US Immigration from Peru

Hello,

I am peruvian/american citizen in Lima. I live here with my peruvian husband and peruvian/American daughter.

I m planning to move back to US, as soon as possible in the next few months. My husband has American tourist visa.

I made some research about both forms. I l understand I can file i130 online, but i485 must be sent by mail.

Since we are here and I want to start the process asap to make it faster, what should I do? Submit i130 online, and mail i485 almost at the same time? We should wait here for approval? Should I send both and move to US and wait there?

Us embassy in Lima is not working at all, they are just useless and appointments they are giving are insane.

whats my best option to get his paperwork asap?
TIA

does anyone have information on interviews for immediate family members for the i130, we were DQ'd April 6th but from our understanding with the shut down of the embassy and the government issues their only doing a few interviews. we tried emailing the embassy for a ball park time frame but it's a auto no reply response. Just want to get some kind of time frame as to when interview may occur. Any peru i130's out there ?

My husband and I married in March 2020 and filed the I-130 petition back in October 2020. However, we have yet to see any movement on the case and we do not want to have to wait any longer to live together.

Is it possible for him to move to the US prior to the I-130 approval, or is there a separate application we can fill out in order for him to move here faster?

Thank you!

I've seen two types of advice for working while waiting for EAD so I thought I would ask just to see why that is. My spouse has sent in her AOS and EAD applications but has been asked to start working by a potential employer. She told them she is waiting for EAD and they said they would pay her in cash so there would be no problem. Regardless, we're both worried about any issues of working before EAD is approved. But I've seen on VJ that people have said illegal work is no problem for spouses of US Citizens. So even if USCIS found out it wouldn't be a problem? How would it even come up, in the AOS interview will they ask if you've ever worked while in the US? And why have I also seen on VJ people saying that you cannot work before EAD is approved, no exceptions?

Hey everyone, me and my fiance have been needing some help deciding how we want to do our marriage and her visa for our future. We have read a lot about both a fiance visa (K-1) and a spouse visa. I'm American and she is Peruvian. We understand that the process for both does take time and depends on the embassy of Per . We are looking for advice from anyone from peru thay knows how the embassy is currently functioning with fiance or spouse visas at the moment. We understand covid has put some delays on a lot of visa approvals but I beleive that they are still processing the spousal and fiance visas. We've come to understand that the spouse visa will probably take a minimum of 2-3 years however she will receive her green card and be able to work in the US and move in with me immediately after receiving the approval. The other options with the fiance is to wait a little less time, around a year, for her approval and get married in the US within 90 days of the approval. She would then have to wait 3-6 months ish for a status adjustment and receive, I beleive, her green card as well. During that period she can't work or leave the US is what we understand. The other thing we've read is I need to meet a certain income requirement. As I'm a student right now this might be hard depending on how high it is but not impossible. Does anyone know anything about the income requirement? I live in Oregon currently. In terms of how much is required and if they check house hold income or personal income? Do they check this through taxes from the previous year?

Here's where we run into trouble trying to decide. We're both currently in school right now. I'm working on my bachelor's with about 3 years left and she is working on starting her PhD or masters. We are trying to plan in a way that we can be able to live together as soon as possible which means we are looking into options for her schooling and mine to align.

Does anyone know if she can study while on the probation with the fiance visa at a US school? Or can she receive a student visa while waiting for either visa approval?

The other option we were considering is the spouse visa in which I would finish my degree online and she would attend a post graduate program. I am also attempting to maintain an online job as an English teacher with TEFL certification. Does anyone know if it would be problematical legality wise to work out of the country with an online job? (tax laws etc.)

Does anyone have any insight to our situation? On any part of it would be helpful. We've been debating what to do with constant research for 3 months now and haven't been able to make a decision so any help is appreciated. We have also looked at immigration lawyers as an option. If anyone knows if this is worth it and if so good references would be helpful.

Thank you!