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Bringing my wife of 15 years with me

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Henchman   0

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Hello,

I am a US citizen, and have been living in Canada. I am moving to the US and want to bring my wife of 15 years with me.

One of the things we're doing is selling our house in Vancouver, so we will have about $900k in the bank when we leave.

What's the best approach?

Have her come down and apply in the US, or apply in Canada

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G&A   1

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Hello,

I am a US citizen, and have been living in Canada. I am moving to the US and want to bring my wife of 15 years with me.

One of the things we're doing is selling our house in Vancouver, so we will have about $900k in the bank when we leave.

What's the best approach?

Have her come down and apply in the US, or apply in Canada

I do not think you can do DCF (direct consular filing) in Vancouver. If this is true, they you have to file for one of the visas and your looking for 8 to 14 months depending on the type of visa before she can move. Other members might have better ideas...

from the guides...

bc_queued.gif Guides if you are married US Citizen lives in the US & Spouse lives overseas:

-----o Option 1: to_post_off.gif K3 Visa Guide, to_post_off.gif K3 Flowchart

-----o Option 2: to_post_off.gif CR-1 / IR-1 Visa and I-130 Petition Guide,

to_post_off.gif NVC Flowchart

I-130:

05/26/07: Mailed USPS; 05/31/07: Priority Date established
09/13/07: Received NOA1 (PD 5/31, RD 5/31, ND 9/10, PM 9/11)
11/15/07: Case Approved
11/20/07: Received NOA2 by mail (PD 5/31, RD 6/9, ND 11/15, PM 11/19)

I-129F:
06/27/07: Mailed USPS; 07/09/07: Received NOA1 (PD N/A, RD 7/2, ND 7/6, PM 7/6)
11/20/07: Received NOA2 by mail (PD N/A, RD 7/6, ND 11/15, PM 11/19)
12/10/07: NVC Received case (12/24/07: Received Packet 3 in the mail)
01/02/08: Email from consulate. Interview scheduled on 01/23. Interview letter in the mail.
01/23/08: Interview in Vancouver Approved
01/24/08: K-3 Visa granted

I-485/I-765 (AOS/EAD):
02/22/08: Mailed USPS; 03/03/08: Received both I-797C NOAs by mail (RD 2/24, ND 2/29, PM 2/29)
03/19/08: Biometrics
05/07/08: EAD card received
07/28/08: Interview Notice Received. (ND 7/23)
09/29/08: Interview - Approved Class CR6

10/18/08: Received welcome letter; 10/23/08: Received Conditional Permanent Resident Card (PM 10/21)

I-751 (Remove Condition)

07/01/10: Mailed USPS
07/16/10: Received I-797C NOA by mail (RD 7/12)
07/29/10: Biometrics Appt Scheduled for 08/19/10 (ND 7/26)

09/16/10: Condition lifted and Permanent Resident Card Printed

09/25/10: Permanent Resident Card received

N-400 (Citizenship):
03/03/14: Mailed USPS
03/15/14: Received I-797C NOA by mail (PD 3/6, RD 3/06, ND 3/10)
03/17/14: Biometrics Appt Scheduled for 03/27/14 (ND 3/13)

04/03/14: Placed inline for interview scheduling

06/04/14: Interview Notice Received with Interview scheduled for 7/8. (ND 6/4)

07/08/14: Interview + RFE. Response Mailed 7/12. Website updated on 8/21 that response received. 8/25 Placed in queue for oath.

09/05/14: Oath Ceremony Letter Received (ND 9/2)

09/17/14: Oath Ceremony / Naturalized

PD = Priority Date, RD= Receipt Date, ND = Notice Date, PM = Post Marked

Dakine Veteran

Dakine   26

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Do a I-130 DCF. Most all embassies except them now. Call your embassy to double check.

Wife will end up with a IR visa which is the fastest, easiest and best visa she can get by FAR.

Don't even think about a K3.

A buddy of mine just did a IR/DCF in the Philippines in 5 months and 3 days.

No doubt different embassies have different time frames tho!

K1 denied, K3/K4, CR-1/CR-2, AOS, ROC, Adoption, US citizenship and dual citizenship

!! ALL PAU!

Jenya Contributor

Jenya   0

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Do a I-130 DCF. Most all embassies except them now. Call your embassy to double check.

Wife will end up with a IR visa which is the fastest, easiest and best visa she can get by FAR.

Don't even think about a K3.

A buddy of mine just did a IR/DCF in the Philippines in 5 months and 3 days.

No doubt different embassies have different time frames tho!

A guy I know did DCF in Moscow and got EVERYTHING done in TWO months! So definitely go with DCF!

I-130:

2007-04-02: Mailed USPS

2007-04-13: NOA1

2007-10-24: Approved!

I-129F:

2007-04-17: Mailed USPS

2007-04-26: NOA1

2007-05-11: Transferred to CSC

2007-06-07: Pending at CSC

2007-10-23: Approved!

2008-02-07: Interview passed!

AOS:

2008-03-09: Came home!

2008-03-13: Mailed AOS packet

2008-04-22: NOA1 for I-485, I-765 & I-131

dearheart Explorer

dearheart   0

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I am a USC living in Canada with my spouse of 12 years. We would have done the Direct Consular Filing of the I-130, but in the month that we tried, they were unable to accept it because of the Adam Walsh Act. They were unable to accept the I-130 for a couple months and now they are able to. We went with the K3 visa and it looks like will take 8 months. We will be going through Vancouver. (We live in Saskatchewan). If Vancouver is doing the DCF, then definitely go that way. I wish we could have done that. Good luck.

Marriage : 1995 - 13 years of marriage and 2 children together

Living in the USA

K3 info in timeline

2007-Nov-21: Mailed AOS/EAD

2007-Nov-29: AOS/EAD received

2007-Dec-4: Notice date

2007-Dec-11: Received NOA's via snail mail

2007-Dec-12:Received Biometrics appt

2007-Dec-21: Biometrics appt completed and USCIS "touched" applications

2008-Jan-24: EAD card ordered - received email notice from CRIS

2008-Feb-1 : EAD approval notice mailed- received email notice

2008-Feb-4 : EAD card received in mail (11 days from when it was ordered)

2008-Mar-16: Touch on I-129F - huh?

2008-May 2: Received Interview date via snail mail letter

2008-June 11: Interview at SF office - Approved!!! Green Card ordered

2008-June 23: received Green Card in mail

Dakine Veteran

Dakine   26

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Philippines
 Timeline
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I am a USC living in Canada with my spouse of 12 years. We would have done the Direct Consular Filing of the I-130, but in the month that we tried, they were unable to accept it because of the Adam Walsh Act. They were unable to accept the I-130 for a couple months and now they are able to. We went with the K3 visa and it looks like will take 8 months. We will be going through Vancouver. (We live in Saskatchewan). If Vancouver is doing the DCF, then definitely go that way. I wish we could have done that. Good luck.

You will regret going with the K3 if you have any chance at all of getting a IR!

K1 denied, K3/K4, CR-1/CR-2, AOS, ROC, Adoption, US citizenship and dual citizenship

!! ALL PAU!

dearheart Explorer

dearheart   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Canada
 Timeline
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I am a USC living in Canada with my spouse of 12 years. We would have done the Direct Consular Filing of the I-130, but in the month that we tried, they were unable to accept it because of the Adam Walsh Act. They were unable to accept the I-130 for a couple months and now they are able to. We went with the K3 visa and it looks like will take 8 months. We will be going through Vancouver. (We live in Saskatchewan). If Vancouver is doing the DCF, then definitely go that way. I wish we could have done that. Good luck.

You will regret going with the K3 if you have any chance at all of getting a IR!

I am not recommending the K3 if he is able to do the DCF. I am just giving my experience. We will have our K3 interview in Oct. and move in November. For us, the K3 has worked just fine. If we could do it over again we may have waited to do the DCF, maybe not. For us, the K3 is working out just fine. Thanks.

Marriage : 1995 - 13 years of marriage and 2 children together

Living in the USA

K3 info in timeline

2007-Nov-21: Mailed AOS/EAD

2007-Nov-29: AOS/EAD received

2007-Dec-4: Notice date

2007-Dec-11: Received NOA's via snail mail

2007-Dec-12:Received Biometrics appt

2007-Dec-21: Biometrics appt completed and USCIS "touched" applications

2008-Jan-24: EAD card ordered - received email notice from CRIS

2008-Feb-1 : EAD approval notice mailed- received email notice

2008-Feb-4 : EAD card received in mail (11 days from when it was ordered)

2008-Mar-16: Touch on I-129F - huh?

2008-May 2: Received Interview date via snail mail letter

2008-June 11: Interview at SF office - Approved!!! Green Card ordered

2008-June 23: received Green Card in mail

 
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