Brainstorming Ideas on how to proceed

[tennisFL 3]

3 hours ago, iwannaplay54 said:

You’re really planning, in the open, to bring a spouse in on a visit visa?

 

Meet in person, file a K1 petition

Marry, file an I130 petition for spouse

 

Are your options

 

Then wait in line like everyone else.  

@iwannaplay54 - i130 is fine by me. Just worried we will be separated since my work needs for me to be in the US.

[Marieke H 2,496]

7 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

@iwannaplay54 - i130 is fine by me. Just worried we will be separated since my work needs for me to be in the US.

You will be separated for a while, like most couples here. If she has a valid tourist visa, she may be able to come for short visits during the process. And you can visit her as well.

[tennisFL 3]

58 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

There is no “quickest.”   The process will take a couple of years.  She cannot legally live in the US while waiting out the process.

@Jorgedig - Thanks. Can she stay here as soon as I file? I am not sure how long the appointments take in India.

[iwannaplay54 985]

11 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

@iwannaplay54 - i130 is fine by me. Just worried we will be separated since my work needs for me to be in the US.

That’s how the legal immigration process works. You can always stay with your spouse and sponsor her on assets. 

[tennisFL 3]

3 minutes ago, Marieke H said:

You will be separated for a while, like most couples here. If she has a valid tourist visa, she may be able to come for short visits during the process. And you can visit her as well.

@Marieke H - That is why I was thinking of the canada route since if I take her to canada and then get her the visitor visa then it would be quick since getting visitor visas from india takes too long. My assumption is from Canada it would be quicker to get a visitor visa even though I have applied for i130 back in India. Please advise.

[iwannaplay54 985]

1 minute ago, tennisFL said:

@Jorgedig - Thanks. Can she stay here as soon as I file? I am not sure how long the appointments take in India.

She cannot

[Thunderbolt 172]

16 hours ago, tennisFL said:

Hello!

I am thinking of getting her a visitor visa to Canada and from there getting a visitor visa to US since it will be quick? will this work?

Please advise.

Hello to you too  

You can't get US visa in Canada for your girlfriend. She needs to be resident there to apply for US visa from Canada. 

[tennisFL 3]

1 minute ago, iwannaplay54 said:

That’s how the legal immigration process works. You can always stay with your spouse and sponsor her on assets. 

@iwannaplay54 - Thanks, I didn't understand this `sponsor her on assets`? what do you mean by that?

[iwannaplay54 985]

17 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

Thanks @Daphne . - I will do the CR1. As soon that is filed, can she travel to US or no?

No

[tennisFL 3]

Just now, iwannaplay54 said:

No

Are there ways around this at all? I am sure there are exceptions for everything

[iwannaplay54 985]

3 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

@iwannaplay54 - Thanks, I didn't understand this `sponsor her on assets`? what do you mean by that?

Demonstrate you have 3X the cash-equivalent assets based on your family size required to sponsor your spouse and you can live overseas with her.  
I dont think you understand that your spouse cannot enter and live in the US until your petition is approved, her visa is processed, she interviews, and the visa is in her passport.  Not a visit visa, an immigrant visa.

Edited December 21, 2022 by iwannaplay54

[Marieke H 2,496]

 

Just now, tennisFL said:

@Marieke H - That is why I was thinking of the canada route since if I take her to canada and then get her the visitor visa then it would be quick since getting visitor visas from india takes too long. My assumption is from Canada it would be quicker to get a visitor visa even though I have applied for i130 back in India. Please advise.

There are so many things wrong with your assumptions, that I don't even know where to start...

 

How will you be able to "take her to Canada"? Why would it be quicker for her to get a tourist visa as an Indian national while visiting Canada? She is still an Indian national, and she will not easily get a visitor visa to the US. To get a visitor visa, she will need to be able to show that she plans to return to her home country, which she clearly does not.

And then... Even if she would get a tourist visa to VISIT the US, she would be committing visa fraud if she would use her non-immigrant visa to immigrate to the US.

 

You want her to immigrate. You apply for an immigrant visa. It will take a while.

[iwannaplay54 985]

7 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

Are there ways around this at all? I am sure there are exceptions for everything

If you continue to try to plan ways to violate immigration laws you’re gonna get tossed off the site bro.  This isn’t India and this isn’t funny.  
When we got married and applied for a tourist visa to visit the CO laughed at us.

You want to work in the US while your application is pending you’re gonna be separated.  That’s how it works.  You can apply for a tourist visa like we did (twice) but your chances of getting one are close to zero since you’re married. 

Edited December 21, 2022 by iwannaplay54

[iwannaplay54 985]

12 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

@Marieke H - That is why I was thinking of the canada route since if I take her to canada and then get her the visitor visa then it would be quick since getting visitor visas from india takes too long. My assumption is from Canada it would be quicker to get a visitor visa even though I have applied for i130 back in India. Please advise.

This plan will 100% flag you.  Advice is buy her a round trip ticket from Canada.

[powerpuff 6,677]

16 minutes ago, tennisFL said:

Are there ways around this at all? I am sure there are exceptions for everything

If there were ways around that, none of us here would be separated from our US citizen husbands/wives/fiancés. Your case isn’t special , sorry. We were all separated from our significant others for an extended period of time.

Edited December 21, 2022 by powerpuff