hello
i am Dr shilpa and i am from india currently on f1 visa and i have a f1 visa valid for 5 yrs
i came to usa in jan 2005 and i am a graduate from hyderabad in mbbs
i got married in jan 2005 just before i came to usa to a indian doctor who works in uk currently he is working in uk
but his job contract will be over inaug first week and after that he intends to come to usa
we are trying for a visa for my husband and cannot decide on which kind of visa to apply
he has already applied for a visitor visa in march 2005 and got rejected
another problem is as we didnt have much time when we were getting married we couldnt register our marriage so we dont have a marriage certificate too
now we have thought in terms of two or three types of visas
1) try for a f2
we have enough funds to show ,he has some savings and i have some savings
and we will try and get our marriage registered by going to india
but from others opinion the chances are very less in getting a f2 visa
2)try for vistor visa to write cs exam since he is a doctor
3)or try for other visitor visa
but even if he gets a visitor visa can he change to f2 after coming here and if he can how long does it take
and if he can change his status to f2 ,again to get stamping do we have to go to india or can we get it done by going to mexico or canada
because i heard that for first time h1 stamping we have to go back to home country
finally if he comes to usa on visitor can we get married here in usa? and what are the rules to get married
i hope some one can help us out of this
shilpa
i am Dr shilpa and i am from india currently on f1 visa and i have a f1 visa valid for 5 yrs
i came to usa in jan 2005 and i am a graduate from hyderabad in mbbs
i got married in jan 2005 just before i came to usa to a indian doctor who works in uk currently he is working in uk
but his job contract will be over inaug first week and after that he intends to come to usa
we are trying for a visa for my husband and cannot decide on which kind of visa to apply
he has already applied for a visitor visa in march 2005 and got rejected
another problem is as we didnt have much time when we were getting married we couldnt register our marriage so we dont have a marriage certificate too
now we have thought in terms of two or three types of visas
1) try for a f2
we have enough funds to show ,he has some savings and i have some savings
and we will try and get our marriage registered by going to india
but from others opinion the chances are very less in getting a f2 visa
2)try for vistor visa to write cs exam since he is a doctor
3)or try for other visitor visa
but even if he gets a visitor visa can he change to f2 after coming here and if he can how long does it take
and if he can change his status to f2 ,again to get stamping do we have to go to india or can we get it done by going to mexico or canada
because i heard that for first time h1 stamping we have to go back to home country
finally if he comes to usa on visitor can we get married here in usa? and what are the rules to get married
i hope some one can help us out of this
shilpa