Libbee

My spouse and I are living in the UK. We both have leave to remain. I am a US citizen. We wish to travel to the US together.

1. Other than a regular tourist visa, is there an alternative method to bring one's spouse with them to the US for a short visit?

2. Other than a K-3 visa, is there any other long-term visa available relating to spouses?

Thank You for any help you are willing to offer!

cindyabs

Not that I know of in relation to question1 and for question 2, the K3 is issued in connection with the filing of a 130. If you are both living in the UK you have the capability of doing a DCF for the 130 and long term visa for him.

Mtravelkay

cindyabs wrote:

    > Originally posted by Libbee
    >
    >>My spouse and I are living
    >
    > in the UK. We both have leave to remain. I am a US citizen. We wish
    > to travel to the US together.
    >
    >>1. Other than a regular tourist
    >
    > visa, is there an alternative method to bring one's spouse with them to
    > the US for a short visit?
    >
    >>2. Other than a K-3 visa, is there any
    >
    > other long-term visa available relating to spouses?
    >
    >>Thank You for
    >
    > any help you are willing to offer!
    >
    >
    > Not that I know of in
    > relation to question1 and for question 2, the K3 is issued in connection
    > with the filing of a 130. If you are both living in the UK you have the
    > capability of doing a DCF for the 130 and long term visa for him.
    >

For Q1... Visa Waiver Program if the stay is 90 days or less (Assuming
they are from the UK or another VWP country)

Of course, if they file I-130 in the UK, they won't need a K-3. They
would just get a CR-1 or IR-1.

cindyabs

I do realize that the K3 is not needed if they are both in England, I simply referred to it since she mentioned it. It should not be thought of as a stand alone visa. Since they are BOTH in the UK, they are fortunate that they can indeed DCF, which seems by all accounts to be fairly speedy.

Libbee

I forgot to mention that my spouse is a Russian National. Also, what is a DCF?

Thank you for your time and responses!

Libbee

Thank you for your response, but what is a CR-1 and IR-1?

John Murray

I am UK citizen, and my wife is a US citizen. We have recently begun the "DCF" process via the London Embassy to get me a permanent resident visa for the US. We started the process 1 month ago, and our interview is at the end of March - 2 months from start to finish (as long as everything goes well on the day)

There have been loads of discussions here and on other forums - try searching for DCF, and then get ready to spend hours trying to get your head around the process. Its not as complicated as it first looks - I just found it difficult to find somewhere which would give a walkthrough of the whole process.

I also found the repatriation forum on www.uk-yankee.com an excelllent sourse of information on the process.

Mtravelkay

Libbee wrote:

    > I forgot to mention that my spouse is a Russian National. Also, what is
    > a DCF?
    >
    > Thank you for your time and responses!

DCF Direct Consular Filing. You file the I-130 in London (in your case)
This can be done if you are both legally resident in UK. This would be
the fastest way to an immigrant visa in your situation.

Mtravelkay

Libbee wrote:

    > Thank you for your response, but what is a CR-1 and IR-1?
    >

Conditional Relative 1 (Spouse of less than 2 years), Immediate Relative
1 (Spouse)

If entering on CR-1, then you have to have the conditional status
removed. You apply for this 0 to 90 days from the 2nd anniversary of
arriving in the US, by filing I-751.

These are immigrant visas. This means that at the Point of Entry to the
US, the holder will get permanent resident status and will have an I-551
stamp put into their passport. The actual I-551 card (the not really
green card) will be mailed to them.

meauxna

Are you planning a move to the US?
If not, your spouse, as a Russian, needs a B1/B2 visa which can be applied for in the UK. S/he will need to show sufficient proof of his and your joint ties to the UK and your plans to return. Yes, s/he will be under extra scrutiny for being the spouse of a USC. Count on a presumption of immigrant intent, even if you don't have it.

The longest entry possible on B1/B2 would be 6 months. If you are considering a move to the US, you would want an Immigrant Visa of some type. The K3 is such a visa, as is the CR-1/IR-1 one gets via DCF.

Libbee

THANK YOU!

meauxna

Libbee, I've just read some of your past posts. You neglected to mention here that you already had a fiance petition in place and were under some type of administrative processing.

I ammend my above information to include this: quit playing around with newsgroup advisors and get an attorney. There appears to be more to your situation than you share here, and trying to outguess USICS is a sure recipe for disaster. Partial information here will not help you in the long run; keep in mind that even if you get "in", you're not "done". Please be sensible.

Mtravelkay

meauxna wrote:

    > Originally posted by Libbee
    >
    >>THANK YOU!
    >
    >
    >
    > Libbee, I've just read some of your past posts. You neglected to
    > mention here that you already had a fiance petition in place and were
    > under some type of administrative processing.

I am confused. If she has a fiance petition, it won't help since the
first post in the thread said she had a spouse.