Jadm

Facts:
Uk-USA marriage going on 3 years, awaiting final decision on removal
of conditions for me (UK spouse) while here in states.
we want to move to the UK and live, i know we can file paperwork via
the British Consolate in NY for my USA spouse..blah blah, but is it at
all possible to go over to the UK (we will be residing with my family)
and file for her in London once there?

P Pron

jadm wrote:
    > Facts:
    > Uk-USA marriage going on 3 years, awaiting final decision on removal
    > of conditions for me (UK spouse) while here in states.
    > we want to move to the UK and live, i know we can file paperwork via
    > the British Consolate in NY for my USA spouse..blah blah, but is it
at
    > all possible to go over to the UK (we will be residing with my
family)
    > and file for her in London once there?


http://www.britainusa.com/visas/guid...ent_Spouse.asp

"Settlement: Spouse

...........A person seeking admission to the United Kingdom in this
category MUST be in possession of an Entry clearance granted for this
purpose prior to the arrival in the United Kingdom. Failure to obtain
clearance will result in refusal of entry........."

Mstracy

Simply put, no. It has been done in the past, but you would risk
deportation as the USC would have to lie in order to enter the country.
This would exclude the possibility of residence. Since it is so easy to
get a visa for US spouse, why would you want to lie your way in anyway?



Mark

Originally posted by Jadm
    > Facts:
    > Uk-USA
marriage going on 3 years, awaiting final decision on removal
    > of
conditions for me (UK spouse) while here in states.
    > we want to move to
the UK and live, i know we can file paperwork via
    > the British
Consolate in NY for my USA spouse..blah blah, but is it at
    > all
possible to go over to the UK (we will be residing with my family)
and
file for her in London once there?

Cindyabs

Originally posted by mstracy
    > Simply put, no. It has
been done in the past, but you would risk deportation as the USC would
have to lie in order to enter the country. This would exclude the
possibility of residence. Since it is so easy to get a visa for US
spouse, why would you want to lie your way in anyway?
    >
    >
    > Mark



The idea of being able to walk in and walk out the same day
with a visa seems wonderful to me and not a hardship at all. Plus the
spouse can work in the UK right away and not have to wait for EADs like
the K3 folk here.
Go for it and good luck.

Scousepete

Originally posted by Jadm
    > Facts:
    > Uk-USA marriage
going on 3 years, awaiting final decision on removal
    > of conditions for
me (UK spouse) while here in states.
    > we want to move to the UK and
live, i know we can file paperwork via
    > the British Consolate in NY for
my USA spouse..blah blah, but is it at
    > all possible to go over to the
UK (we will be residing with my family)
and file for her in London once
there? You know that if you do leave the US and stay out for
over a year you are pretty much throwing away your greencard. If you
ever want to come back and live in the States at some time in the future
you will have to begin the process all over again.

Why don't you begin
the application for citizenship (based on 3 years of marriage) Once you
have your US passport you can live wherever you want for however long
you want.

Just a thought...

Andy Platt

With the processing times at the consulates my question would be why the
hell would you want to do this? Anyway, I would seriously consider getting
US citizenship before moving over there so that if you want to move back you
won't have to start on the US immigration process again.

Andy.

Scousepete

Originally posted by Andy Platt
    > With the processing
times at the consulates my question would be why the
    > hell would you
want to do this? Anyway, I would seriously consider getting
    > US
citizenship before moving over there so that if you want to move back
you
    > won't have to start on the US immigration process again.

Andy.There must be an echo in here because I thought that was
exactly what I said, only a few hours earlier

Jadm

your right, we will file through the consolute...btw...we were under
the impression that even if we BOTH were-are USC that if we remain out
of the USA for longer than 2 years then wanted to come live back in
the states for any reason we would have to go the
"immigration-route"...ie: need sponsors , ect as i went through.
thoughts?

Scousepete

Originally posted by Jadm
    > your right, we will file
through the consolute...btw...we were under
    > the impression that even
if we BOTH were-are USC that if we remain out
    > of the USA for longer
than 2 years then wanted to come live back in
    > the states for any
reason we would have to go the
    > "immigration-route"...ie: need sponsors
, ect as i went through.
thoughts? No, once you have that blue
passport you are sorted for life. No more sponsors, INS/BCIS/USCIS any
more for you.

Sunflwrgrl13

Originally posted by Jadm
    > your right, we will file
through the consolute...btw...we were under
    > the impression that even
if we BOTH were-are USC that if we remain out
    > of the USA for longer
than 2 years then wanted to come live back in
    > the states for any
reason we would have to go the
    > "immigration-route"...ie: need sponsors
, ect as i went through.
    > thoughts?

Once you're a citizen,
coming and going is no problem. You're both allowed to come back
anytime. The only way to give up US Citizenship, if I remember
correctly, is to make a sworn statement in front of a Consular
Official.

Do be aware though, that even though you may both be living
overseas, if you are both citizens, you still have to file taxes with
the IRS here in the US.