AtomicUK

Thank you so much for the replies, we really appreciate them all. It is not possible for us to apply for a change of status as my work visa is only valid a year (6 months remain) and it only applies to this client. If I start work for another client, I will need another new P-1 visa for that client. We are now starting the I-130 form and filing on line. The first question is this. 1) Where did you and your spouse last live together? Two parts to this. a) When needing a base while working on a P-1 visa, or when visiting her on vacation on an ESTA, I stayed with my then fiancée at her address. b) This year as I needed to be in the US for a much longer period with my work on my P-1 work visa, so we rented a house together. I lived there alone for a month and she visited from her home, then she took over living at the address when I left to work in Europe for four months. I returned to do further work in the US on my P-1 visa and have used the jointly rented address as my base when not travelling internally within the US. My work will complete here in the next 4-5 weeks and then I will return home to my house in the UK. The question therefore is. Do I state that we lived together a) at her old address for short periods and / or b) use the current address as both our names are on the lease. c) Or should this be answered as 'Never Lived Together'? Thank you in advance.

Our first post here so please forgive any transgressions. 🙏 Some background. After dating for 6 ½ years, my wife (American born) and myself (British born) were finally able to marry recently. 🥰 We are both late 50s / early 60s and had desperately wanted to reach the marriage stage sooner but endured so many personal obstacles (extreme business commitments, family death, and health related) which all prevented it sooner. I currently have a US P-1 work visa (as I travel the world related to the entertainment business) and visit America often with my work. This is third American P-1 related work visa issued to me in the last 10 years. We jointly rented a US property in TX last December, where my wife has been living since and plan to live at the property one our application has been approved. For now, I naturally retain and live at my UK property, but when possible, have stayed with my (now) wife at the US address when a US base is needed for my work. Naturally, we will have many questions along our CR-1 application, but these are the first basics. 1) How UpToDate and active is the information contained here? 2) Are there other recommended accurate sources of discussion for the CR-1 application? 3) As times have changed, is filing on-line the recommended application process via http://www.uscis.gov/? 4) We don’t believe we have any reasons that could prevent an application being approved, however, as I hold the P-1 entertainment visa, not as a musician, but as essential supporting staff, would anyone here have any experience via a similar situation with a P-1 visa, and would you in this case advise the use of a specialist attorney? 5) Although the US property is in registered in both our names and we both financially contribute to monthly payments including utilities, we don't yet hold a joint US bank account. Would that be recommended / required for CR-1 application? Thank you in advance for any replies.