Greetings everyone!! I haven't been able to find an answer to my unique situation. My husband is a hip hop artist and has been invited to perform at a hip hop festival on the east coast this April. The organizers want to start the process for him to apply for a visa to come, but will the IR-CR-1 visa application process prohibit him from entering the U.S. on any other type of visa too? He has a tourist visa stamp, but we already know that it is illegal to use it now. My question is if he can apply for an artist/work visa to perform and then leave? He has no intentions of staying and has work in both Senegal and Europe. Of course we don't want to spend $100 for the visa application only to find out that it is not possible.

Thanks in advance!!!! I am so appreciative of the vast knowledge here!!

This is a FAQ:

http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-application.html#4.6 (This applies to all spousal visas.)

I don't see why he can't come on a tourist visa. However, he cannot try to adjust his tourist visa to immigrant visa when he is here. He will have to leave the US on the tourist visa.

Thanks!! I did read that, but wasn't sure if it applied to the CR-1. I didn't want him to waste the $100 to find out that it was not possible to even apply.

Many blessings!!

Actually it is $131 the fee went up Jan 1. But yes as long as he provides strong evidence of ties back home, he should not have problems.

That's extremely high for a sub-saharan African nation - almost a month's rent! Thanks for the information! I feel that he at least has a chance as he has traveled extensively in Europe. Blessings!