I-130 process started. Can she visit?

[ramjdmcmm 0]

Is it possible to get a short term tourist visa while the I-130 is being processed. Her stay would be 2 - 3 weeks tops. Is this frowned on by the USCIS/State Dept? We know that if she were to stay it would be illegal and kill all hopes of a green card. She would be out of the US on the set return date.

Trinie Lover

[aaron2020 11,652]

She can apply for a visitor visa. It's possible that she can get one if she apply.

Other posters have reported that the foreign spouses have been able to get visitor visas after the I-130s were filed.

[marixa 1]

No she can't. it will not enter the country of immigration officers as it has the potential to stay with the whole in usa. I speak from experience

[lost_at_sea 995]

She is able to apply for a tourist visa, but obtaining one is very difficult as you need to be able to show you do not have immigrant intent (which is somewhat at odds to the pending I-130).

[NikLR 13,234]

No she can't. it will not enter the country of immigration officers as it has the potential to stay with the whole in usa. I speak from experience

Maybe for you it didn't work out, and that is often the case in non VWP countries. However it's not always the case.

I visited my husband 3 times. Others have visited every weekend. Even a lady here was granted a visitor visa when they were about to deny her one. I forget where she was from.

So it's possible, but it's very hard to get a visitor visa when you're married to a US citizen and have started the immigration process. If the spouse is from a VWP country or Canada it's generally not a problem but with other countries it's very hard. You can try, but IMHO the money is better spent flying the USC to visit the beneficiary.

[rolemodel29 17]

She can apply but will have problems in the long run. Its best to sit it out and wait. you won't want her to be blocked in the port of entry and sent back now do you?

[lost_at_sea 995]

She can apply but will have problems in the long run. Its best to sit it out and wait. you won't want her to be blocked in the port of entry and sent back now do you?

What problems would there be in the long run?