US visit (B-1/B-2) visa during I-130 petition

[nabeeln796 0]

Hi,
This is my first post in this group. I am a Canadian permanent resident and my wife is a US citizen. She is intending to apply I-130 petition for me. However, I have a US visit visa interview scheduled for 25th April 2023. Shall we wait for the visit visa interview to be done and then apply for an I-130 petition after getting my visit visa or shall we apply for an I-130 petition and then complete my visit visa interview? Please suggest.

Please note that when I completed my DS-160 we were not married and my DS-160 application was submitted as a single (martial status). 
 

[Chancy 6,241]

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20 hours ago, nabeeln796 said:

Shall we wait for the visit visa interview to be done and then apply for an I-130 petition after getting my visit visa or shall we apply for an I-130 petition and then complete my visit visa interview?

 

Interviewing for the B2 before filing the I-130 would be slightly better for your chances of being granted a B2, but not by much.  Regardless of the I-130 filing, to be approved for B2, you will have to overcome the strong tie of being married to a US citizen.  Your Canadian PR will help, but is not a guarantee.

 

More importantly, whatever you decide regarding the I-130 filing, you must update your marital status to "Married" and provide your spouse's details on the DS-160 before you face the consul officer on your B2 interview.  Leaving it as "Single" would be the worst mistake you could make in your US immigration journey as that could be considered misrepresentation.  Your marriage to a USC is a material factor in your B2 application.

 

[nabeeln796 0]

3 hours ago, Chancy said:

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Interviewing for the B2 before filing the I-130 would be slightly better for your chances of being granted a B2, but not by much.  Regardless of the I-130 filing, to be approved for B2, you will have to overcome the strong tie of being married to a US citizen.  Your Canadian PR will help, but is not a guarantee.

 

More importantly, whatever you decide regarding the I-130 filing, you must update your marital status to "Married" and provide your spouse's details on the DS-160 before you face the consul officer on your B2 interview.  Leaving it as "Single" would be the worst mistake you could make in your US immigration journey as that could be considered misrepresentation.  Your marriage to a USC is a material factor in your B2 application.

 

Thank you for your response. I submitted the DS-160 application on 22nd of April 2022, at that time I was unmarried. My marriage is taking place on 26th of February 2023. However, my interview for B2 visa is scheduled on 25th of April 2023. As you can see my DS 160 application has passed the 30 days limit, shall I create a new DS-160 application and scheduled a new appointment to update my upcoming martial status as my B2 visa interview is after my marriage or shall I keep this application as it is and tell interviewer of B2 visa about my marriage status or shall I not tell B2 visa interviewer about my martial status as my marriage occurs after submitting my DS-160? Your valuable suggestion would help us a lot. 

[Chancy 6,241]

On 1/5/2023 at 12:46 PM, nabeeln796 said:

I am a Canadian permanent resident and my wife is a US citizen.

 

4 hours ago, nabeeln796 said:

My marriage is taking place on 26th of February 2023.

 

Your posts are not consistent.  You mentioned your wife, yet it seems your wedding has yet to take place.  Are you married or not?

 

In any case, if you get married before your visa interview, you must update your marital status to "Married" and provide your spouse's details on the DS-160 before you face the consul officer on your B2 interview.  As I said, marriage to a US citizen is a material fact in a B2 application.  If you do not disclose this detail at your B2 interview, you could be accused of misrepresentation.  At worst, it could result in you being barred from getting any kind of US visa.

 

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Something does not add up but I doubt it makes much difference to answer your question

[nabeeln796 0]

6 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

 

Your posts are not consistent.  You mentioned your wife, yet it seems your wedding has yet to take place.  Are you married or not?

 

In any case, if you get married before your visa interview, you must update your marital status to "Married" and provide your spouse's details on the DS-160 before you face the consul officer on your B2 interview.  As I said, marriage to a US citizen is a material fact in a B2 application.  If you do not disclose this detail at your B2 interview, you could be accused of misrepresentation.  At worst, it could result in you being barred from getting any kind of US visa.

 

I am Sorry for causing confusion, my bad! I am getting married on 26th Feb 2023. My DS-160 is locked now as I submitted it in the past around 22nd April 2022. Now there is only one option to create a new DS-160 application and wait for a very long interview date. Is there any other way like sending an email to the US consulate/embassy about the martial status change at the end of February or telling them in the interview about the martial status change which is going to be held on the 25th of April 2023?

[Family 3,988]

53 minutes ago, nabeeln796 said:

Is there any other way like sending an email to the US consulate/embassy about the martial status change at the end of February or telling them in the interview about the martial status change which is going to be held on the 25th of April 2023?

Tell the Officer at the time of interview you need to update DS-160. Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. No need to delay filing the I-130 once you marry in February, just state your intent to go through the proper consular process, your commitments to current job and life as you await your spousal visa, 

Good Luck 

[nabeeln796 0]

27 minutes ago, Family said:

Tell the Officer at the time of interview you need to update DS-160. Congratulations on your upcoming marriage. No need to delay filing the I-130 once you marry in February, just state your intent to go through the proper consular process, your commitments to current job and life as you await your spousal visa, 

Good Luck 

I have applied for DS-160 at the Vancouver visa application center, my interview is booked at the Ottawa office because I was not getting a sooner date at the Vancouver office, is this ok to do this way, does it cause any significant delays in processing the application or visa, or interview itself? 

[Family 3,988]

6 hours ago, nabeeln796 said:

I have applied for DS-160 at the Vancouver visa application center, my interview is booked at the Ottawa office because I was not getting a sooner date at the Vancouver office, is this ok to do this way, does it cause any significant delays in processing the application or visa, or interview itself

No

[umama 0]

if you're canadian permanent resident why you need visit visa for usa you're allowed to travel with canadian P.R card 

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11 minutes ago, umama said:

if you're canadian permanent resident why you need visit visa for usa you're allowed to travel with canadian P.R card 

Is that new?