US Immigration from India

Hi there

I am in the process of filing I-130 for my wife and got few major stumbling blocks that I would highly appreciate if you guys can provide some insight.

First about my employment history that I need to provide in I-130 as petitioner. I am an LPR, originally from India. Last few years I've spent in Malaysia doing independent IT consulting projects and have just now moved back to US about 3 months ago to take up FT employment here. Would it bear any negative effects on my I-130 petition having these multiple employers with breaks of 2 - 4 weeks in between projects?

My wife is from Pakistan and I went there in January to get married but we haven't lived together since then. No joint bank accounts, property, apartment lease etc. I did add her name to my US employer's health insurance and as beneficiary for life insurance. Have some photos from time of our wedding and few days that we spent together afterwards. What other ways can I provide proofs of a genuine relationship in this case? With no social sec. #, am not sure I can add her to my bank account.

Wife has B2 multiple entry visit visa valid till 2029 and she has just arrived to stay with me. She's got 6 months stay but will have to go back sooner as she's got 3 months leave from her job there, she doesn't want to quit until she can stay in the US long term without hindrance. From reading related threads here, seems like right now taking minimum of 6-8 months to even longer for I-130 approvals. To answer the question on I-130 whether the beneficiary will opt for AOS or IV visa abroad, can I for now select IV abroad option and then when the time comes, if she happens to be in the US, I can petition to move the case back to USCIS for AOS? I know there's always the risk of running into problems at port of entry with an immigrant petition pending. There are many variables at play that I am having hard time figuring out the best way to answer this question and also the best strategy for wife to be able to visit me in the US on regular basis until I-130 has been adjudicated. Can someone who's been through similar situation, kindly share their experience and suggestions. Would be greatly appreciated folks.

Hello all,

After sitting in 221g for 10 weeks, our status has updated to say it was sent to NVC. From what I am reading, this means we are being denied. We had already discussed that if we were to be denied, we would go the CR-1 route, vs. refiling the K1 petition. If we were to get married in his country, I would need to have been in the country for 30 days and a whole host of other things that will not be feasible. What could work for us is to do the online Utah marriage ceremony, and then me fly out to him for a few weeks right after. We initially did the K1 visa because at the time it was the quicker way to be together in person (or so was the logic, that isn't true, now is it). I am just wondering if anyone here has knowledge or experience of India accepting and recognizing our marriage as legal and valid, if we go the Utah route? Thank you in advance.

I and my husband file tax together he is household member my income is low Does he need to fill form i 864 A ?

I am getting ready to submit my application online. I guess, a cover letter is a good idea and I can name all my files to be uploaded to, Bank*, CreditCard* etc. Any thoughts or inputs fellow Visajourney people? Thanks a lot!

My husband's cousin in India is (also) married to a U.S. citizen. She and her USC husband have not yet applied for a green card for her through the IR1/CR1 process (honestly not sure what they're waiting for, but that's not my issue here). The cousin wants to come to the U.S. to visit her husband. I've read online there's not any strict rule against granting a B2 tourist visa to a foreign citizen who is married to a U.S. citizen. I had planned to tell this cousin that she could apply for the B2 to visit the U.S., but should be fully upfront about her marriage and plan to provide as much evidence as possible that she won't overstay the visa (and to be clear, she is fully intending to return to India at the end of her visit). FWIW, she has a long-term stable job with a well-known multinational company, as well as a lease of her own in India, so I think she has some good objective evidence that she will return to India after a visit on a B2.

But as I search online, I'm not finding many instances of people in similar situations (still living abroad but married to a USC and applying for a B2 visa) successfully being granted a B2 visa. I don't want to tell my husband's cousin that it could be possible to get a B2 if, perhaps, in practice the odds are extremely low.

Do others know of examples of people successfully getting a B2 in a situation like this? Thanks for any input.