I am an LPR and I filed an I-130 petition for my spouse after December 21, 2000. What are my options?
This is the situation that we are trying to address. The alternatives available to you are unsatisfactory: • Wait until an F2A visa becomes available. This can take several years. • Wait until you become a U.S. citizen. This can take several years as well. Your spouse will qualify for immediate relative of U.S. citizen status. There is no numerical limit for this category. Your spouse can join you by getting a K visa. • You can leave the U.S. to be united with your spouse. Being absent from the U.S. for an extended period of time will cause Immigration officers to assume that your intent is to abandon LPR status. This may also disrupt your work. • Your spouse can come to the U.S. on a dual intent visa such as H-1B or L-1. The H-1B visa is subject to an annual cap that has been reached for the fiscal year 2008. The L-1 (intracompany transferee) visa requires that your spouse work for a U.S. company abroad for a year, and that company sponsor an L-1 and transfer the job to the U.S. In ei
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