Hello All,
Well, my UK hubby and I have decided that moving back to the US is what we'd like to do. I planned to file the I-130 petition to bring my husband back to America with me here in the upcoming 2 weeks. My plan was to complete the application process from abroad here in the UK (I-130, I-864, etc). I literally have all documents ready to be sent. However, a bit of a spanner has been thrown in the works recently. My husband has been offered a position doing research with a university in the state we are planning to move to (hooray!). They are currently working through the details of sponsoring him for a work-related visa to bring him to the US to begin this research. I am awaiting specifics from them at the moment.
My question is: how will this change our process? The work he's being offered will likely be for a 10-12 month contract, with the ability to extend it should other work present itself. However, we are looking to move and live permanently (which is why i planned to send the I-130 petition). I, too, have a job lined up for myself (which will begin when we are able to move), which can fully support the two of us, given the constraints of sponsoring a spouse (it is well above the 125% poverty guidelines). I suppose what I'm wondering is: do I hold off on sending the I-130 petition, considering the work visa could likely get us to the states faster? If so, do I file the I-130 once we are in the states with his work visa? Or can I file for the I-130 now, move to the states using his legal work visa, then file the I-485 Adjustment of Status and go from there?
I thought I had this all figured out until the work visa presented itself. Now I'm not sure what to do! Any help would be very much appreciated.
