I'd really apprecaite if anyone can guide me or help me!
I'm married to an American, we knew each other for a long time, we worked together and I even visited the US with him several times on christmas times.
I had a 10years visa to gain entry to the US, I lost my passport more than a year ago, and when I went back to apply, the interview was so honnest that the lady denied my request saying that being engaged to an American citizen doesn't allow me to apply for a tourist visa but I should apply for a fiancée visa!
I left the embassy that day and full of hope that I'll get my fiancée visa and travel with him that summer, to my surprise the finacee visa can take up to a year and not sure I'd get it, and if you get it you have to get married within the 3months after you gain entry to the US... finally I ended up losing that vacation after the tickets were bought and everything, probably if I lied and said I wasn't engaged at all I'd have got it, but honnesty doesn't work sometimes!
Now after we got married thinking that things will be much easier and that I can go visit whenever I can, it's not the case, we need to apply for a spouse visa through a lwayer, it will take 8months, and the fees and the interviews and all that, OK all that we're OK with but my husband may get transferred somewhere at any time, so if it happens during the process we will habe problems, and the US law oblige the citizens to apply from the country they got the marriage act from, which means if you marry in France and move to Germany there is a problem.
This is making me lose so many family occasions, christmas time, summer holidays, I didn't even had a decent wedding yet because of this issue.
I need advise from you out there who heard or know about this matters, what should I do? Is there a law that allow the wife to go visit her in laws? I mean for gods sakes my father in law is sick and it kills me that I can't be there, christmas is coming and I won't be there and my husband gets sad to leave me behind or send me to my parents while we should be together... Please help! Advise!