US Immigration from France

Hello, I am due to marry my spouse in France in a month and will be attempting to change my status and live in France for now. But ultimately we both would like to eventually make it back to the United States. I had a few questions about the I-130 direct consulate filling with exceptional circumstances under a short job notice. What are the restrictions on it exactly? What kind of job offer do I need? ( Certain salary requirements?) (Can any job offering work?) Do I have to live and or work in France for a certain amount of months or years before being eligible? Ideally we would like to move to the US as fast as we can. I already have someone in the US who earns more than enough willing to joint sponsor us in the I 864.

1. I am a US citizen.

2. We will marry in one month in France.

3. We have about 60k it total assets between us but have a joint sponsor in the US who more than qualifies to joint sponsor.

We would file in Paris. Are there any guides or pre requisites to file in Paris?

I am very new to this direct consulate filling with exceptional circumstances and was recommended to go this route as opposed to a lengthy I-130 process and lots of traveling back and forth between France. My plans were to live in France as long as I could during the waiting period for the I-130 but they told me to look into DCF-EC in my circumstances. Thanks for the help, any resources would be very much appreciated!

Hi all,

i moved to Europe after 15y in the US and long story short I only have an ESTA now so cannot go back for now (even if I am a homeowner in the US!). My son is American, it seems to be an exemption on the executive order for travel to the US. Can I travel to the US directly from the Schengen area with his birth certificate to justify the exemption or does he have to come with me as well? It s just for a short trip so I am planning on going solo.

let me know if anybody has had any experience with this pls.

thanks!

Hello friends, my friend has a parent who came into the US as a visitor back in the 90's. He is a US citizen through his current wife now. He has been married to his wife for 12 years. He has 2 children from previous marriage that are adults now and are married and have children of their own, can he file for them to come to the US even though he didn't claim them when he entered the US back then? How would he file for them and what would he need to file for them? I told her I don't think so but would appreciate your responses please. Thank you for your time.

Hi all,

My wife is an LPR and we have been living abroad as she works for an international organization of which the US is a member.

So we have maintained her LPR status by flying every 6 months. We also have Global Entry.

Because of Covid, we have been away from the US for 18 months. Even though flights resumed earlier, we did not go for fear of spreading Covid needlessly.

Since we cannot guarantee travel every 6 months in the current climate and don't live in the US, we are thinking of abandoning her LPR status (so no re-entry permit, no consulate boarding FOIL, and no DS-117 resident re-entry visa). If we travel to the US, should could get an ESTA and enter as a Visa-Waiver tourist.

Before we do something drastic like fill out an I-407 to surrender her green card, I wonder if the following would be possible.

Would it be possible to fly to the US with both a Green Card and an ESTA. If we go to Global Entry, get flagged, and CBP says we need to see a judge, could she surrender her green card then and there and continue to enter as a tourist with the valid ESTA?

As we would only be in the US on vacation, we do not want to see an immigration judge and want to be free to leave at the end of the trip without issue.

Any experience trying to fly with GC and ESTA and using whichever works? Other recommendations?

Best,

Joel

Hi,

I think this was asked before however I'm having hard time find the exact question. I filed for my child (under 21) I-130 then he came over from Europe before having I-130 approved. So, we decided to file AOS (I-485, I-131 and I-7xx for EAD)

What would be the effect if he travel back to Europe before AOS approved?