Advice for bringing UK citizen spouse to the US...

[peanutbutters 0]

Hi!

I got married to my husband (UKC) 2 years ago this December. We are both over 18. We met in 2010 when he was visiting the states and then when he left we continued our relationship online. We have traveled back and forth to see each other during this time.We were married in the United States in 2011 (we didn't really plan our wedding as it was a surprise really- he was only coming to visit for a couple of weeks during the week before Christmas. He proposed that week and we got married a few days later!)

I am not planning on trying to bring him over to the states to live until next year so I am doing my research now.

Anyway I have a few questions.

1) Which visa is best for filing? I've read about a couple but I'm still very confused. What is the one most people choose to get for their spouse?

2) I currently do not have that great of a job. I was thinking of asking my brother (who makes alot of money at his job) to co-sponor me if I'm unable to get a good enough job.
2a) Building on that, I was away in Europe traveling for a year last year and obviously my tax returns are going to be lacking because of this. I read that I will have to supply 3 years of tax returns when sending things for the visa application...I only started working in 2011 and traveled from 2012-2013. (I was a college student full-time before 2011 and me and my friends all put in for a European trip!).

Those are my main concerns for now. I just want to get an idea of what to be looking for and what direction to go with this. It all seems so complicated.

Any advice would be helpful and if any more information is needed please let me know.

:-)

Edited June 2, 2013 by peanutbutters

[Darnell 8,479]

CR-1 or IR-1 visa.

We've guides here for that stuff - take a look, see what's what.

[stevie b 141]

Hi!

I got married to my husband (UKC) 2 years ago this December. We are both over 18. We met in 2010 when he was visiting the states and then when he left we continued our relationship online. We have traveled back and forth to see each other during this time.We were married in the United States in 2011 (we didn't really plan our wedding as it was a surprise really- he was only coming to visit for a couple of weeks during the week before Christmas. He proposed that week and we got married a few days later!)

I am not planning on trying to bring him over to the states to live until next year so I am doing my research now.

Anyway I have a few questions.

1) Which visa is best for filing? I've read about a couple but I'm still very confused. What is the one most people choose to get for their spouse?

2) I currently do not have that great of a job. I was thinking of asking my brother (who makes alot of money at his job) to co-sponor me if I'm unable to get a good enough job.

2a) Building on that, I was away in Europe traveling for a year last year and obviously my tax returns are going to be lacking because of this. I read that I will have to supply 3 years of tax returns when sending things for the visa application...I only started working in 2011 and traveled from 2012-2013. (I was a college student full-time before 2011 and me and my friends all put in for a European trip!).

Those are my main concerns for now. I just want to get an idea of what to be looking for and what direction to go with this. It all seems so complicated.

Any advice would be helpful and if any more information is needed please let me know.

:-)

by the time he arrives in the states he will most likely be an IR-1.. current income is the most important.. read the guides like darnell said.. also take a stroll through the 864 docs on the uscis site.. you will find that your concerns over past year's income levels are not really a big deal.. several folks here got approved with a w-2 and a new job.. but you will have to provide your tax history

[peanutbutters 0]

Okay thank you both alot!