I went to marry my husband a year and a half ago in Panama,how long will it take him to get his visa?
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I had a friend (US Citizen) who married a Colombian girl.  It took a little over 2 years for her to get the visa to come to the US.  It might be a little easier for a Panamanian, because a lot of Colombians are trying to come to the US.
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It depends entirely on the type of visa you use to come into the country.  In some cases it is months, in others, years.
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We applied for a K1 visa and everything worked out very smoothly. You just have to make sure all your paperwork is filled out correctly, don't lie about anything and it should all work out ok. It takes some time and it doesn't take a lot of money. We just paid for the forms that we filed. My fiancé (a US citizen) filed the paperwork in early October and I got my visa in March the next year. I found the K1 visa to be great and safe, with all the paperwork and medical exams that they ask from you, you can be sure that you and your fiancé are both healthy and true about how many times you got married, divorced and all that detailed info. Good Luck. If you wanna know more tell me ok?
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Your lawyer was a crack pot and gave you some bad advice. SInce your husband was here on a work visa then he would have been able to adjust his status while remaining in the U.S. after you got married. There was no reason for you to leave. Even if his visa was expired he still would have been able to stay in the U.S. and adjust status. As far as advice for you now, I don't really know what to tell you. Have you already filed the I-130 for your husband? Did you leave before your husbands work visa expired or after? If you would like you can send me an email to answer my questions. I may be able to help you. My husband is also a Mexican citizen and we are working on this process now.
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Depends what sort of visa. For a permanent residents visa or a spouse's visa it can take up to 2 years.\n\nYou can get a tourist visa in a few weeks.
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I'm in the process...did the packet myself, let's see how it goes.\n\nMy fiancee is from Panama if the question is still open when i get a response i'll post here
99915
Success story:  About nine years ago, I began writing to a 29 year old woman in Bangkok (I was 50).  After a year and a half, I went over to meet her--we got engaged, I returned home to Hawaii and began the process for fiance visa.  It was granted 9 months later.  I returned to Thailand and we were married (wasn't officially recorded, however).  We came back to my home got officially married (as per INS rules) and remain happily married today.
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Yes there is a huge difference.  I'm married to a French citizenship and I'm an American citizen.  A Marriage visa is only a visa for a person to come and visit for a period of time, longer than 6 months.  Enough time only to allow the person to get their marriage license.  Then, you have to start your paper process with his green card through the closest INS.  Start the petition process as soon as possible.  Even if you are married, they can still send him away back to his country if he didn't get his green card yet.  If he's in the process of getting a green card, tell him not to travel anywhere.  If he's going to stay longer than 6 months without the marriage visa, then the consequences can be that he gets deported back to his country and banned from the US for 10 years.  I'm listing a website source made by an immigrant lawyer that may help you understand the process a bit.  Don't do anything foolish...my advice!  This is a big issue.
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You need to watch the Visa Bulletin:  it is a monthly publication of the current priority dates.\n\nIf he is married, the current priority date is 15 November 1998; if he is not married, it is 22 April 2001.
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Tourist visas are extremely difficult for Moroccans to get, and it will be even more difficult if he is your fiance since that will show a reason why he may want to stay in the United States permanently. To get a tourist visa, he would apply at the Consulate in Casablanca. He would need a secure job, a sizable bank account, should own land or have other ties that demonstrate he is likely to return home.\n\nAs others have mentioned, you can apply for a K-1 Fiance Visa. However, the requirement is that you and he have met two years or less IN PERSON prior to applying for the visa. Once he arrives on the visa, you must marry within 90 days. The K1 process usually takes a minimum of five months. Another requirement will be providing proof that you make 125% or above of the poverty level, and if you don't, you will need a co-sponsor. Once you marry, you will be signing a document saying you are willing to financially provide for him (the period of time varies but is normally 10+ years). Even if you divorce, he can sue you for this maintenance. The whole process involves a lot of paperwork and a fair amount of money. He won't be able to work until he gets a work document, and that can take 90 days or more after you marry and file.\n\nIt is becoming more difficult to get a marriage and fiance visas coming out of Morocco due to the high rate of fraud (men marrying for green cards). Make sure you build a substantial case - pictures together, phone logs, email/chat logs, etc.
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Approximately a month I think. You can e-mail US immigration at their website and ask them.  I had to e-mail them twice and they responded the next day both times.  Good luck and congrats!\n\nwww.uscis.gov
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I have already done this and maybe i can help you.  I am USA citizen and i brought my husband here.  First you need to file the I-130 forms, then you will wait no longer than 30 days and you will receive a receipt in the mail showing that immigration received this form and the pprs are in progress now, (I received my receipt in only 2 weeks!!!!).  Second you need to file the I-129F form, which is the petition for alien fiance(e) form.  This will make her elgible for a K-3 visa, which will allow her to come here to marry you and she can wait here until her regular visa becomes available.  You will just have to show proof that you all will marry.  I hope this helps, and below i will give you web addresses that will be very helpful to you during this process.  Good luck.
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it depends on how he entered the US. If he legally entered with a visa and overstayed then when you get married you could petition for him to adjust his status to permanent resident with immigration.... if he came into the country without visa...then he may have to go back to his country and wait there until your petition for fiance visa comes thru....normally...after you have filed your petition for your husband...he will be given a conditional green card 3-6 months after you have filed the petition....the conditional green card will be valid for 2 yr... 90 days before the expire of the green card ...you husband will have to provide proof to immigration to remove the condition and receive his permanent 10 yr green card...if he's approved he will receive his 10 yr green card and then wait 3 yrs if still married to you or 5 yr continued stay in the US to be eligible to apply for US citizenship.....visit the link below... good luck!
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Heve your friend pay the landing fee? did he pass all the immigration process with interview ? if yes just send the embassy a fax with question about visa and passports.  6 months - it's to long for visa application in passport. In other canadian embassy it's only 15 wworking days. You'v just consult the site of Canadian embassyin in Cairo  http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/cairo/visiting-process-times-en.asp
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Don't listen to the people telling you to go to Mexico and get married.  It takes YEARS to get a spousal visa.  Unless you are willing to wait that long to be with your husband again then you need to get married here.  My husband had to pay a fine and then fill out all the applications.  We downloaded them right off of the INS website and did them ourselves.  He got his work permit right away but it took over 2 years for the greencard.  He could not leave the country during that time.\n\nHope this helps a little!
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If you file from New Delhi after staying 60 days, it will only take few months for your spouse to get visa. I think it only takes about 4 months for them to process and grant visas. And yes that can only be done from New Delhi.\n\nYou can also file for petition from the states, but it will take way too much time for them to process the whole thing. My best suggestion is that if you are going to India to marry, then stay a little longer and apply from Delhi, that way you can take a vacation and won't have to wait for you spouse for a long time.
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This is for marriage with a US citizen only.\n\nIf the marriage occurs abroad, the petition for green card must be filed through a U.S. Consulate with jurisdiction over the applicants place of residence. The process typically takes 6 months or longer. \n\nHowever, the applicant may work and live in the U.S. from the date of filing. Thus the processing period (typicall longer 12 - 18 months) is not as inconvenient as it would seem since she or he can reside with the fiance.  As a result, many newly weds prefer to undertake the entire green card application process in the U.S.