We have 8 weeks! HELP.

[PaigeMWhiteaker 0]

Okay so long story cut short. My fiancé works in the USAF stationed here in the uk. We are in the process of getting the medical done on the base before we can be approved marriage. once married we are going to go through the DCF route with the I-130. He leaves in Novemeber and we only have 8 weeks. Can they expedite it at all so he will be here for the interviews? Or can he do his own where he's next being stationed. We can do the fiance visa route as it would mean over a year apart and by the time i would join him he would be going in for deployment so then nearly 2 years apart.

Any advice on personal experience or timings would be much appreciated kinda pulling hair out here. So much stress!!

Oh and whats the deal when entering the states can i work as soon as i get there ?

Thank you
Paige xx

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

DCF London is available to you because he currently lives in the UK. It won't be completed in 8 weeks, but it is okay as long as he lives there when the petition is filed. The American does not have to interview so it's okay if he has returned to the states prior to your interview and you attend alone.

Getting the CR1spouse visa means when you enter the U.S., you will be a permanent resident allowed to work immediately. Your greencard will take some time to come in the mail, but your passport/visa will get stamped at entry with documentation that serves to show you are a permanent resident until the card arrives. The stamp is good for a year.

You can always ask for expedite based on his military deployment and see if they speed the visa process up.

Edited September 25, 2015 by Nich-Nick

[PaigeMWhiteaker 0]

What's the current time line? 3-6months?

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Don't know really. Petition can be approved in a few weeks, then a lull waiting for USCIS London to send it across the building to Immigrant Visa Unit in the consular section. They are different part of the government, so not seamless.

Once there, it is submit visa application, attend medical, submit readiness for interview form and wait for an interview appointment to be assigned. This thread shows how long it has taken from Medical date to interview date http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/549078-medical-to-interview-date-how-long-2015-data/?p=7830759Most of those are K1s, but DCF process is almost identical at that point.

There is another thread in the UK forum that tracks how long from interview to visa delivery.

[xDiamond 0]

Hey Paige, my wife and I are going through the same process right now and we submitted our first forms at the end of June. We now have our interview to be approved for the visa on October 19th.

Overall it's taken us about 4 months. We didn't mess up on any of the documents either, so it's about as fast as we could have gone. We got married in the middle of June, too. She's British, I'm American. It's been a long four months where you basically feel like you're in the dark for most of it, checking the post every day and holding your breath for the next step to arrive.

Edited September 25, 2015 by xDiamond