New to forum lots of questions

[Boiler 45,519]

13 minutes ago, LizaJane said:

Wait, so what time frame are we looking at in total for a spousal visa to be approved? Say he comes next month to get married and goes home and we file for the spousal,  average wait of how long until a decision is made?

Always a guess looking into the future, 12 to 15 months?

[LizaJane 13]

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Always a guess looking into the future, 12 to 15 months?

Thanks. And current average for the K1? I keep finding very conflicting information for both wait times. I realise each case is different so they can vary, but it's pretty big differences I'm coming across. 

[Boiler 45,519]

9 to 12 months?

[Scandi 4,166]

We went the K-1 route, if we had to go through the process again we would've chosen the CR-1 instead, based on our experience.

 

And this comes from me, someone who loves not working. Imagine someone who actually wants to work, all those months in a new country with no rights to work, hard (if not impossible) to get a driver's license until the EAD is approved etc. I don't wish the EAD/AP/AOS process upon anyone. 😂

[NikLR 13,227]

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

Always a guess looking into the future, 12 to 15 months?

To visa whoch becomes a green card upon entry

 

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

9 to 12 months?

To visa.  Another 5-18 months depending on local uscis office to green card plus another interview.  6 months before he can work. (Is he prepared to be a house spouse for 6 months? I'd go bananas.)

[LizaJane 13]

30 minutes ago, NikLR said:

To visa whoch becomes a green card upon entry

 

To visa.  Another 5-18 months depending on local uscis office to green card plus another interview.  6 months before he can work. (Is he prepared to be a house spouse for 6 months? I'd go bananas.)

Haha, yeah he really wasn't looking forward to that, he'd be so bored. I believe we're going to go the spousal visa route, provided he can get here to get married. That's a worry now, that the immigration officers won't let him through. Also, I know that where I live they require a social security number from each person on the form for the marriage license, and if you don't have one they are apparently not very nice or helpful.  How do we go about getting around that?

[Crazy Cat 41,881]

2 minutes ago, LizaJane said:

Also, I know that where I live they require a social security number from each person on the form for the marriage license, and if you don't have one they are apparently not very nice or helpful.  How do we go about getting around that?

In what state do you plan to marry?  Are you sure he can't sign a waiver statement if he is not a US citizen?  

[LizaJane 13]

1 minute ago, missileman said:

In what state do you plan to marry?  Are you sure he can't sign a waiver statement if he is not a US citizen?  

I'm in Wisconsin and we're just getting married at the courthouse.  I'll have to check with the courts. I've just heard from people that have tried it and not had a good outcome.

[Crazy Cat 41,881]

4 minutes ago, LizaJane said:

I'm in Wisconsin and we're just getting married at the courthouse.  I'll have to check with the courts. I've just heard from people that have tried it and not had a good outcome.

Check this: Wisconsin County Clerk marriage handbook...page 14...says 

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p01086.pdf

 

 

Edited January 25, 2020 by missileman

[LizaJane 13]

7 minutes ago, missileman said:

Check this: Wisconsin County Clerk marriage handbook...page 14...says 

https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p01086.pdf

 

 

Ah, thank you much!

[Lemonslice 4,841]

If your fiancé is older, you might also want to look into Medicare eligibility.  How many years have you worked/will be be able to work, etc. Something else to keep in mind.  Unless the plan is to retire abroad.  Spousal visa seems like the logical next step, but I only know what you've shared here...

[LizaJane 13]

6 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

If your fiancé is older, you might also want to look into Medicare eligibility.  How many years have you worked/will be be able to work, etc. Something else to keep in mind.  Unless the plan is to retire abroad.  Spousal visa seems like the logical next step, but I only know what you've shared here...

Yes, he'll have to work for ten years here to be eligible for Medicare. I've worked since I was 14, and am 43 now, 44 in May. He is 55, will be 56 in August. He's also always worked and can't not work, he'd go crazy.

[Boiler 45,519]

22 minutes ago, LizaJane said:

Yes, he'll have to work for ten years here to be eligible for Medicare. I've worked since I was 14, and am 43 now, 44 in May. He is 55, will be 56 in August. He's also always worked and can't not work, he'd go crazy.

I believe he can piggyback on your contributions, assuming Medicare still exists of course.

[LizaJane 13]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I believe he can piggyback on your contributions, assuming Medicare still exists of course.

No kidding. Along with having to pay for healthcare I also explain retirement and medicare benefits here and how it's not at all how it used to be. People here say I should just go there, but there are huge changes on the horizon for them.

[Boiler 45,519]

Changes everywhere.