COUPLE 60+ - fiance visa?
Mar 2nd 2007, 2:22 pm
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Re: COUPLE 60+ - fiance visa?
Those websites were really great. I copied and pasted the parts about self sponsorship and sent them to my fiance. In the meantime he had been on the phone with the American Embassy in London getting more information.
So we are processing the information that has been given to us and now he is planning on coming here soon so that he can do things like speak with his potential employer (as a school bus driver -- they promised him a job as long as his criminal record is clear and he passes the test) and maybe get a notarized letter from him and whatever else was mentioned in the self sponsor option.
(Of course, me playing devil's advocate--how can the employer write the letter saying that he has the offer of the job when my fiance hasn't taken the mandatory tests yet? Also he can't work here anyway until he has a work permit, right?) Maybe he should take the tests when he is here visiting but included are something like 21 hours of paid training. Does this count as work? Would it be legal for him to take the paid training at this time with no work permit? And, do employers often wait out the six months or so that the immigrant is not allowed to wait?
He and I will also see a lawyer over here now that we are more informed and know what kind of questions to ask. With the help from this forum, we feel that we have finally got the ball rolling and we are getting ideas of how to wend our way through the maze!
So we are processing the information that has been given to us and now he is planning on coming here soon so that he can do things like speak with his potential employer (as a school bus driver -- they promised him a job as long as his criminal record is clear and he passes the test) and maybe get a notarized letter from him and whatever else was mentioned in the self sponsor option.
(Of course, me playing devil's advocate--how can the employer write the letter saying that he has the offer of the job when my fiance hasn't taken the mandatory tests yet? Also he can't work here anyway until he has a work permit, right?) Maybe he should take the tests when he is here visiting but included are something like 21 hours of paid training. Does this count as work? Would it be legal for him to take the paid training at this time with no work permit? And, do employers often wait out the six months or so that the immigrant is not allowed to wait?
He and I will also see a lawyer over here now that we are more informed and know what kind of questions to ask. With the help from this forum, we feel that we have finally got the ball rolling and we are getting ideas of how to wend our way through the maze!
Mar 2nd 2007, 3:37 pm
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Re: COUPLE 60+ - fiance visa?
Maybe he should take the tests when he is here visiting but included are something like 21 hours of paid training. Does this count as work? Would it be legal for him to take the paid training at this time with no work permit? And, do employers often wait out the six months or so that the immigrant is not allowed to wait?
Rene
