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| Nepalidai |
Posted
on 25-Jan-02 12:53 PM
Friends,
I have been here in US from 4 years and i do have F-1 status. Next month i am planning to go Nepal.....meanwhile my parents are forceing to get married over there (of course i will prefer to get marry with Nepali girl). I am 27 and still i have not decided what do to coz if i get married over there i am not sure US Embassy will issue visa for my wife (F-2) and no one knows about that. I am going University with good standing grade but who knows they will issue visa for her or not? I guess other people might experienced same kinds of problems........what do u think about my situation??? What do u suggest??? THX........
Npalidai
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| Raul |
Posted
on 25-Jan-02 01:13 PM
The embassy will NOT issue you a visa to bring your wife as long as you are in student status. You can apply for her after marriage, but your wait to bring her from Nepal is likely to be 6-8 YEARS. Better not tell the embassy you are married.
You come back alone. Then after some months she goes to the embassy as a single girl and applies for a visitor's visa. She comes and after 6 mos is out of status. She can apply for an extension, can get accepted to a university, or can go out of status. Then you have to apply and get her status adjusted. It is a long and painful process. Better not get married because her family will tell to come back to Nepal to be with your wife. When your status is adjusted here, there will be time to go to Nepal to take a wife, you can then bring her here legally.
Good luck. Single life is great.
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| krishna |
Posted
on 25-Jan-02 03:09 PM
i just don't buy it when you say your parents are forcing you to marry. i think you really mean that they are pressuring you. as you are a university student, have you already consulted international student services or similar department? also, if visa regulations are a deciding factor in your decision-making regarding marriage, it sounds like you are already placing conditions on what should be an unconditional relationship. maybe you could get your parents off your back by tasking them with coming up with alternatives for handling the visa logistics, since they're the ones who are pressing you with an arrangement requiring such logistics in the first place. if they cannot back up their master plan, do you trust them to pick your mate? i don't know if any of this helps, but i wish you luck in handling your situation.
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| nobody |
Posted
on 25-Jan-02 04:43 PM
Embassy DOES give visa to the spouses of F-1 and H-1 visa holders. If one can show adequate funds to support the spouse. That would be somewhere in the range of US$ 10,000/yr. It's a different story if you have a green card though. Then your spouse cannot get any form of dependent visa and will have to apply for the green card herself. Or get her own F-1/H-1/Visitor or anything that's out there.
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| Nepalidai |
Posted
on 26-Jan-02 11:58 AM
Guys thank you so much for your information and suggestion. Thx........
Nepalidai
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