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HELP PLEASE! Filing for adjustment of status (i485) on B1/B2 visit. Good idea?
Hi guys,
Please help for my case...
Background:
My spouse (wife) is a USA green card holder. We married last year in May 2014 and filed our F2A petition in July 2014.
I am an Indian citizen and hold a B1/B2 visa till 2024.
Current status: F2A petition already filed and is under process
Currently, it looks like our priority date (PD) for F2A would become current around January 2016 and it would take another 6 months for me to be interviewed and immigrate to US & obtain the green card around July 2016 (one year from now). Hence total period of separation is 1 year from now
as she can not come here due to her job.
QUESTION & DILEMMA: Plans for filing i485 (adjustment of status) on B1/B2 visa
We want to come together sooner. Hence, me and my wife (green card holder) are thinking whether I can go to US on B2 visa (which I already have) in December 2015 (a month before our PD becomes current) so that we can live together. After I reach there, she can file adjustment of status or i485 alongwith i765/EAD so that I can work when I get authorization after 3-4 months.
However, I have heard entry into US POE on B1/B2 visa may not be so straightforward given that the F2A petition is already filed.
Any suggestions / experiences to help us out guys would be much appreciated. Is this a good idea?
Can going on B1/B2 visit now jeopardize things during the interview after i485, since former is non-immigrant visa but later shows I may have entered with an immigrant intent?
PS. We know each other since 12 years and have enough proofs to demonstrate a strong relationship
Please help for my case...
Background:
My spouse (wife) is a USA green card holder. We married last year in May 2014 and filed our F2A petition in July 2014.
I am an Indian citizen and hold a B1/B2 visa till 2024.
Current status: F2A petition already filed and is under process
Currently, it looks like our priority date (PD) for F2A would become current around January 2016 and it would take another 6 months for me to be interviewed and immigrate to US & obtain the green card around July 2016 (one year from now). Hence total period of separation is 1 year from now
as she can not come here due to her job.QUESTION & DILEMMA: Plans for filing i485 (adjustment of status) on B1/B2 visa
We want to come together sooner. Hence, me and my wife (green card holder) are thinking whether I can go to US on B2 visa (which I already have) in December 2015 (a month before our PD becomes current) so that we can live together. After I reach there, she can file adjustment of status or i485 alongwith i765/EAD so that I can work when I get authorization after 3-4 months.
However, I have heard entry into US POE on B1/B2 visa may not be so straightforward given that the F2A petition is already filed.
Any suggestions / experiences to help us out guys would be much appreciated. Is this a good idea?
Can going on B1/B2 visit now jeopardize things during the interview after i485, since former is non-immigrant visa but later shows I may have entered with an immigrant intent?
PS. We know each other since 12 years and have enough proofs to demonstrate a strong relationship
