Which visa while waiting for spouse visa?

[sardine 4]

Hello,

 

My husband is a permanent resident in the US since a few months ago and we have applied for the spouse visa. He needs to be at least 6 months in the USA per year to keep his residency but we are still in Spain thinking what to do with my visa. It has been already 4 months. I fainted after I saw the processing times for the I-130 (27-35 months) . What can I do? 

 

Visitor visa appointments wait time in Madrid is 350 days, 170 for students visas 

 

My ESTA (VWP) was denied because I marked that I have been denied entry in the US. 8 years ago we were not allowed to take our flight in the US pre clearance in Dublin. The officer said to my boyfriend (now husband) that in his opinion we were going to be illegal immigrants in the US because we didn't own a house in Spain. It was a holiday trip.  Now my husband won the diversity visa lottery but I don't know what to do.

 

We don't want to live separated. Is there any solution for this?

Can you recommend any English course? or something I can apply for?

Can I choose another embassy in another country with faster visa appointment? 

Edited April 17, 2022 by sardine

[milimelo 4,226]

Sit tight and wait. If you don’t already have a tourist visa highly unlikely you’ll get it. 
Meet in your home country or a third country. 

[sardine 4]

11 minutes ago, milimelo said:

Sit tight and wait. If you don’t already have a tourist visa highly unlikely you’ll get it. 
Meet in your home country or a third country. 

Not an option 😭

Edited April 17, 2022 by sardine

[Boiler 43,568]

There was, you could have got a GC when your Husband did through the DV.

 

I personally doubt you will be waiting that long for an immigrant visa.

[Crazy Cat 39,362]

11 minutes ago, sardine said:

He needs to be at least 6 months in the USA per year to keep his residency

Where did you get that idea?  He can file for a re-entry permit (but must do from inside the US).  That would allow him to be outside the US for 2 years.

Edited April 17, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[sardine 4]

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

There was, you could have got a GC when your Husband did through the DV.

 

I personally doubt you will be waiting that long for an immigrant visa.

We were not married and I can't go back to the past. But if I had known this before we would have spedd up the weeding (but covid) 😭

But even if it is 2 months he will be outside the US more than 6 months which will be problematic for his residency I think 

Edited April 17, 2022 by sardine

[sardine 4]

4 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Where did you get that idea?  He can file for a re-entry permit (but must do from inside the US). 

No? We are still living in Spain since I can't travel to the US. Also there is no way to contact the US embassy...  

Edited April 17, 2022 by sardine

[sardine 4]

Hello, 

 

Can I ask for appointment in the US embassy in a different country than my home country? (for tourist or student visa)

 

Thank you

[Boiler 43,568]

4 minutes ago, sardine said:

No? We are still living in Spain since I can't travel to the US. Also there is no way to contact the US embassy...  

You are just 4 months in? There is no need to contact the Embassy, will be some time before they are involved.

 

Good luck.

[sardine 4]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

You are just 4 months in? There is no need to contact the Embassy, will be some time before they are involved.

 

Good luck.

What do you mean?
He got his GC in December. We haven't gone to the US yet because of me. I would like to ask the Visa Waiver Program office about my case but they don't reply to emails. I could apply again because I wasn't denied entry, they denied it to him but we were traveling together. But I wanted to ask someone first. 

[Boiler 43,568]

So he has his visa not his GC?

 

 

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My ESTA (VWP) was denied because I marked that I have been denied entry in the US. 8 years ago we were not allowed to take our flight in the US pre clearance in Dublin

Confused

[Crazy Cat 39,362]

1 minute ago, sardine said:

What do you mean?
He got his GC in December. We haven't gone to the US yet because of me. I would like to ask the Visa Waiver Program office about my case but they don't reply to emails. I could apply again because I wasn't denied entry, they denied it to him but we were traveling together. But I wanted to ask someone first. 

You said "My ESTA (VWP) was denied because I marked that I have been denied entry in the US. "  

[sardine 4]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

So he has his visa not his GC?

 

 

Confused

Sorry I am not familiar with the terms. He got a Green Card so I think he is now considered a permanent resident , but we haven't gone yet (because of my situation)

[sardine 4]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

You said "My ESTA (VWP) was denied because I marked that I have been denied entry in the US. "  

Yes, I applied again this year to the ESTA, but I marked this question as "Yes". There might be a small chance that I could mark this question as "No", but I want to do things right and ask the ESTA office. But again, they don't answer questions, and neither the embassy

[Crazy Cat 39,362]

Just now, sardine said:

but we haven't gone yet (because of my situation)

How did he get a green card if he never went to the US?