Sofa agreement or Visa for Spouse to Germany?

[superfly865 0]

Hello everyone new to this site! Hopefully I can get some help on the current situation that is stressing my wife and I out.

My wife is a Kazakh citizen, came here on a K-1 this past October. I am active duty military and this past January we got an assignment to Spangdahlem Germany. We did her Biometrics in January and are currently awaiting interview for GC. We are scheduled to leave at the end of June/ July timeframe and we are confused on what to do exactly. We are working on getting her medically cleared right now so we don't have orders yet. Since she might not get her greencard before we leave can she still get a sofa passport? If she can't, can she just get a normal visa for Germany? I don't wont to leave her here behind at all if I can, I can't imagine it...can someone shed light on our situation? Thank you all so much

[ecg19 7]

Hello everyone new to this site! Hopefully I can get some help on the current situation that is stressing my wife and I out.

My wife is a Kazakh citizen, came here on a K-1 this past October. I am active duty military and this past January we got an assignment to Spangdahlem Germany. We did her Biometrics in January and are currently awaiting interview for GC. We are scheduled to leave at the end of June/ July timeframe and we are confused on what to do exactly. We are working on getting her medically cleared right now so we don't have orders yet. Since she might not get her greencard before we leave can she still get a sofa passport? If she can't, can she just get a normal visa for Germany? I don't wont to leave her here behind at all if I can, I can't imagine it...can someone shed light on our situation? Thank you all so much

Her greencard should be through in time - call, ask for tier 2, and explain the situation. Or, call the military hotline.

Either way, the SOFA visa will go into her foreign (Kazak) passport on arrival in Germany. The question will be whether she can be command sponsored prior to being a legal resident. If she's going through the medical clearance right now then it probably isn't an issue yet. My husband had to provide a photocopy of my NZ passport as proof that I had a passport to travel on to Germany. The only difference I guess is that if you are a US citizen, your no fee passport would arrive to you with the SOFA visa already in it, whereas a foreign spouse receives the SOFA visa on arrival.

Hope that makes sense. Either way, talk to someone and get the K1 hurried up. It will make life easier in the long run!