I am US citizen residing in California and recently submitted an immigrant petition (I-130) for my wife on Dec 2008 @ CSC. My wife is a malaysian citizen and I have requested consular processing at the time of application.
Prior to December 2008, she was an F1 visa student at a local college here in California. Due to medical reasons, she decided to terminate her college programme and seek treatment in Malaysia while waiting for the immigrant petition to be approved & visa processed in malaysia. She has maintained a lawful F1 student status in the US.
The questions I have is :-
1) After my wife has recuperated, is she allowed to visit me for several weeks on a tourist visa even though she has a pending immigrant visa petition in the works ? We are not considering the K3 visa at this time since we anticipate she'll need to be in malaysia for some time to complete her treatment.
Prior to December 2008, she was an F1 visa student at a local college here in California. Due to medical reasons, she decided to terminate her college programme and seek treatment in Malaysia while waiting for the immigrant petition to be approved & visa processed in malaysia. She has maintained a lawful F1 student status in the US.
The questions I have is :-
1) After my wife has recuperated, is she allowed to visit me for several weeks on a tourist visa even though she has a pending immigrant visa petition in the works ? We are not considering the K3 visa at this time since we anticipate she'll need to be in malaysia for some time to complete her treatment.