About to start the CR-1 Process - help!

[Ben Murphy 11]

Hello everyone, 

 

My wife and & got married about a month ago in the United Kingdom (where I live). She is a U.S. Citizen, living in the United States. We have been together for a little over 6 years doing the backwards and forwards thing. We are now ready to put all the airport goodbyes behind us and start our new lives together!

 

I've done mountains of research on what we need to apply for, what the process is, what documents we need, etc. but can't help feeling like I've still got so many questions that I need answering before we start the Visa process (without paying thousands of pounds / dollars for it!). 

 

Is there anyone here who has been in ours or a similar situation and has successfully gone through the process who can walk me through their experience, and tell me exactly what we need to do, when, who does what, what documents / evidence we need so we can crack on with the process? 

 

I would be eternally grateful for any support! 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

We’ve all done it.  It’s rarely complicated or needs legal assistance.

 

Step 1:  She needs to file an I130 Petition for you.

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-130

 

The instructions are with the link.

 

It will be several months before the petition is approved.  Make sure everything that is requested is attached.

 

Once the petition is approved and she receives the approval notice it will be transferred to the department of state for processing your immigrant visa.

 

Hardest part (not really hard but takes a bit of time) is gathering the documents for attachment.

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

29 minutes ago, Ben Murphy said:

I would be eternally grateful for any support!

I would start here. After reading through that, if you have specific questions, please post. Most people on this forum have done this once, some maybe twice or more. 

https://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1/

[Megadreams 81]

We didn't get through the whole process yet but are at the stage in which we are supposed to receive our interview letter. Feel free to send me a message if you got some questions.

[pushbrk 12,145]

8 hours ago, Megadreams said:

We didn't get through the whole process yet but are at the stage in which we are supposed to receive our interview letter. Feel free to send me a message if you got some questions.

I'm sure the offer is appreciated, but the way VisaJourney works is to post questions publicly in this forum, so others can both benefit from the process, and/or add value/correct advice given by others.

[DylanandLaura 46]

12 hours ago, Ben Murphy said:

Hello everyone, 

 

My wife and & got married about a month ago in the United Kingdom (where I live). She is a U.S. Citizen, living in the United States. We have been together for a little over 6 years doing the backwards and forwards thing. We are now ready to put all the airport goodbyes behind us and start our new lives together!

 

I've done mountains of research on what we need to apply for, what the process is, what documents we need, etc. but can't help feeling like I've still got so many questions that I need answering before we start the Visa process (without paying thousands of pounds / dollars for it!). 

 

Is there anyone here who has been in ours or a similar situation and has successfully gone through the process who can walk me through their experience, and tell me exactly what we need to do, when, who does what, what documents / evidence we need so we can crack on with the process? 

 

I would be eternally grateful for any support! 

If your spouse has legal immigration status in the UK and she is living with you, you can file direct consular filing with the embassy. This should shorten the lengthy Visa process significantly.