Stef_and_Hallie

Hello all - at the moment my husband and I are going through the K-3 Visa process in order to gain Lawful Permanent Resident status for him. I am a USC by birth. We are also expecting our first child, and at some point after he is a LPR we would like to petition for his mother, who is of Finnish citizenship by birth, to immigrate and live with us.

I realize that since she is my mother in law that I cannot petition directly, and therefore avoid the "waiting line" however, if my husband (once he is a LPR) files the petition, we are not sure how long we would have to wait for the approval/visa to come through.

Does anyone have any experience with this situation, who could offer a general idea?

On the Petition for Alien Relative I-130 form it does state that a USC OR LPR can petition for the alien relative to immigrate.

Thanks!

You NO no relationship to petition from

GC holder NO only can apply for spouse and children as a GC holder must wait until they are a citizen

This is not correct according to the instructions on the I-130 form available on the USCIS website. It states that a USC or lawful permanent resident may petition for an alien relative to immigrate to the United States. This means a LPR with a GC would not have to wait to obtain citizenship to file the petition.

Hey all -

When my husband and I joined this community, we were engaged and he was living in the UK. We had applied for the K-1 Visa and it was approved. He got the notice for his final interview at the embassy in London, where he would have collected his visa. However, at the same time, he had been applying for a masters program in California - well, right as our K-1 got approved, so did his F-1 student visa, and he moved to the US.

I moved from my home in New York to California to be with him, and about six months later, we found out we were expecting. So we eloped, and had a beautiful Vegas wedding - and now we are married and living together, but his F-1 will expire at the end of his studies in two years.

From everything I am seeing about the K3/K4 visa, it applies to spouses living outside the US, and this is not the case for us.

Does anyone have any experience with this kind of situation, or can let me know if I can just file an I-130 for him or do we go through the K3/K4 process??

Thanks so much for reading!

I was on a J-1 visa from April 07-April 08 as an au pair, and the advice that I was given from my agency was "you CANNOT change status from a J-1, DO NOT apply for any other visas while the J-1 is valid." (many au pairs ask about transitioning to an F-1 but as far as I'm informed it's not possible).

I honestly am not sure about filing for a K-1 while being in the States on a J-1 ... however I would be very hesitant to do it. I do suggest deferring the enrollment and waiting for the K-1 to come through and enter the US on that visa instead.

That is a good point. The K-1 is already in process whereas he has yet to start his paperwork for his student visa. I don't know if this is an issue that is going to come up once he starts that process, considering everything that you guys have mentioned.

GAHHHHHHHH.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see

Have you read this info?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...p;page=otheraos

I think you should now wait for the K1, and possibly defer enrollment until your fiance arrives on the K1.

I just read through it, but I don't think it applies to this situation. We weren't going to get married while he was here on his student visa, unless the K-1 came through.

I was only wondering if his student visa would interrupt the K-1 visa, though I believe he did call the customer service line and they had told him one does not affect the other -- except in this case, he would need to be in England, to do his interview.

I don't know, it's all very confusing!

I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on a question my fiance and I have discovered.

My fiance is attending SDSU in San Diego, California in the fall under a student visa. We have also applied for our K-1 visa, and I know that a part of the process would have involved him going to the American Embassy in London for an interview -- but what if we are in California when that part of the process actually happens?

Would he be expected to fly back to London for the interview? Or is there some other provision available?

Has anyone run into this before?

Hi there, my fiance and I are new to this board. We recently filed for the K-1 Visa, and he forgot to include all of the photos of us together with the rest of the packet.

Naturally, I am freaking out just a little about it.

Does anyone know if this is going to really mess up the whole process for us, or should everything else we submitted be sufficient?

Also, does anyone know if there's any way we can send the photos as an addition?

Thanks!