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Hi all

I recently discovered this forum and have been reading avidly all of the great advice and guides.

I am looking for some advice, based on the far greater knowledge of forum users here and perhaps past experiences, on the best and quickest way to proceed in my circumstances.

Circumstances:

• My long term partner (US Citizen) and I (UK Citizen) have been together 7 years, during which time we have each visited UK and US, respectively multiple times per year. In my case, on an ESTA.
• We both have good jobs, plenty of savings and own houses etc
• I intend to relocate and work in the US on a permanent basis as soon as possible.
• I am exploring options for relocated through work with my current employer and obtaining visa sponsorship that way, but that is proving slow and frustrating.
• Due to a recent change in circumstances (partner is now pregnant and this will be our first child) I am planning to take a career break and spend as much time as possible (ideally the entire term of the pregnancy and child birth) in the US to support my partner.
• In an ideal world we would legally marry and got the CR-1 route, however, the 12-15 month processing time is clearly not going to work given timeline
• K-1 visa appears to be the more likely and slightly quicker option, but again, 6-12 month lead time would not work either - even with potential short visits to US whilst the K-1 application is pending.
• My current thinking is applying simultaneously for a B-2 and K-1 visa is my best bet for getting to US in the short term and being able to stay for 6 months (+ possible extension?). However, having read other forum posts it appears that the success rate on the B-2 applications is quite low?
• Other option I can see is to travel on ESTA with the intent to visit/support during pregnancy, get married and then apply for change in status, work authorisation and advance parole etc. This feels super risky though.

Any and all thoughts welcomed and appreciated!

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