Howdo everyone.
Right, here goes..........
As the mother of two young sons who's only very recently started back at part time work ( albeit it flexible with the offer of full time hours should I require them, this will be stated in a letter from my employer) my few bank statements are going to be really far from astounding though I will have 3,000 in a savings account and two high flying financial sponsors who both earn good money as back up. By the time I get to the in person interview my then husband hopefully should have managed to find himself a sponsored job offer, again though I doubt it will be anything spectacular although it will hopefully be full time as he is coming over to visit (purely as a tourist) for a couple of months to try and attend some interviews before we both head back to the states, get married and then attend our interview where I will no doubt be slapped with a wet fish and told to get the hell out!
Does any of this sound plausible or is it time to tune into sanity FM?
Your opinions please.
My head hurts.
x

If you don't make enough money to sponsor him and have co-sponsors, you'll be fine. Your husband is will not have authorization to work until about three months after you apply for adjustment of status so unless he has enough money to self-sponsor (assuming his consulate allows it) you are best to gather your co-sponsor info and rely on that.

ETA - if you are applying for a CR1, he won't have to wait for employment authorization - sorry to confuse you.

woo, you're from leicester, me too

Are you the beneficiary in all this? And your man is the petitioner? The way I understand it, the petitioner has to have the bank statements, the job and the money, as he will be supporting you. Can anyone clarify this? I'm going to be in kind of the same position, I (the beneficiary) will be earning decent money but my fiancee (the petitioner) probably won't be

Horror fans,

Please clarify - I'm thinking, like Tom, that you are the visa applicant and the interview that you're talking about is for adjustment of status after you arrive in the USA and get married?

Where are you now in the visa process? And what are the interviews your fiance will try to attend when visiting you as a tourist?

Yodrak

Sorry for confusing everyone, I'm just rubbish at finding the right forum sections to post in so i just make everyone as confused as I am most of the time.
I'm a brtish citizen and my lovely man is American and we are hoping to have him come to live in the uk with me (I know, I know, this forums mainly revolving around the opposite scenario but like I said, I'm easily confused at the best of times)
In terms of the visa process I am hoping (perhaps deludedly) that the in person interview in NY will be the only visa process we will have to go through for the most part, me assuming that they will even let me into the building with my other half that is.
With regards to his job I'm currently begging every family and friend I know who has a registered business to offer him something in terms of employment for when he has his visa (please god, please, please....) otherwise he is just going to be attending as many interviews as possible on his visit over, hoping he gets an offer on the proviso of him being legally eligible to work by the start date. Currently its looking like Maccy D's or Betterware as they practically have to bribe you to work for them as it is. Anythings better than nothing.
Starting to regret all that under achieving as a teenager whilst everyone else was busy being productive, getting a-levels and NVQ's, working towards healthy bank statements. Curse you "Kilroy" for being too damn enthralling of a morning! "Quincy" too!
Thanks for the support and info guys! x
( shout out to Leztar innit Tom G!

Hmm, I don't think you'll find anyone knowledgeable in the reverse process, here. Maybe in the UK subforum? He may have a hard time getting a visitor's visa, though, since he has immigrant intent.

Unfortunately, your question relates to the British immigration process. There is not direct relation between their procedures and those of the USA. Somebody here might know and be willing to assist, but it's not what we do here.

Horror fans,

I'm still not understanding what this interview in NY is for.

Your fiance will go to the UK and attend some job interviews, you and he will travel to the USA where you will marry, then you and he will travel back to the UK to live happily ever after?

Is this interview his interview for a visa to the UK?

Yodrak

Yep, he would be applying for a spousal visa in NY. Apparently the interviews are actually really quick (5 minutes in some cases!) and i don't know if this is a good thing or not. Poor value for £500 a go! All the less time to convince someone that you are a worthy case.

To everyone else, thanks for tolerating my forum related stupidity. Uk sub forum. Got it. Doh!

OMG, there *really* is no pleasing people...

For US citizens wishing to move to the UK, you might try www.uk-yankee.com.

I don't think you'll have any trouble with a UK spousal visa. It's really a matter of filling out the form, paying your money and showing up. The interview in NY will likely consist of about 5 questions. And it's not that you'll have less time to convince them - it's just that it doesn't take much convincing. It's very, very, very different from immigrating to the US.

I don't know for sure, but I think that's a sticky situation having your husband go to interviews while in the UK as a tourist. He wouldn't be allowed to work until he had the UK visa. I would just print off some job postings he would be capable of doing. Get a letter/s from the people who have money and are willing to support you, and show your recent savings account statement. I think you'd be good to go. I had a job offer with an income of 16,500 GBP a year when we applied and I don't think he even bothered looking at the amount. I even had to ask if he wanted to see the letter.

EDIT- I just re-read your post and noticed that you'll have a letter from your employer saying you could have full-time work if you wanted - have them list the income you would get at full-time. I'm sure it's enough.