aaron2020

The Utah office doesn't decide if you and your spouse would get visas after a Zoom wedding. The US Embassy will decide whether you and your spouse will get visas. How do you think they would view two Thais who have ZERO connections to the US, neither are US residents or citizens, probably never been to the US, getting marry via a Utah Zoom wedding after winning the DV lottery visa? Do you want to be the test case?

I don't think anyone can answer your question. Don't know how the US Embassy would view two Thais with a Utah wedding certificate. You are the only one who can say if immigrating together is worth risking your chance to immigrate to the US. I propose a different plan. Immigrate to the US as a single person, get your green card, fly back and do your Zoom wedding as an LPR, file for your spouse in the F2a category, and get a Re-Entry Permit. If it was me, I would take the path safely traveled on of a US LPR/Zoom wedding vs. the unknown of two Thais/Zoom wedding. This is ultimately your choice. Good luck.

You are the reason for this mess. Not your ex-American wife. Maybe she smelled a marriage for a green card and abandoned things. Regardless of her reasons, she told you it was over. You choose to ignore that. You went ahead with the medical and interview for a spousal visa. Don't blame others for your bad choices.

Yes, your parents can adjust. It's visa fraud to enter the US on visitor visas with the intent to immigrate. Which seems to be what you're contemplating, so VJ will probably shut this thread down quickly.

Dude. Do you not see the red flags that everyone is trying to warn you about? She has no job. She wants you to send her what is twice what a college graduate makes in her neck of the wood. Wow. That's living on the wages of two college educated professionals. How many time have you met? Once? Get a clue on what she wants by you making her a baby. You are a big ATM dispensing free money.

Be careful. Some women will get pregnant to trap a man. She may be thinking that your baby assures her immigration to the US.

Thanks. Good luck.

You're digital nomads. Not in Russia. Not in the Ukraine. So how are "current circumstances" relevant? What's the danger to a Russian citizen who is not living in a war zone?

Wasting USCIS's time with an expedite request for a party when they can be working on other cases is not worth the try. This is frivolous and a waste of time and you know it.

Visa shopping. Immigrant intent. No strong ties to home. Chances of a visitor visa are next to zero.

You're not going to get an expedite for a party. Expedites are for deaths in the family, etc. Unplanned things that are true emergencies.

You can't appeal. You've been told the reason why. You can accept their answer - it would not be fair to other families waiting - or try again and ask for an expedite based on more than my family comes first.

Negative things. Ok. You think you can bring your niece to the US for high school and then worry about a student visa. You was told it wasn't so. That's negative because it's not what you wanted. You think that you will be able to be her host family for an exchange program. You was told it wasn't so. That's negative because it's not what you wanted. $20 for public high school to bring your niece to attend school in your neighborhood because you pay taxes. You've been told that it was going to be expensive - $20-$40k/year. But $20/year according to you. Ok. Rock on. Good luck.

We get what you want. You are not the first person coming to VJ with hopes of bringing a niece or nephew to the US for school. You're the one that doesn't seem to understand things. You don't seem to understand that a student visa is needed first before she can attend any school in the US. You don't understand that she may not be able to live with you depending on your choice. A. Your niece will need a student visa to attend high school in the US. A student visa is an absolute requirement before she can attend high school in the US. B. It will be expensive. You will either need to pay international tuition for a private school or fees for a one year public high school exchange program. Think $20-$40k/year. C. At a private school, your niece can live with you. As an exchange student, she would need to stay with a guest family - she can't stay with you or family. P.S. My sister is a pharmacist. A graduate degree is needed. It's not just college like in a lot of other countries. To be a licensed US pharmacist, my sister has a B.S. from UCSD, a graduate degree from a 4 years graduate Pharmacy School, had to sit for lots of tests, and has about $250,000 in student loans as a US citizen. It will cost a foreign student significantly more than $250,000. That's how expensive, it can get.

And this is why we have been telling you that a tourist visa is unlikely. As an attorney, she should understand that the burden to overcome the legal presumption that everyone who applies for a visa intends to immigrate rests with her. We don't know and it depends if she will travel to the US on the tourist visa and stay to apply for a green card doesn't sound like she can overcome the legal presumption.

Hi, There is zero chances of your wife getting a tourist visa. She has 3 previous denials. Now, she is married to a USC who is thinking about moving his family to the US. A visit to the US is out. The only remaining path is immigration to the US. That will take time - a couple of years. It may even require separation. You need to look into the immigration process if you want her to come to the US. You will have to do whatever the US Government wants you to do as you may not get the option to interview where you want. Best of luck.

What happened to her not having immigrant intent 10 days ago? LOL.

Your child would need to have a current Priority Date in order to file an I-485 to adjust status. When did you file the I-130? It's currently taking 8 years for a USC to petition for an unmarried child over 21. Being in the US on an E-2 does not give the person an advantage or to file to stay in the US based on that I-130.

Only possible if both parents are deceased and the grandmother adopts that child before the age of 16.

Unfortunately, this petition will be denied. There is no basis for a grandparent to petition a grandchild. The law does not allow it. You paid for an I-130 to be processed. That is what is happening. When the processing is over, it will be a denial of the I-130 as there is no qualified relationship between the petitioner and the beneficiary allowing for the successful filing of the I-130.

You are dealing with a dishonest lawyer. Please let US immigration know what intend to do, let see if they think it's a good idea. A green card within 6-8 months. Ok. I like to see that. People are waiting for EAD/AP longer than 8 months, but this lawyer can get a green card in 6-8 months. $7000 - bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!! Ridiculous price. $300 for a consultation advising you to commit immigration fraud is money flushed down the drain.

Your wife will need her passport or a NEXUS card to get on the return flight. She may have to wait in Canada for her passport and visa.