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Marrying Next Year in Egypt,Which Visa should I File for?

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SilkyCandy   0

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Filed: Country: Egypt
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Hello to you... VJ members. Thanks to all of you who have made this helpful site. I'm reallllly a newbie. So here is my first possibly silly question(answer is surely on this site but easier just to ask). Which visa should I apply for after marrying next year in Egypt. We don't mind waiting more time apart.We just want to choose the right one. And definitely we will want immediate residency and work authorization.So what should we do? Thanks to everyone in advance for your input. Cheers!!!

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Penguin_ie   5,994

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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You want the CR-1 visa, wich is the visa for foreign spouses married less than 2 years. It will lead to an immediate greencard once the spouse enters the USA, ie s/he can work etc. You can petition for it as soon as you have the marriage cert, and it usually takes 6-8 months from initial sending of forms to granting of visa. However, as your spouse is from Egypt, they may have extra security checks after the interview.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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antoneya Explorer

antoneya   9

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sri Lanka
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Scroll up and click on "Guides" and start reading...

You can start with this one first...http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

You will be filling out an I-130 and applying for a CR-1 visa. Also start keeping records of you phone calls, emails, greeting cards, ect.. and copies of you flight tickets of when you have/will visit her.

Alex A

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9/16/2009 - Married

USCIS

1/22/2010 - I-130 sent

1/27/2010 - USPS tracking - Delivered, CHICAGO, IL 60680

2/02/2010 - NOA1

2/07/2010 - NOA1 - Hard copy

3/31/2010 - NOA2

4/1/2010 - NOA2 - Email & Text (~58 days)

4/5/2010 - NOA2 - Hard copy

NVC - Taking my time with it...

4/8/2010 - got NVC case # & gave them email address (~ 1 week)

4/13/2010 - Choice of Agent email from NVC (~ 5 days)

4/14/2010 - Email sent to NVC with "Choice of Agent

4/19/2010 - NVC email confirming "Choice of Agent" email (~5 days)

4/20/2010 - NVC email with AOS and IV bill

4/23/2010 - AOS fee paid & package send

4/26/2010 - IV fee paid

5/21/2010 - IV pack mailed to NVC

5/28/2010 - NVC received IV packet

6/10/2010 - SIF & RFE (for PCC different for Sir Lanka)

6/11/2010 - CC (with RFE)

 
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