SalishSea

Letters of intent to marry is generally sufficient. The letters of intent to marry need to be submitted with the petition, or they’ll get an RFE.

Incorrect. You are not eligible to file a spousal visa petition until after you are together in person following the marriage.

It’s more in line with people bringing immigrants over to do unpaid work that a USC/LPR could do for pay: Child care is a great example. Packing up and moving the contents of a residence overseas is another. Helping with unpacking groceries at home is obviously just a task of daily living, and wouldn’t be putting anyone out of a paid job.

Have you petitioned her for a visa yet?

You stayed for 6 months, want to go home for two months, and then return? Expect lengthy questioning in secondary. They will want to know how you can afford to spend so much time on "vacation" without working. They will also want to know if you have been working remotely, as that is not legal under the terms of VWP/B.

You may get more info for Ghana on the Sub-Saharan Africa forum here on VJ. Seems to me it is one of the consulates that is glacially slow/nonmoving for K-1s.

Why four??

Who petitioned them? It it’s an employer, the employer’s attorney needs to respond to the RFE.

Why? Because you don’t want to wait in the queue of those who were DQd before you? Nope.

That family pressure notion is an excellent point- one which I would have never thought of!

I guess it just isn’t a huge priority, being from NZ. NZ is tied with the US in the 2023 passport rankings. Advantages would be voting and not having to renew every ten years. I’m sure husband will do it soon- it’s a line item on our weekend task list, along with painting interior trim and completing the insurance paperwork on our travel trailer that was pierced by a fir limb in a windstorm.

Yeah, this case is a little more complex due to the excessively long overstay.

Bottom line is that they will not be moving here for many years. Sounds like maybe that crucial detail was overlooked when she decided to marry a USC.

She’s been out of status a lonnnnnng time.

You are replying to a thread from 9 months ago. OP has likely resolved original question.

Doubtful. Beneficiary lives in a country where the appropriate treatment and care is readily available. And expedites are granted for exceptional circumstances for the petitioner, not beneficiary.

He can expect scrutiny, yes.

FYI, you cannot stay to adjust status and do that job remotely from the US without a green card or employment authorization.

Then you do not have a secure grasp on the sibling visa or the visa bulletin.

Good, because she obviously would not have gone back, as she has 100% immigrant intent.

You’re in the US on vacation, and trying to have a new Canadian passport sent here? Why? Why not just go home and get it there? And anyway: no, there is no way to go back and “update” or change what citizenship you were when you entered the US. That would simply be falsifying a fact of something that happened.

You would probably need to look into how to get a new/updated Colombian passport. I’m sure they have info online for passport renewals for Columbians living abroad. It’s not a US immigration issue.

I don’t know the legal intricacies, or like I said- whether it is at the state or federal level. I’m just reporting my personal experience with naming my children who were born in the state of Washington. I did not want them to have a hyphenated last name, so the absence of that hyphen means they have two middle names. A fictional example: : Gabriel Patrick Larson-Hamilton vs Gabriel Patrick Larson Hamilton. The latter is what appears on a kid’s birth certificate, SS card and passport. On most other forms and records, it was easiest (and completely legal) to shorten it to Gabriel Hamilton, Gabriel P. Hamilton, etc. The “Larson” doesn’t even appear on his drivers license. The hyphen would have ensured it was ALWAYS Gabriel Larson-Hamilton as his full legal name. Since middle names are optional (and not everyone even has one), I suppose there had to be some way to designate whether a name is a middle name, or part of a surname.

You want to move to a different country on the off-chance that you'll get a visa interview sooner? The point is more for people who happen to be living legally in another country to be able to interview. It is unlikely anyone here will know details of how to become a legal resident of those countries. You would probably have to look into their government websites to see whether it is possible to move there.

When you omit THE critical detail (country of citizenship), no one can reasonably help you.