Condom broke we're pregnant with complications galore

[Mark88 183]

is there a way around the 125% poverty wage requirement?

If you have about $80K in the bank, or other assets that USCIS accepts and can be liquidated if needed, you don't need any income at all.

[lyublyu Iru 1]

Just noticed but you do not seem to have filed for anything?

K1 would be the quickest, but probably not something that would be completed before birth.

You could get that going on the basis that Russian Courts decide in your favour.

What will you do if they do not?

Yes, as of today I haven't filed anything and would like the advice of yourself

and the other forum members regarding this.

Here is the dilemma as I see it. If we win the child support case and the ex husband

decides to give permission then the K1 visa seems to be the best and fastest option.

If we win the child support case and he won't negotiate then according to our Russian

lawyers the best way to win custody is to be married.

I like the idea of marriage in Russia because her friends and family will be there. She

is researching what documents I need to acquire to make this happen. She is meeting

with the lawyers at the end of the week and will get their advice as well. I like marriage

in the USA because I've been told it's faster and I don't have to travel to Russia first

before starting a K1

[AmyWrites 593]

Marrying in Russia might be an issue, ZAGS usually likes making people wait 30 days before letting them marry.

Do you have plans on having the child have a relationship with the father at all? If so, I'd think CR1's the best route, given they'll get their green cards faster, so able to travel easier.

[Boiler 43,485]

Current income is what counts for US sponsorship.

Sounds like you are in a multi year process.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

If you move to Russia now and want to move back and do immigration, then you get a co-sponsor. Even a Russian job making the required amount would not be suitable for the Support requirement because it is not a US job and would stop once you moved.

If you want her to move to the US, then go forth. You know what sorts of permissions and things you have to do already.

People on this forum do this all the time. I am not sure what real complications there are except that the father doesn't seem amenable.

Edited July 2, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[AmyWrites 593]

Having lived in both Russia and the US (husband is Russian, I'm a US citizen), I'd say the process to come to the US is much easier, as well as life in general, way less hassles.

[lyublyu Iru 1]

Marrying in Russia might be an issue, ZAGS usually likes making people wait 30 days before letting them marry.

Do you have plans on having the child have a relationship with the father at all? If so, I'd think CR1's the best route, given they'll get their green cards faster, so able to travel easier.

Yes, I think that she will have a relationship with the father.

My fiancee' has a tourist visa, would getting the daughter a tourist visa as well

be a good idea? she won't be able to travel until the father gives permission?

Do they have to surrender their tourist visa's while waiting for a K1 or K3 to be processed?

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[AmyWrites 593]

Yes, I think that she will have a relationship with the father.

My fiancee' has a tourist visa, would getting the daughter a tourist visa as well

be a good idea? she won't be able to travel until the father gives permission?

Do they have to surrender their tourist visa's while waiting for a K1 or K3 to be processed?

I would get the daughter a tourist visa, that way she can visit dad in the meantime. And no she won't have to surrender her tourist visa while a K1 or CR1 (forget K3) processes.

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[lyublyu Iru 1]

I would get the daughter a tourist visa, that way she can visit dad in the meantime. And no she won't have to surrender her tourist visa while a K1 or CR1 (forget K3) processes.

Thank you for your advice, I think that's probably the best way to proceed.

[Ryan H 3,791]

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[lyublyu Iru 1]

Moved from What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration forum to General Immigration-Related Discussion.

The reason I posted this in the What Visa do I need, was because I wanted to know which visa or combination

of visa's to apply for.

Here are the primary factors as I see it.

We have a baby due in 7 months.

We have an ongoing court case with the exhusband which has been in court for 6 months.

We expect that this part of the court case where the ex will be assessed child support and

back child support will take 3-5 weeks to be resolved. At that time if he decides to negotiate

and allow the child to live here during the school year then we would want to have a K1

application winding it's way through the bowels of the USCIS system for these 3-5 weeks.

However if he still refuses after 5 weeks then we need to file for full custody, which will take

more time and the Russian lawyers recommend that we are married for the best chance

which means a CR1 would be the way to go.

My fiancee has a tourist visa, I don't know all the rules for it and we applied for a similar visa

for the child. I need to learn what can and can't be done with a tourist visa. My ex believes

that the child can attend school for the 9 month school year with a tourist visa. I don't think

that she's right about that.

My inclination is to roll the dice. Apply for the K1 and then have her stay with me for the

last month of her pregnancy on her tourist visa. It's not super likely that the K1 would be

approved by then

Will USCIS allow this? will they stop a pregnant woman with a tourist visa?

I don't know the rules for traveling back and forth. Does she have to do the interview(s) in

Russia?

Any and all other advice is appreciated

[Boiler 43,485]

F1 is the student visa.

B2 is the visitor visa, you can look up the details but if you just note the visit bit you will not go far wrong.

K1 would be interviewed in Russia.

[belinda63 2,981]

Child cannot attend school on a tourist visa.

She can come to visit during the process but if she comes on a tourist visa obviously pregnant she might be denied entry. If she made it in how would you pay for the medical expenses?

I vote for marriage (if feasible) and spousal visa.