I am a US citizen. I have lived in a country in Latin America for 20 years. I have residency here. I married a woman 16 years ago and have two children born here in Latin America. Both children have US citizenship now. We want to move to the USA. My wife has a US B1/B2 tourist visa. What is the best way to go about the us residency process for her? Ideally, we would all move together in January when I start my new job. However, I feel like there could be a problem if she enters with her B1B2 visa and then applies for a green card.
I do have a job offer and I just signed the contract. I have residency in the Latin American country and I think, from what I could tell, our situation would qualify for Direct Consular Filing. Does anyone know where I can find a list of embassies that accept DCF? How likely would it be able to get approved for DCF? Our priorities are to avoid family separation (everyone's priorities).
I am a US citizen. I have lived in a country in Latin America for 20 years. I have residency here. I married a woman 16 years ago and have two children born here in Latin America. Both children have US citizenship now. We want to move to the USA. My wife has a US B1/B2 tourist visa. What is the best way to go about the us residency process for her? Ideally, we would all move together in January when I start my new job. However, I feel like there could be a problem if she enters with her B1B2 visa and then applies for a green card. I do have a job offer and I just signed the contract. I have residency in the Latin American country and I think, from what I could tell, our situation would qualify for Direct Consular Filing. Does anyone know where I can find a list of embassies that accept DCF? How likely would it be able to get approved for DCF? Our priorities are to avoid family separation (everyone's priorities).