DJJ187

Fraud is a stong word, I believe I was given advise based on each person's experience whether as an attorney or just your average US Citizen trying to travel back to US with his wife. I think what can be agreed upon is that the US Immigration Policies need some serious reveiw and there is never any certainty of how a case will end. As for a B2, not familiar but will look into this. At this point, based on the feedback, not likely my wife's visa will be approved and now wondering if it is worth even completing the process, will have to ponder this for a while. Thank you for the feedback, much appreciated. Wish I knew about this site prior to begining the process back in 2022.

Thank you for all the replies. At this time my spouse has an interview with the Embassy of her country. We are seeking the IR-1 after first considering a tourist visa, I would like my wife to be able to travel to the US when I am visiting family. We were advised by two attorneys and another American who had attempted the tourist visa for his wife, that we would certainly be denied the tourist visa. The American did get a tourist visa for is wife after 5 attempts. He was advised by the Embassy during an interview to do exactly what I am doing. As to the question about her previous Green Card, following the advise of our attorney, we filed for abandonment. As far as residing in the US, at this time I am not certain I plan to live full time in the US, but I would be making visits and would appreciate that my wife could join me. Being a US Citizen certainly creates many challenges both in my home country as well as abroad.

Not sure if I have a unique situation but do to the long processing time for a IR-1 visa, I decided to take a job abroad to be closer to my spouse while waiting on her visa. My question is two part, I understand that to trigger the issuance of the Green Card my spouse must enter the US. I have read multiple responses on times to receive and it is anywhere from 2 weeks to months. First question, does my spouse have to remain in the US after initial entry until the Green Card is received or can she enter and then leave and have her Green Card forwarded to our overseas residence? Second question, this is our second time receiving her visa and Green Card, the previous GC was expired as we were out of the US during Covid and didn't get back within the 12 month period. I did learn that there is a form or forms to submit to provide for working abroad so the 12 month continuous absence from US won't affect the status of the GC, does anyone know what the Form is or was I dreaming this? TIA DJJ187