Can a US citizen's wife request other types than spouse visas?
I was born in USA and moved to Thailand for about 20 years.
I'm 24 years old and planning to study Master's in USA this August.
The problems are
1) I have no money to support my wife yet (But I will have had a domicile in August because the university has accepted me.)
2) My parents have the money to support both me and her, but they live in Thailand. (We moved back to Thailand for 20 years, so my parents are not premanent residences anymore.)
This prevents us from filing the affidavit of support (I-864) which requires a sponsor to have enough money and be a
1) US citizen who has a domicile in USA or
2) Legal permanent residence who has a domicile in USA
My cousin works in a research lab in USA and she can arrange a job interview for my wife.
So if I don't file an I-130 yet, can my wife apply for an employment visa?
Is there any solution to this affidavit problem?
Answer:
If your wife has any perticular skills that can be concidered part of a 'skilled/highly skilled migrant programme' she can apply for several other visas.
However, if she is going to be doing a very 'simple' kind of job, she has no chance, besides for a spousal visa.
Fair enough, I dont seem to see the problem really? Wait till you have domecile in the USA(Strict as embassies are, I doubt theyll accept 'but i will have in a months time!'), and state, with proof, that your parents have enough money to support you both, and that should be the end of it?
Apply for a working visa for your wife.
Well Work visas are tricky and sabjusct to caps. I belive they are already alloted for a year ahead. So H1B way will take a year. Wether your wife can get H1B in general, orresearch lab is wiling to go thru paperwork is another question.
Second as a spouse of US Citisen - She will have problems getting anything else other then immigrant or spousa; visa.
Third - Can Cousin sponsor you guys???
No you can't. A friend of mine went through this after marrying an American. She thought she could continue with the student visa she was in the process of getting... I went with her to the INS and they flat told her that she was stuck waiting on ther husband's petition to complete.
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