Improving the Spousal & Fiancee Visa Processes

[Ryan_Chialien 15]

Something else no one has touched on.  The interview scheduling process at the embassies is ridiculous.  You go in to the system and there are no interviews available after you have finished everything.  Then you have to keep checking over and over for when they add another 5 or 6 slots and hope you were checking soon enough to get one.  The Embassies need to have an established interview schedule that goes out 7 or 8 months so that when you finish your physical and all your documents and are let into the system to schedule an interview finally, there are actually interview slots available you can plan around.  It shouldn't take weeks of constantly logging in to check to get lucky enough to get on the schedule. 

 

[Marco&Bettina 502]

39 minutes ago, David & Zoila said:

That's right "They" are not making the process any easier.  And I as an American and my Filipina wife who is now a proud American are happy they are going to fix a broken system.  Yes it was difficult going through the process CR-1 but I could see where every item that was asked of us had everything to do with the process.  We were not asked for anything that didn't seem to apply to the process.  (Well with the exception of the corrupt Philippines and the so-called CFO scam...now that was a joke but that has nothing to do with the US Immigration process.)  My wife agrees that all ILLEGAL ALIENS should be bused and flown back to their own countries...including her fellow Filipino aliens who are here in the US ILLEGALLY.  Some say as many as 1 million are here illegally and my wife agrees they should ALL return home and if they find a pathway to come to the US they can file for it from the Philippines.  It is clear that proper background checks were not properly done on many coming to the US and this is what needs to be fixed.  It only takes one terrorist to get into this country to kill dozens or thousands of Americans.  And naming 7 specific countries and putting a 90 day hold is a smart idea.  After all...has anyone seen any blue eyed blonds run into a crowd and yell Allah Akbar and blow himself up??? No, and you likely never will.  On the other hand where are all the terrorists coming from?  It not the religion that is being temporarily banned, it's the terrorists that come from that "religion".  There are many other countries that are muslim and they were not all banned.  Go Trump!  Make America great again!

Oh; you're one of those. OK. Please don't let the media spoon feed you on who is a terrorist. There have been many cases of terror committed in this country by non-Muslims and no they don't scream anything and no they don't blow people up. But they've killed many people with guns. I'm pro-gun, for the record. Just because they media and government did not label them as terrorists didn't make their act an act of non-terror.

[Marco&Bettina 502]

15 minutes ago, Roel said:

No grudge. It's just my opinion.

But there should be rules and honestly love have nothing to do with the law.

People adjust from tourist visas or VWP, very often coming to the US with the intent to stay, because waiting few months for the spouse or fiancee visa is such a horrible, horrible experience and their weak hearts can't handle the separation. Sorry, but I always laugh at those people. If you're an adult and can't survive few months without your partner, there is something wrong with you. Find a job or a hobby, don't play the system.

 

Yes, I do think people who can handle doing the right thing should be more privileged.

Who gets to judge who played the system and who didn't? It's impossible to tell either way.

[Chardon Ne' 71]

8 minutes ago, Roel said:

No grudge. It's just my opinion.

But there should be rules and honestly love have nothing to do with the law.

People adjust from tourist visas or VWP, very often coming to the US with the intent to stay, because waiting few months for the spouse or fiancee visa is such a horrible, horrible experience and their weak hearts can't handle the separation. Sorry, but I always laugh at those people. If you're an adult and can't survive few months without your partner, there is something wrong with you. Find a job or a hobby, don't play the system.

 

Yes, I do think people who can handle doing the right thing should be more privileged.

So what says you about the people who come for a visit, fall in love with the US, overstay, then meet their spouses at a later date? You are assuming that everyone who adjusts from B1 came with the intent to do so. Some people have been here for years before deciding to adjust. I think the ability to do so takes that into consideration. For this to work it would have to be done on the state level where a person with a B visa stamp in their passport (as that would be their only form of valid ID) , would not be able to marry in the first place. In a way it seems that is what you are suggesting. 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

1 minute ago, Chardon Ne' said:

So what says you about the people who come for a visit, fall in love with the US, overstay, then meet their spouses at a later date? You are assuming that everyone who adjusts from B1 came with the intent to do so. Some people have been here for years before deciding to adjust. I think the ability to do so takes that into consideration. For this to work it would have to be done on the state level where a person with a B visa stamp in their passport (as that would be their only form of valid ID) , would not be able to marry in the first place. In a way it seems that is what you are suggesting. 

Not necessarily their only ID.  Some can use drivers licence, heck I used provincial health care card at one point.  

 

Also if you deny those with a visa in their passport, you lose out on a lot of tourist dollars of people who have destination weddings 

[yuna628 9,541]

8 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

Not necessarily their only ID.  Some can use drivers licence, heck I used provincial health care card at one point.  

 

Also if you deny those with a visa in their passport, you lose out on a lot of tourist dollars of people who have destination weddings 

Again the only persons who has true authority on if someone may marry stateside, is the states themselves. If one state barred a foreign national from marrying they would simply go to a state that allowed them. $'s indeed. And even though the CBP warns people not to marry on the VWP and adjust... we know people do it anyway because we.. don't do much to stop it. The feds can't stop people from marrying while visiting, nor should they. In fact it would be a lot easier for everyone if they didn't! What they should be doing is stopping the adjusting and require them to return home and apply like everyone else.

[Lenchick 133]

4 hours ago, Transborderwife said:

Honestly I'd get rid of the fiancé visa or make it more difficult to obtain, I cannot count the amount of people on here who lament that their k1 arrived and it was fraudulent or they get a taste of the country and leave.  Keep the spousal visa, but for a premium cost allow entry and in country adjustment.  However with safety measures I highly doubt that they would do that.  

 

I also would get rid of the categories for siblings and adult children.

That not a wise perspective to get rid of adult children....what did you base your proposition on? Apparently you would have an absolutely opposite opinion if you had to leave your adult child who was at least 21 years old behind..

Edited February 3, 2017 by Lenchick

[Chardon Ne' 71]

16 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

Not necessarily their only ID.  Some can use drivers licence, heck I used provincial health care card at one point.  

 

Also if you deny those with a visa in their passport, you lose out on a lot of tourist dollars of people who have destination weddings 

I said valid ID for purposes of marriage. Many states do not accept an international driver's license as a form of valid ID. I agree with you. I was just saying how much of an impossibility that would be because states have autonomy on those issues in terms of who can get married. 

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, Lenchick said:

That not a wise perspective to get rid of adult children....what did you base your proposition on? Apparently you would have an absolutely opposite opinion if  had to leave your adult child who was at least 21 years old behind..

I don't know many other established countries that allow that kind of a visa.  I had to leave minor children behind for things beyond my control.  It sucks, but at that point they're adults and can find their own way here.  My parents left me behind when they immigrated and I was that age.  

[Russ&Caro 1,548]

6 minutes ago, Transborderwife said:

I don't know many other established countries that allow that kind of a visa.  I had to leave minor children behind for things beyond my control.  It sucks, but at that point they're adults and can find their own way here.  My parents left me behind when they immigrated and I was that age.  

I agree with Transborderwife here. Adult children are, by definition, adults. They can find their own way in the world.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Just now, ManCharsey said:

Who the hell are you to judge anyone here???

Sorry admins but the statement above really ticked me off!

 

Just click report and follow through:)

[jamaicankim 89]

Get rid of spouse visa. Why can't you find a spouse in your own country.

[phillamb168 19]

I'm sorry I didn't read through everything already said, but:

 

this is a mostly electronic process. As someone who helps companies do process improvements for a living, specifically those related to software, based on what I've seen from the software being used on this stuff it would benefit a great deal from process industrialization. Metrics, performance bonuses that can be easily tied to those metrics, accurate goal setting based on previous data, and most importantly (at least for us!) accurate time estimates based on current and previous case loads. And it wouldn't hurt to do a little Amazon-type stuff and over-estimate, instead of under-estimate, the time needed for a given task, so that we, the poor people on the other end of all this, can get a pleasant surprise when "1 - 6 weeks" is now "4 weeks" but is actually done in three. Also improved communication w/r/t where our paperwork is in the stack, and the removal of what appears to be 'random' processing - people who sent in stuff in January who get CCs a week later, versus people from the same country who submitted in November who are still waiting.

 

Of course all this and $5 will get you a cup of coffee.

Edited February 3, 2017 by phillamb168

[phillamb168 19]

38 minutes ago, jamaicankim said:

Get rid of spouse visa. Why can't you find a spouse in your own country.

uhhhhh whut

Edited February 3, 2017 by phillamb168

[f f 725]

odd idea but how about a 15k fine for adjusting from a non immigrant visa and the fine is not eligible for a fee waver. a kind of if you want to jump the line and be in the us pay for it.

 

see how many people would rather pay 16k to adjust in the states when they could get a visa abroad for less than 1k.

 

it is not really an improvement but will push most people to not try to abuse visas. to take it to an extreme have the fine increase by mabye 5k a year they are in the us illegally.