I GOT MY IMMIGRANT VISA BUT MY HUSBAND IS STATIONED IN GERMANY AND HE CAN'T GO WITH ME TO UNITED STATES. WHAT CAN I DO?

[Londonergirl 133]

Just now, carlinhoswave said:

I think I got really in panic and I forgot the fact the medical exams is valid for 5 months and half. The thing is he told me that they could deny buut it is 90% sure he will move back in September.

When did you have your medical? When in June is your interview? 

By the way, do you know what base you are going to in the US?? (We are a military family too)

[carlinhoswave 30]

Just now, Londonergirl said:

When did you have your medical? When in June is your interview? 

My medical exams will be on May 18 and my interview will be on June 11.

[Londonergirl 133]

1 minute ago, carlinhoswave said:

My medical exams will be on May 18 and my interview will be on June 11.

Can you move your medical so you have it a few days before the interview?

[Londonergirl 133]

Or actually... I dont understand the issue..... If your medical is May 18th, it will still be valid the whole month of September?

[x_driven_x 1,778]

7 hours ago, carlinhoswave said:

Hello guys, I have a problem right now. So My husband is a U.S. Citizen and he is an active duty military. Right now he is stationed in Germany and he can't fly with me because he will be on mission and I would like to know if I can travel alone to USA? I read on the website that the sponsor needs to be in USA or needs to fly with me there. Does anyone knows more about it?

Isn't the US base considered US soil? There is probably a special process for this. Your husband should ask the appropriate advisors on the military base how to handle this scenario, or perhaps you guys should have waiting for the visa to the US until he was no longer stationed overseas.

[Coco8 1,042]

If you husband is back September, you have to contact the consulate and move your interview to August. You should also move your medical to August/July. The medical is valid for 6 months and it has to be valid to enter the US.

 

You do not need to go to the interview as soon as you are allowed to do it. You can move it around based on your situation. A lot of people do this. 

 

What is important is that you contact the consulate and tell them that your husband is on active duty, so you need to do the visa closer to the date you are going to move to the US with him.

Edited May 7, 2018 by Coco8

[carlinhoswave 30]

1 hour ago, Londonergirl said:

Can you move your medical so you have it a few days before the interview?

Well, probably I can do that. I should to check on that.

1 hour ago, x_driven_x said:

Isn't the US base considered US soil? There is probably a special process for this. Your husband should ask the appropriate advisors on the military base how to handle this scenario, or perhaps you guys should have waiting for the visa to the US until he was no longer stationed overseas.

Yes, it is considered a US soil and that's why we have no problem about to prove domicile. I will ask him to verify that on base.

1 hour ago, Coco8 said:

If you husband is back September, you have to contact the consulate and move your interview to August. You should also move your medical to August/July. The medical is valid for 6 months and it has to be valid to enter the US.

 

You do not need to go to the interview as soon as you are allowed to do it. You can move it around based on your situation. A lot of people do this. 

 

What is important is that you contact the consulate and tell them that your husband is on active duty, so you need to do the visa closer to the date you are going to move to the US with him.

Well, maybe I should contact the USCIS military line.

[evapaula 230]

You can definitely postpone the interview. We got approved at NBC level in April, I scheduled the interview for the end of May, and didn't enter the US until September. Everything was fine. 

[Roel 7,192]

1 hour ago, x_driven_x said:

Isn't the US base considered US soil? There is probably a special process for this. Your husband should ask the appropriate advisors on the military base how to handle this scenario, or perhaps you guys should have waiting for the visa to the US until he was no longer stationed overseas.

Unfortunately being on base doesn't help in this situation, visa needs to be activated via POE to the US. 

[Naes 12,205]

1 hour ago, carlinhoswave said:

Well, probably I can do that. I should to check on that.

Yes, it is considered a US soil and that's why we have no problem about to prove domicile. I will ask him to verify that on base.

Well, maybe I should contact the USCIS military line.

Contact military line. They may count US base as US. (I know in some circumstances they do in Japan bases)

[carlinhoswave 30]

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Contact military line. They may count US base as US. (I know in some circumstances they do in Japan bases)

I will do that. That's true! Thank you very much Naes!!!!!!!

[Naes 12,205]

1 hour ago, Roel said:

Unfortunately being on base doesn't help in this situation, visa needs to be activated via POE to the US. 

Actually it sometimes do, but people who are in their own country and going to base don’t realize this because it doesn’t really affect them.

 

I’m just putting this as an example cause this is the reason my friend stopped the process:

for example an expat living in japan under a Japanese work visa for married to US citizen in base. She has to either chose to stay in Japan or get the green card to live in base. But if she chooses to live in base as her residency will be considered in base, she won’t be able to work in japan because she will lose status. However a Japanese national wouldn’t even be aware of this because it doesn’t affect them the same way.

 

I dont know if they would accept this and it  would follow the same rules in this case but worth calling the hotline. So at least they may count the husband as he is in US and let the process happen... just a maybe of course

Edited May 8, 2018 by Naes

[David & Diana R 1,005]

4 hours ago, carlinhoswave said:

I need to plan what I'm going to do now. Me and my husband are feeling lost right now.

Your husband should talk to his JAG Officers immediately,  They can solve all of your problems.

[Sarah&Facundo 595]

You have six months though. My husband's medical was last September. He went to his interview in October and had his visa in a few days. He didn't even come to the US until March and we married in April. Everything was fine. And we had moved our interview up a few months because we had other travel plans together also. Your situation is fine.

[Roel 7,192]

Good luck with that but I honestly don't believe it's possible to activate visa on US base. Even US embassy in Germany (in their military families section) advice people to apply for their immigrant visas only about  6 months before sponsors PCS time. 

 

Also actually the military bases aren't really considered US soil. For the immigration purpose, green card holders who already had their green cards, can keep their status abroad if they're on their sponsors military orders. IF they'd just randomly move and live alone on the base, that time wouldn't count as time in the US. 

 

OP doesn't even have a visa yet. She won't be added to sponsors orders at this point. Following you all logic, people would get their torusit visas activates while entering the base.. There's no immigration control or actual border so..

 

OP just plan accordingly and make sure you both leave for US before your medical and visa expires. That's all that can be advices. 

 

(IM A military spouse and I live on bases past 4 years, trust me)