2months required stay in india for usa citizens?

[rsda 0]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

[YuAndDan 153]

I saw this one came up before.

SEE: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=67440

[pbgirl 1]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

If you are going for the K3 visa, the amount of time you spend in India after the wedding is not relevant to your filing (although some might say you need time to get the marriage certificate through all the red tape in Indian government).

If you want to do DCF (Direct Consular Filing), the rules for filing in India changed as of last June. It use to be that you had to stay 3 months and then can file directly from India (rather than waiting closer to 6 months if you filed from the USA for the K3). But the Indian Embassy now requires you are an actual resident of India in order to file for DCF.

P.S...how are you a dual citizen? Are you talking about the PIO card?

[waiting4ever 0]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

There is no requirement to stay in India for 2 months to apply for K3 visa.

[doc_cute 0]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

There is no requirement to stay in India for 2 months to apply for K3 visa.

no the rules are

u should be indian citizen and the period of stay for dcf filing is 6 months as per new rules

[doc_cute 0]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

There is no requirement to stay in India for 2 months to apply for K3 visa.

no the rules are

u should be indian citizen and the period of stay for dcf filing is 6 months as per new rules

indian citizen means previously indian citizen with a us passport

[rsda 0]

Hi

I am usa citizen and my fiancé is Indian citizen. We are planning to get married and then file for k3 visa, but I wonder why is it required for me to stay in India for 2 months for getting my spouse to usa ? I also heard this rule will be changed to 3 months staying. Is there anyway, can I avoid staying too long abroad since that will result in job loss?

Will it make any difference if I am dual citizen (usa+india) ?

Pls let me know. Thanks for your input

There is no requirement to stay in India for 2 months to apply for K3 visa.

no the rules are

u should be indian citizen and the period of stay for dcf filing is 6 months as per new rules

indian citizen means previously indian citizen with a us passport

Thanks for all the helpful information guys..to reiterate if i do direct filing then stay is 6 months in india?? whereas none from usa..so how long is the wait in k3 from usa? pls bear w/ silly q's

thanks

[rsda 0]

Also what are (timeline) advantages of direct filing from india vs usa?

[waiting4ever 0]

Also what are (timeline) advantages of direct filing from india vs usa?

K3 takes about 5-6 months if you apply from the United States. It used to take less time if one filed in India but I don't think that this would be the case with 6 month residency requirement.

[doc_cute 0]

Also what are (timeline) advantages of direct filing from india vs usa?

K3 takes about 5-6 months if you apply from the United States. It used to take less time if one filed in India but I don't think that this would be the case with 6 month residency requirement.

well there is no advantage as per now since the residency rewuirement has become six months for dcf,

earlier the requirement was for 3 months that was very advantageous

but the indian gov keeps changing policy who knows next month again they hang over to 3 month staying requirement u pls do keep checking the website

it is byfar better to do k-3 directly from u.s

Mala