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[Gsrgirlie 0]

Hello!! I am so happy that I found this site.

I am planning to marry my German boyfriend in April. We are thinking that we don't need to apply for a fiance visa since he plans to return to Germany until he gets permission to work here. He doesn't want to come here unless he has a job.

I believe we need to apply for the K3 after we get married.

My big question is how long will it take before he gets permission to work if we get married and he returns to Germany? Will he be able to visit during the time we are waiting for working permit?

I can't believe how complicated this process is! We just want to be together but we couldn't survive if he came without a job.

I would really really appreciate any help!

[cjgator 2]

Although I know there are others on this website who can probably shed more light on this than me, I do have some experience with both sides of the equation. My wife is a (soon to be) K3 receipient, she was approved by USCIS, and we are awaiting final embassy interview. For us, this process has taken the better part of a year.

A few years ago, I also hired an employee from Ghana I brought over on an H1-B work visa. One thing your husband needs to keep in mind: Although I understand and appreciate his sense of pride and responsibility in not wanting to come over to the US until he finds work, getting a work visa is not the "slam dunk" that it once was for foreign employees. First, there is an annual cap on the number of work visas the US issues, and the "demand" for these visas very much outweighs the annual supply. Second, it is going to be a challenge for him to find a company that will hire him if he is not here to personally interview and familiarize himself with the firm. Because US firms take on greater legal and financial resposibilities by hiring an H-1B foreign employee than they would with an American employee, that employee must typically have special skills they cannot find in a similar American employee. Long story short, his wait to find that opportunity to come over on a work visa may be long - much longer than he thinks - if he waits to do that.

If he absolutely refuses to go the K1 route, I would suggest that you at least consider the K3 route. It's going to take 6 months to a year to complete that process (depending on the service center that processes your application), so maybe he will get authorized for an H1-B in the meantime. If you wait for the H1-B without the K3 option, your wait could be much longer.

Good luck.

CJ-G

Hello!! I am so happy that I found this site.

I am planning to marry my German boyfriend in April. We are thinking that we don't need to apply for a fiance visa since he plans to return to Germany until he gets permission to work here. He doesn't want to come here unless he has a job.

I believe we need to apply for the K3 after we get married.

My big question is how long will it take before he gets permission to work if we get married and he returns to Germany? Will he be able to visit during the time we are waiting for working permit?

I can't believe how complicated this process is! We just want to be together but we couldn't survive if he came without a job.

I would really really appreciate any help!

[Ning25 619]

Hello!! I am so happy that I found this site.

I am planning to marry my German boyfriend in April. We are thinking that we don't need to apply for a fiance visa since he plans to return to Germany until he gets permission to work here. He doesn't want to come here unless he has a job.

I believe we need to apply for the K3 after we get married.

My big question is how long will it take before he gets permission to work if we get married and he returns to Germany? Will he be able to visit during the time we are waiting for working permit?

I can't believe how complicated this process is! We just want to be together but we couldn't survive if he came without a job.

I would really really appreciate any help!

If you get the K 3 it will be many months until he can work here no matter what you do. The expense of it is a factor as well. The K 3 requires doing the AOS which results in a green card. It also takes months to get a EAD card, if they actually issue it at all.

A CR 1 takes only a little longer . Has the advantage of auto green card upon entry ect.

We have been waiting 8 months now for the AOS to be approved. They say it will be about 2 more. Our EAD card never came & they dont know why, so my wife could not work even if she could find a job in this economy.

Either visa will take about a year. In that time the US economy will beging to recover giving him a better chance to find a job.

[Mononoke28 137]

I agree with Ricker. A K3 is not only a less expensive visa but much better since your future husband will be able to work legally within weeks of arriving to the US. The process of a CR1 visa may take a month or two longer (maybe less if you use online payment system at the NVC) and he will have his green card after arrival.

Diana

[pushbrk 13,691]

Hello!! I am so happy that I found this site.

I am planning to marry my German boyfriend in April. We are thinking that we don't need to apply for a fiance visa since he plans to return to Germany until he gets permission to work here. He doesn't want to come here unless he has a job.

I believe we need to apply for the K3 after we get married.

My big question is how long will it take before he gets permission to work if we get married and he returns to Germany? Will he be able to visit during the time we are waiting for working permit?

I can't believe how complicated this process is! We just want to be together but we couldn't survive if he came without a job.

I would really really appreciate any help!

Then you don't want a K3 visa because it will take about 4 months after his arrival before he's authorized to work and some time after that to find and start a job. CR1 visa is what you want. He'll probably be able to visit during the process and you can certainly visit him. The visiting question is the most FAQ here.