French/American couple looking to move back stateside.

[ACP54 0]

Hi there!

 

 

I’m an American married to a French man going on 4 years married and together for almost 10. We currently reside in France and have been for the past 4 years. I’m here on a 10 year spousal visa. We recently have had our first child together who we’ll be starting starting the process to get her dual citizenship. Once this is finished we plan to start the process to move back home to California. 

 

 

Question is, which visa would we fall under? 

There are so many it’s actually quiet confusing! 

I’m thinking we should file under the i-130 or Spousal Visa (IR1 / CR1)?  Since we’ll be applying from France will it be more complicated? We’ll have a US based sponsor in my parents who more than qualify for the requirements needed

 

Does anyone have any idea of how long we’re looking at waiting?  
 

 

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to shine some light for us!

 

 

 

[payxibka 10,047]

34 minutes ago, ACP54 said:

Hi there!

 

 

I’m an American married to a French man going on 4 years married and together for almost 10. We currently reside in France and have been for the past 4 years. I’m here on a 10 year spousal visa. We recently have had our first child together who we’ll be starting starting the process to get her dual citizenship. Once this is finished we plan to start the process to move back home to California. 

 

 

Question is, which visa would we fall under? 

There are so many it’s actually quiet confusing! 

I’m thinking we should file under the i-130 or Spousal Visa (IR1 / CR1)?  Since we’ll be applying from France will it be more complicated? We’ll have a US based sponsor in my parents who more than qualify for the requirements needed

 

Does anyone have any idea of how long we’re looking at waiting?  
 

 

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to shine some light for us!

 

 

 

There is only one,  it is the spousal visa and the visa process begins with the i130.  Current stateside submitted petitions are taking a  year or a little more 

Edited December 26, 2019 by payxibka

[Mr & Mrs T 778]

1 hour ago, ACP54 said:

Hi there!

 

 

I’m an American married to a French man going on 4 years married and together for almost 10. We currently reside in France and have been for the past 4 years. I’m here on a 10 year spousal visa. We recently have had our first child together who we’ll be starting starting the process to get her dual citizenship. Once this is finished we plan to start the process to move back home to California. 

 

 

Question is, which visa would we fall under? 

There are so many it’s actually quiet confusing! 

I’m thinking we should file under the i-130 or Spousal Visa (IR1 / CR1)?  Since we’ll be applying from France will it be more complicated? We’ll have a US based sponsor in my parents who more than qualify for the requirements needed

 

Does anyone have any idea of how long we’re looking at waiting?  
 

 

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to shine some light for us!

 

 

 

Hello fellow French member and welcome !

 

my husband is a USC living in France with me for almost 3 years . 
 

we applied in. August 2018 for spousal visa ( I-130) 

 

we are currently still at NVC stage . )but we are black cats lol so don’t be afraid by my timeline ahah ) 

 

you need to apply for spousal visa (IR1/Cr1) 
depending on which service center you gonna be it can take about 1 year  /1year half to be approved and move . 
 

France is not a complicate country . 
but you need to be very patient during this process during different phases .
start it ASAP 😀

 

 

 

 

[Just Paul 4,595]

Simply file the I-130/I-130A for your spouse.   Do a CRBA for the child if you can pass citizenship, otherwise file a I-130 for the child as well.

[Ryan H 3,834]

Moved from What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration forum to IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures.

[ACP54 0]

On 12/26/2019 at 7:25 PM, Paul & Mary said:

Simply file the I-130/I-130A for your spouse.   Do a CRBA for the child if you can pass citizenship, otherwise file a I-130 for the child as well.

Thank you for your reply! I can pass citizenship no problem so I will be filing the CRBA for my child soon. 
 

We’re planning on visiting the states come May, do you happen to know if this would cause any conflict in my husbands application process if we start it ASAP? Since we would be visiting for 3 weeks I don’t think it would be but you never know. 
 

[ACP54 0]

On 12/26/2019 at 3:44 PM, Mr & Mrs T said:

Hello fellow French member and welcome !

 

my husband is a USC living in France with me for almost 3 years . 
 

we applied in. August 2018 for spousal visa ( I-130) 

 

we are currently still at NVC stage . )but we are black cats lol so don’t be afraid by my timeline ahah ) 

 

you need to apply for spousal visa (IR1/Cr1) 
depending on which service center you gonna be it can take about 1 year  /1year half to be approved and move . 
 

France is not a complicate country . 
but you need to be very patient during this process during different phases .
start it ASAP 😀

 

 

 

 

Bonjour! 
 

thank you for your reply! ☺️ I wasn’t too sure which it was but it seems simply the I-130.  Has your husband or yourself been allowed to visit the states during the processing ?

[Mr & Mrs T 778]

2 hours ago, ACP54 said:

Bonjour! 
 

thank you for your reply! ☺️ I wasn’t too sure which it was but it seems simply the I-130.  Has your husband or yourself been allowed to visit the states during the processing ?

Salut! 
i dont have any possibilities to visit US waiting for my visa .. ( i wait since august 2018) I had

The  « chance »to be stuck for 344 days at Nebraska service center waiting for my noa2 and now I am stuck at NVC  waiting for DQ) 

 

my esta is blocked because when USCIS lost my first package I sent in may 2018 they told me to apply for visitor visa  and then ask for adjustments of status . What I did . But it’s totally wrong 😡

 

We flew to Paris . embassy in Paris blocked my esta ( because I want to immigrate ) and didn’t gave  me a visitor visa  for the same reason and told me to do the « right way »
my husband can go whenever he wants as he is a USC but he don’t want so without me.

yes i have this real chance to have him living  in France with me 😊

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As  I told you in a previous post my case( not sure 💯 lol)  is very complicate . I didn’t been lucky form the very beginning . so don’t be afraid because most of the time it’s not taking that long for French people . 

I am the black cat of the group ahah ( mieux vaut en rire 🤪) 
 

a lot of people can visit their usc husband / wife during the process , under esta with no problem . Once they can prove their intent to come back and the strong tied  with their country . 
 

good luck and start the process ASAP 😉
 

 

[Just Paul 4,595]

3 hours ago, ACP54 said:

We’re planning on visiting the states come May, do you happen to know if this would cause any conflict in my husbands application process if we start it ASAP? Since we would be visiting for 3 weeks I don’t think it would be but you never know.

Won't be an issue to visit as long as your husband already has a valid ESTA.