Hello All! I am new to this forum and have read so much helpful information from all!
I wanted to ask for your advice on my current situation.
Here is our story:
I am a US Citizen from New York City (29 years old, Colombian-American, professional). My husband is a Colombian Citizen from the capital, Bogot (31 year old, professional). We met and fell in love early last year and I decided to move to Colombia in May, after my husband was denied a Tourist Visa in April to come to the US.
We decided to try for the tourist visa AGAIN while we lived abroad together. So, I worked remotely from May-November and in November he was denied ONCE AGAIN of a Tourist Visa! They claimed the reason behind this was that the visas were scarce and they suspected he would want to stay in the US (he has a 12 year old daughter in Colombia and didn't request to travel with her).
After this, I traveled back to NY between November 2019-January 2020 and then returned to Colombia on January 3, 2020. We married on March 2, 2020 (civil ceremony) and we FINALLY applied for the I-130 on March 10, 2020!
Now, unfortunatey, I traveled back home a few days ago (the 18th) because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and had to leave my husband behind in Colombia. Obviously, we are aware that this visa process will be a VERY long process, and we are trying to find some kind of a solution to expedite this, if possible.
I really cannot afford to live in Colombia for another year, and have planned to just keep visiting my husband every few months.
What would you all recommend for our experience? Do you all think perhaps my husband could travel to visit me in the US (perhaps with a special permission or a tourist visa)?
Thank you for reading!!!
Geraldine