Hello,
My spouse and I married last October but we haven't started any of the CR1 paperwork and are considering waiting and doing the IR1 later.
During this time, my husband wants to try to apply for a tourist visa to come visit me in the US for a few months end of this year. My stepson would be coming with him.
I am concerned because he is from Russia and with the war, I feel he may be more scrutinized. I am also unsure what he can say when he arrives. He has family in Florida (and I'm in Minnesota) so I'm wondering if he can say he's here to visit family, in general?
My husband does have a business in Russia so he has every intent on returning there. And my stepson has school. I am sure we can get documents from both of them showing their intent to return but just looking to see if anyone has any guidance.
We would also plan to purchase round trip flights to help show our good intentions.