Ellem86

Thanks, that's very encouraging!

Pulaski

Try city-data.com for location-specific information.

When you need more information about a visa try posting a question in the "Marriage based visas" sub-forum of this USA forum, but I Noorah, Rete, and I gave you the foundational information above that you need to understand the process.

Noorah101

.... and Noorah101!

Rene

Ellem86

Yes, the foundational info on visa provided by all has been very useful!

Ellem86

Thanks for the response. He has done some reading into the requirements and it so far looks like he could apply. Not all of the towns on the Cape have a residency requirement which also helps.

nun

Provincetown is a lot of fun and people who live there item use the greet to get to Boston. However, if you want a less seasonal place to live on the Cape, I'd concentrate on Falmouth and Hyannis.

You need to sort out your husbands US taxes and then think about health insurance. If you'll be arriving without jobs then you'll have to pay for insurance yourself, but MA has a very good assistance program if you have a low income....so check out MassHealth.

I wonder how your maternity leave money will be taxed while you are a US resident? It's probably fully US taxable.

Ellem86

Thanks nun. According to City Data Hyannis seems to have a drug and crime problem so we're looking more at Falmouth, particularly as it has a nice, busy main street, good stretch of beach and housing that is potentially within our budget. Falmouth also has its own hospital which is an added bonus. I'm trying to find out whether Falmouth has a good young population rather than retirees but don't seem to be having much luck on that front.

I'll have to check how the maternity leave money will be taxed while I am in the US but it should come below the $90k threshold and I will not have any other income while I am receiving it.

Edited to add: Thanks for the pointer towards MassHealth. If we can't afford medical insurance or don't qualify for MassHealth my fiancé will have to travel ahead without me to try and get a job first.

Noorah101

Ellem86,

Just to help with your timeline: you're getting married in Feb 2017, and then going to start a family. You're not going to immigrate until after the baby is born. Assuming you get pregnant in March 2017, you are looking at giving birth at the end of 2017, which means you won't be immigrating until early 2018 at the soonest.

Does your future husband qualify to pass down US citizenship to the child? If so, the child will need a US passport prior to entering the USA. If not, the child will need an immigrant visa (like you do).


Rene

Bob

It's an interesting area. Mental busy in the summer, can be a bit dead and frosty in the winter depending on location and certainly wet but the storms are fun. Not all that practical for heading into Boston regularly.

I suppose it all boils down to what you'll do for work out there. Getting a job with the police would be tough, fierce competition and low hire rate and many do require you to be resident of the town so you'd need to figure that out as a priority I would assume.

Our town just hired 4 people to become cops, who start their training next month. One of them had some kind of law degree and was ex-military. Two others were military police and the fourth had been working a civilian role with the police department, both in IT and dispatch for the last 5 years but also had some kind of degree in the law enforcement field.

Also, with a new born and not knowing anyone around, baby blues could be a real problem, especially being in a very new environment and something to certainly consider.

Bob

Only possible concern would be means tested and the financial sponsor being on the hook for it. Not that it seems the government ever goes after the money, but it's something to be aware of.

Bob

All towns have some kind of drug problem, just that some towns are better about keeping it hidden. Those towns on the cape, really aren't bad. They're to expensive to be a regular shithole tbh.

Noorah101

But if the USC is the one applying for it, shouldn't be a problem.

Rene

Bob

To cover himself, but for her and if the child isn't a USC.

Nutmegger

in that regard, it seems probable that, besides the taxes, he may need to get moving on an SSN for himself.

Rete

The child will be a USC once it has a visa and enters the US so that only leaves mommy as the one that continues to fall under the I-864.