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Ok so Im so confused.. My husband is American.. and living in Australia.. we are going to move back to the USA in the next 6 months.. Ive never had a visa to live in the USA .. so what type do I do?? Is there a problem to do this if he has been living in Australia for the last 4 years plus? Do I get a work authorisation straight away? Ive read the visa website and still are none the wiser as to the process.. It was easy as hell to have him apply for the visa to move over here to Australia.. but doesnt seem the same process to move back for me.. am I just reading it wrong or what?

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
Timeline

If you want to move back in 6 months, you should definitely start the process for your US spousal visa now. You will be applying for a CR-1 if married less than 2 years (leading to 2 year greencard upon entry, and must remove conditions after 2 years), or IR-1 if married more than 2 years (leading to 10 year greencard upon entry, can apply directly for citizenship after 3 years). Assuming your husband lives in Australia legally, you can get the visa directly from the US embassy in Syndey, and the process will be fairly quick, much quicker than applying in the USA, where the process usually takes 6-8 months. Have a look at the Guides above for a timeline and what forms you will need, and also check out the DCF forum, where there are several Australians who have gone and are going through the process:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/82-direct-consular-filing-dcf-general-discussion/

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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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Hi

I am not sure, but i think you are allow to use DFC path in australia. According to Vj comparator this is the fastes path to bring a family as a LPR. VJ - compare

of course if you fullfil the consulatte offices requirment so you better start asking for information in an Australian consular office. As you can see in this link, in Australia you can use DFC path.

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An again, is always better if you try to contact the consular office and talk to those guys to see Which are your options. then you can decide to Start the DFC or CR-1/ IR-1 path.

hope it can help you

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You need to get a CR1/IR1 visa through DCF at the US embassy in Australia.

Obtaining an immigrant visa at a foreign embassy is called Direct Consular Filing (DCF) here at visajourney.

I recommend you to read the embassy website thoroughly.

They provide precise information regarding their DCF process.

Good luck!

Embassy of the United States - Australia

http://canberra.usembassy.gov/i-130.html

Immigration Process (DCF Japan)

08/06/2008 I-130 petition at Tokyo, Japan

08/13/2008 I-130 approved

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| Waited until we were ready to move back

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07/13/2009 IV interview at Tokyo, Japan

07/15/2009 IV(IR-1) in hand

Post-DCF

07/29/2009 POE at Las Vegas

08/17/2009 GC(10yrs) received

Click here for the detailed timeline.

Done with USCIS until

- naturalization in May 2012 or

- GC replacement in February 2019

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