US Immigration

Hello All-


My British husband and I are looking to move back to the US within the next year. I am beginning my research into the requirements, etc. and I was curious if anyone has gone through this process from the UK that could give me some advice and pointers? Roughly what is the wait time if applying for the I-130 (immigrant visa;green card) from the UK, not the US? Researching all of this is very overwhelming...I'm thinking it's going to be more of a headache than it was to immigrate to the UK!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

First of all, you probably want to try the Repatriation part of the forum instead of this bit. Second, can I remind you of the advice given to you on your previous post? http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=73856.msg1016436#msg1016436

New rules have come in recently which make it much more difficult to move to the UK as a spouse, especially if you would both be moving back together from the US. There are a couple of forum members who have already realised that it will be nearly impossible for them to move back to the UK under these rules. It really is worth it since you're here on the old rules to stick it out for 3 years to get citizenship if you have even the slightest inkling that you would ever move back to the UK in the future, because if you try to come back without it, you'll be looking at a more expensive, more difficult and much longer process (5 years to ILR instead of 2, for example), and depending on your circumstances, you won't be able to come back at all. It can take over 9 months to get the US visa process completed anyway, so please do think about whether you can put it off for another year to get the citizenship process sorted first.

Thank you very much for your insight regarding staying here long enough to gain citizenship, as new laws have made it much more difficult to return. I was aware of this, as you pointed out, the advice was given to me previously. How did you remember that, anyway? While I
Appreciate your reference back to that post, I was seeking information regarding US immigration, not UK. I will try the repatriation section, as you suggested. Thanks again!

I didn't remember, I looked back at your old posts to see how long you had been here and found that thread.