My fiancee from Peru recently got her K3 visa and is now here in the USA. We will be married soon. Her sister in Peru would like to live close to her in the USA. She is not married and is 34 yrs old and still lives with her mother. She is progressing very nicely in the english language. Would it be better to wait until my wife is a citizen and then try to get her sister here via the k2, or should her sister try for some kind of education visa. Also, how long would it take for her sister to get here via the k2 process? The local immigation office here in Dodge told me it could take 10 to 15 years. But the USCIS told me that it might only be 3 or 4 years.

No chance of sis getting to the US on K2.
Best to wait until your wife gets her US Citizenship and then submit a I-130.

How long does that take? Maybe 3 years for wife to become citizen, then how long after that?
Is this a sure thing? Do they ever say no?

After the petition is filed, it takes 11+ years for siblings of USC to be able to immigrate.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin...letin_4205.html

Nothing is a sure thing: your wife will have to prove that she is USC, her sister is her sister, and that she can financialy sponosor her. Her sister will have to prove that she is "admissiable": no criminal record, in good health..

So an education visa is preferable?

First did your wife arrive as your fiancee or wife.

If she arrived as a Fiancee she would come here on a K1 and dependent children would get derivative visa , a K2.


If you were married before she arrived in the US, the your Wife would come here on a K3 and dependent children would get derivative visa , a K4.

A sibling or family member brother, Sister Mother Father etc is not eligible for a K2 or K4 visa

My fiancee arrived here with K1 visa. We will be married on May 9. She is wondering how she should go
about getting her sister here to the USA. Perhaps an education visa?

You can try but there are several stipulations for the student visa:

1. You need to be accepted to be accepted to a university/college (even so, this does no guarantee a visa)
2. The student would need to prove they have enough money to pay for their education, ie, a substantial amount of money in a bank account
3. You cannot stay permanently in the US

But after you get a degree, cant you apply for a job in the USA and then get some kind of
employment based visa? For example, if she goes to school to be a flight attendant, cant
she apply to an airline and then eventually get to stay in the USA?

Jonathan,
Not to rain on your parade.... but you and your future wife have some mountains to conquer !

First after you get married.... get your wife a SS, drivers license and start applying for the AOS, EAD and I-131 travel parole, AP, I-751 remove conditions.... you will be up to your ________ with paperwork for the next two years.

Now if you try to sponsor her that will affect your I-864

Good Luck !

Those are all variables that you have control over. Even if she gets into college, will the consulate give her a visa? Depending on what she studies, she may have a diffucult time getting a company to sponsor her visa. Then what do you do?

Even as a flight attendant I don't think you can stay permanently in the US if you do not have US residency. She will need a special visa (C/D I think) for that. That does not allow for residence in the US, just multiple entries/exits for work.

I think what you are looking for is a visa to bring your fiancee's sister here permanently. Look at the process it took for you, as a USC, to get your fiancee here. Do you think that bringing the family member of a LPR is going to be easier?

I think right now you need to focus on getting your fiancee her LPR status and finishing up her paperwork. Then you can start to think about getting her sister here.

No I didnt think it would be easier. Of course not. But I didnt think it would take 10 to 15 years either. The USCIS was misleading when I called a few months ago. They told me that after 3 years we could apply for her sister to come here. They never told me it would take 10 to 15 years. Actually my fiancee's sister is trying to meet an american man online. I think that avenue is far better than waiting 10 to 15 years. LOL.