A question about spouse visa

[credzba]

I-130 allows you to get work permit ss# immediately on entry (well mail takes a few weeks)

A minor correction, CR-1 and CR-2 will get an I-551 stamp at the POE, this makes the passport act as a temporary green-card.

 

Green-card holders do not get "work permit" (EAD) the green-card IS work authorization, and the I-551 stamp in passport IS work authorization.

So could actually take a job on the day they enter the USA.

 

 

Wow, that is really an exciting thought !!!!!

 

I guess we are really missing out !!??

 

Lao Po has been here nearly a month now, and we have been spending most of the time, together, in the bedroom.

 

 

 

very funny Rog

 

personally I think spending time getting to know each others ways and for them to acclimatize to their new life and country is more important than them getting a job (but that's just me)

 

LOL, I thought you could not work until you got your ss #, thus I told my wife she would be 4 - 6 weeks. Thanks for the information.

 

I don't know other peoples situation, but for my wife (and for myself), work is important.

She speaks good english already (better than my texan for sure) and will focus on finding a good job.

She would rather take a minimum wage job, than sit at home all day while I am at work. We don't need the money, but she needs to work for her own self fullfillment.

I didn't realize how this would feel for her, until I sat around the apartment all day here in China while she worked. Ususally I find something to do, but on this particular day I had finished everything.. tai wolio (however it is spelled).

If I get stir-crazy in 1 day, I can not imagine my wife sitting at home for weeks.

 

Anyway, I think each couple has their own situation, so maybe the immediate work is not important to some, but for some of us work-a-holics it is important.

[Tom and Ling]

Hi Amanda,

"what is EOR?"

 

I'm sorry and I should have made "EOR" more clear.......

EOR = Evolution of Relationship or Maybe "Evolution of Marriage"...

In a way the EOR is a letter written to describe one's relationship or marriage from start to finish (at least from when you met to the present).

You have written some very good posts by yourself...now you could combine some of your posts and this would be a EOR for you and Richard.

I had not hear about the EOR until I read about it in one of Rogers posting. By that time ,I had already sent in my I-130 but after reading Rogers post....I thought that it was a good ides an wrote one which was one and a half pages long (single spaced) and sent it in with my I-129F.

Will it help...I have no clue but I don't thing it will hurt.

 

The other thing is "how longer you are willing to be separated from Richard".

This depends on whether you and Richard go the CR1 route or the K3/K4 route. I think in one of your previous posts ,you said that you and Richard had decided to go the K3/K4 route.

If that is the case, which service center you send your petitions into won't make a difference because both Cal. and Vermont are showing the same time for I-129F....December 18, 2007.

But for I-130 petitions Cal. service center is current with I-129F petitions ,while Vermont is 4 months behind on the I-130.

So, depending on which Service center and what petitions you want to file ...may depend on what you want to do.

 

And interesting thing has happened since I filed for my Second wife.

When I married my second wife (she was Russian), we married in Kazakhstan and I did a DCF (Direct Consulate Filing) for 3 I-130's and at that time there were no Affidavit's of the bona fides of the marital relationship.

Now these Affidavits are required.....which surprised me but I submitted five affidavits............

 

One thing you should be aware of depending on whether you go the I-130 route or the K3/K4 route.

With the I-130 way...you and Richard will need to file two I-130's , one for you and one for your son.

If you go the K3/K4 route, One I-130 for you and a I-129F for you, but you most definitely need to include your son on the I-129F so he can come with you...

 

Tom and Ling

[Tom and Ling]

I-130 allows you to get work permit ss# immediately on entry (well mail takes a few weeks)

A minor correction, CR-1 and CR-2 will get an I-551 stamp at the POE, this makes the passport act as a temporary green-card.

 

Green-card holders do not get "work permit" (EAD) the green-card IS work authorization, and the I-551 stamp in passport IS work authorization.

So could actually take a job on the day they enter the USA.

 

 

Wow, that is really an exciting thought !!!!!

 

I guess we are really missing out !!??

 

Lao Po has been here nearly a month now, and we have been spending most of the time, together, in the bedroom.

 

 

 

very funny Rog

 

personally I think spending time getting to know each others ways and for them to acclimatize to their new life and country is more important than them getting a job (but that's just me)

 

LOL, I thought you could not work until you got your ss #, thus I told my wife she would be 4 - 6 weeks. Thanks for the information.

 

I don't know other peoples situation, but for my wife (and for myself), work is important.

She speaks good english already (better than my texan for sure) and will focus on finding a good job.

She would rather take a minimum wage job, than sit at home all day while I am at work. We don't need the money, but she needs to work for her own self fullfillment.

I didn't realize how this would feel for her, until I sat around the apartment all day here in China while she worked. Ususally I find something to do, but on this particular day I had finished everything.. tai wolio (however it is spelled).

If I get stir-crazy in 1 day, I can not imagine my wife sitting at home for weeks.

 

Anyway, I think each couple has their own situation, so maybe the immediate work is not important to some, but for some of us work-a-holics it is important.

 

I would agree with all of you, but Roger's idea of staying in the bedroom for almost a month sounds to me a fine idea......

I wonder if I can convince Ling of that....NO probably not since there are two twins also.

Work is OK, but I think it really depends on the level of English she/he is at. For my wife Ling, if she wants to be a nurse again, she is going to have to learn English well. She will have to take some classes in Nursing and this will require good English skills.

What am I going to do in the mean time??? I am planning on taking my wife to work with me. I have my boss's permission and she will be around allot of both English speaking people and Asian people.

I understand about the sitting at home....I was bored out of my mind in Kazakhstan, and I spent 30 days there.

Fortunately, Ling didn't work while I was in China which was nice,,,but we didn't spend all of our time in the Bedroom either...

 

Tom and Ling

[Randy W]

 

One thing you should be aware of depending on whether you go the I-130 route or the K3/K4 route.

With the I-130 way...you and Richard will need to file two I-130's , one for you and one for your son.

If you go the K3/K4 route, One I-130 for you and a I-129F for you, but you most definitely need to include your son on the I-129F so he can come with you...

 

Tom and Ling

 

 

Yes - but the son will need an I-130 sooner or later. You may file two I-130's now - one for the mother, one for the son - and go the CR-1/CR-2 route.

 

If you go the K3/K4 route, you will file an I-130 for the mother now. Then, when you get the I-797 receipt, file an I-129F for the mother only. List the son, like Tom points out. The mother's I-130 will most likely be approved while you are waiting.

 

The son will submit his own P3 and P4 paperwork - this is the only paperwork that needs to be submitted for K-4.

 

Then, when they both arrive, within two years, file an adjustment of status (I-485) for the mother and a separate I-130 and I-485 for the son. If the I-130 for the mother has still not been approved, write "pending" in the blank that asks about it.

 

So the son gets an I-130 either now, or upon arrival. But if you go the CR-1/CR-2 route, you avoid having to apply for AOS.

[Tom and Ling]

Hi Amanda,

 

Randy's right about the Cr1/Cr2 route and maybe what you would want to do is have Richard file an I-130 for you and an I-130 for your son.

Once Richard receives the NOA1's ,, He could still file an I-129F for you.

And than both I-130's would be pending.

I say this because...Richard is from Florida and he will be filing with the Vermont Service Center and the Vermont Service Center is 4 months behind between the I-129F's and the I-130's.

So, unless they speed the process up (Big time) ,you would probably be here in the USA and than you could deal with the I-130's here.

 

Tom and Ling

 

 

 

So the son gets an I-130 either now, or upon arrival. But if you go the CR-1/CR-2 route, you avoid having to apply for AOS.

[usaRichard]

Hi Amanda,

 

Randy's right about the Cr1/Cr2 route and maybe what you would want to do is have Richard file an I-130 for you and an I-130 for your son.

Once Richard receives the NOA1's ,, He could still file an I-129F for you.

And than both I-130's would be pending.

I say this because...Richard is from Florida and he will be filing with the Vermont Service Center and the Vermont Service Center is 4 months behind between the I-129F's and the I-130's.

So, unless they speed the process up (Big time) ,you would probably be here in the USA and than you could deal with the I-130's here.

 

Tom and Ling

 

 

 

So the son gets an I-130 either now, or upon arrival. But if you go the CR-1/CR-2 route, you avoid having to apply for AOS.

 

Thanks everyone for good responses, we are learning and working our way towards getting all this done and all responses have been helpful.

 

Richard

[warpedbored]

I think Roger did make some good points about taking some time to adjust here without working right away. My wife and I went K-1 and she had her EAD within 3 months of being here and her green card in 5 months. Still she didn't work the first year here. She used that time going to ESL classes, learing the mass transit system and just adapting to her new home.