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My wife and I just got married and I just left her in the Philippines. I filed the I-130 tonight.

 

Is there any chance of getting her a tourist/visitors Visa to come here prior to us finishing our immigration process? She has a son who we will bring along in a couple of years, along with family so she has ties to go back. Plus she has a small baking business. Any thoughts or do they just frown upon this because they think they won't go back?

 

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Consulate: Manila
Marriage: 09/14/2022

I-130 Sent: 09/29/2022
I-130 NOA1: 10/14/2022 
I-129F Sent: 10/10/2022, REC 10/20/2022
I-129F NOA1: 10/25/2022

I-130 NOA2: 8/31/23

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2 hours ago, Steve & Erma said:

My wife and I just got married and I just left her in the Philippines. I filed the I-130 tonight.

 

Is there any chance of getting her a tourist/visitors Visa to come here prior to us finishing our immigration process? She has a son who we will bring along in a couple of years, along with family so she has ties to go back. Plus she has a small baking business. Any thoughts or do they just frown upon this because they think they won't go back?

 

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It's only $160 to find the answer, I would roll the bones.

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4 hours ago, Steve & Erma said:

My wife and I just got married and I just left her in the Philippines. I filed the I-130 tonight.

 

Is there any chance of getting her a tourist/visitors Visa to come here prior to us finishing our immigration process? She has a son who we will bring along in a couple of years, along with family so she has ties to go back. Plus she has a small baking business. Any thoughts or do they just frown upon this because they think they won't go back?

 

Thanks

You are free to apply, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.  I'd say the chances are somewhere between 0%-25%.  But none of us are the CO.  Good luck. 

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5 hours ago, Steve & Erma said:

My wife and I just got married and I just left her in the Philippines. I filed the I-130 tonight.

 

Is there any chance of getting her a tourist/visitors Visa to come here prior to us finishing our immigration process? She has a son who we will bring along in a couple of years, along with family so she has ties to go back. Plus she has a small baking business. Any thoughts or do they just frown upon this because they think they won't go back?

 

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You may want to file an I-130 for your stepson now.  It will take about couple years to complete the CR2/IR2 process.  

 

If you meant a couple years after your wife immigrates, then you can wait until she arrives or file it now and delay it at the NVC stage.

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Having a child she is happy to leave for a few years is not much of a tie.

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2 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

You are free to apply, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.  I'd say the chances are somewhere between 0%-25%.  But none of us are the CO.  Good luck. 

Per US Embassy in Manila they have 200,000 non immigrant visa applicatons per year, and they claim they approve 80% of them. 

 

I say this is a lie, but that is what they claim.

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K1's are non immigrant and I would expect they approve a lot more than 80%

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https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY20.pdf

 

This says different anyway you would need to know the refusal rate for people in this sort of situation for it to have any validity.

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12 minutes ago, Boiler said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/RefusalRates/FY20.pdf

 

This says different anyway you would need to know the refusal rate for people in this sort of situation for it to have any validity.

You maybe correct about them including k1's since they claim they do 200K per year

 

Seems as if they are lying:

 

Applying for a Non-Immigrant Visa (U.S. Embassy Manila) - YouTube

 

 

 

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The current wait time for B1/B2 interview at US Embassy Manila is 482 days.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html?post=Manila&x=65&y=11  In all honesty the chances are very high that even then it would result in a denial.  No guarantees, but there is a reasonably good chance a CR1 case will have significantly advanced by then.  There is no downside beyond throwing away $160 but it's unlikely to yield much.  Even though the harsh quick denial will not affect your immigrant case it can be heartbreaking for the interviewee to get shot down so hard.

 

Those looking at 80% B1/B2 visa approval rates at USEM, consider that a third of those are lockbox renewals.  The denial rate among new applications are significantly higher.

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  • December 17, 2020:  Married in Costa Rica
  • March 08, 2021: Filed l-130s Online
  • March 09, 2021: NOA1
  • April 26, 2021: NOA2, I-130s Approved
  • April 30, 2021: NVC Received
  • May 01, 2021: Pay AOS and IV Bills
  • May 06, 2021: Submit AOS, Financial Docs and DS-260s
  • May 14, 2021: Submit Civil Docs for Stepdaughter
  • May 21, 2021: Submit Civil Docs for Wife
  • June 25, 2021: NVC review for Stepdaughter, RFE submit additional Doc
  • July 08, 2021: Wife Documentarily Qualified by NVC
  • August 31, 2021: Stepdaughter Documentarily Qualified by NVC
  • September 15, 2021: Received Interview Date from NVC, October 05, 2021
  • September 22, 2021: Passed physicals at Saint Luke's Extension Clinic
  • October 05, 2021: Interview at US Embassy Manila. Verbally approved by US Consul. Positive interview experience.
  • October 05, 2021: CEAC status changed to "Issued"
  • October 07, 2021: Passports tracking for delivery on 2GO Courier website
  • October 08, 2021: Passports with visas delivered.  "Visas on hand"
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  • October 12, 2021: Temporary CFO Certificates Received
  • October 26, 2021 POE arrival at LAX
  • November 02, 2021 Social Security Cards arrive in mail
  • January 31, 2022: USCIS Status changed to "Card Is Being Produced"
  • February 04, 2022: USCIS Status changed to "Card Was Mailed To Me"
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