abbihaus

Sorry if I come across as silly, I am on the spectrum and need complete clarity otherwise I'll be uncertain that I am understanding correctly. A lot of my browsing tells me that the i-130 is always the thing to do straight away which is why I am getting a little confused. But for final clarity, we should: 1. DO NOTHING (not even the i-130 form) 2. Wait till we hear from her MBA 3. If accepted, contact London (I assume you mean the US embassy?) and apply for DCF citing the employer sponsored MBA 4. Wait to hear back before doing anything else? Or do we then submit the i-130 ? And if she isn't accepted, she will be getting an office transfer to the US, so the above would still apply, only instead of MBA it is for the job itself? Thanks, and again, really sorry if I am forcing you to repeat things that seem obvious!

So sorry for the annoyance but I wanted to just clarify before getting any bit more excited: Considering the above timelines, when does it make sense for the USC to apply for the DCF? As soon as they get accepted into the MBA or closer to August when the USC is looking to move?

Thanks for your post. I didn’t consider that it being employee sponsored would be considered job related, but that sounds logical. So the USC should contact the consulate in London to do a DCF before we apply for anything? Also with the MBA starting in August and the USC not finding out that decision until the end of this year, is that considered exceptional circumstances given the 8 month gap between finding out and starting the course? are there any downsides to going for a DCF, should it be denied?

thanks for sharing however I’m not sure whether my circumstances would be deemed “exceptional”? Maybe if 2 or 3. Were to occur?

Where can we do DCF at embassy in UK? I thought it was permanently stopped in London some time during Covid ?

Hi all, Could really use some help as there is an insane amount of content and a lot is overlapping. We live in the UK and plan on moving to the US around August next year. I am British, my spouse is a US Citizen. There are three potential reasons for the move but we are certain about wanting to move: 1. For my US citizen spouse to attend Business School in the US to complete their MBA (sponsored by their employer). I will also be a student at this time. 2. If they fail to get into their school of choice, they will be transfering offices to the US office and continuing working for their current employer. I will be a student still 3. My in-laws are getting older and we may need to move to the US to help care for them (this isn't likely within the year, but you never know with age) My worry is that if 1. happens, my SO HAS to move to the US to start in Aug/Sept for the beginning of the semester. It seems like the i-130 processing times are such that I would be unlikely to have full GC approval by August 2023. This means as two students, we would need to fund rent in 2 places, bills in 2 places and obviously the added strain on a long distance relationship. As this has been a very recent change in life-plans, we had been previously ignorant to the processing times and figured that it would be much easier for me to just follow my Spouse to the US as I have no intent to work there for 2 years. This is obviously wrong. Before we go ahead and start filing, I wanted to first gain wisdom given the 3 potential options. We won't find out if my partner gets into Business school until close to the end of the year, but we don't really want to waste months sitting around if we could start a process. Our ideal outcome is 1. from a life goal perspective, however, if 2. offers a drastically reduced wait time, that may outweigh the delay to business school (my Spouse would apply for the following year instead). Any advice is appreciated. Thanks a lot!