you! 

 

 

With all due respect, Parents are totally different from a spouse who has a USC spouse.....so the reasons why the parents get Visas are 

a) Older age and won't necessarily stay and adjust or be illegal or work here

b). They usually want to stay in their original countries..

[Boiler 45,564]

The situation for your Kenyan Boyfriend is not in principle any different to the situation for your Sri Lankan Boyfriend.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Is Kenya particularly difficult to get visas from? I was under the impression it was one of the “easier” African countries. Be that as it may, if the husband is able to contemplate an indefinitely timed visit of anywhee between 2 and 6 months, it does imply he won’t be able to show particularly strong work ties and that is a problem no matter where you apply from.

[caliliving 606]

please apply for a tourist visa and let us know how it goes.

dont expect him to get a tourist visa either!!! Once they find out he is married to a USC it will ultimately be denied. 
also do not even THINK about lying and having him put down he is single! USCIS keeps these applications and that will get him a misrep LIFETIME ban to the usa.

 

IMO you should go visit your father alone and then if you want petition for a CR1.  Yes, it is an intent to immigrate visa \but this way in a year if you are still there he will get a greencard and can immigrate.