My Husband came to UK to visit me and we dont want to part

[charly_kat]

Hi

Can anyone help i am a UK citizen and my husband is a US citizen, we married in the US 2 years ago and have been working to pay his child support off we . He came to visit recently as we didnt see each other for a year. We were going to apply for a US visa for me while he was here. We cant bare to part and have decided to stay here for a while. Can we adjust his visa to a spouse visa? I have a good job here which i could support him and a friend has offered hm a job. I am really confused over this stuff. People have been telling me oh he has to go back but to be honest if he goes back now he wont have a job there and we are not that well off where we can be flying here and there to get it all done.

Any help would be great ....... Thank you

[vinny]

Can we adjust his visa to a spouse visa?

No.

[charly_kat]

they cant make him can they? whatever happened to your basic human rights ............

[mochyn]

It is not a human rights issue and if you went down that path to stay together it would take a very long time to get a conclusion.It is much quicker to reurn home get the spousal visa and return.It may only take a couple of months

[Monifé]

they cant make him can they? whatever happened to your basic human rights ............

As said by Mochyn it will take a very long time (we are talking probably over 3 years and during that time he will not be allowed to work and the feeling of limbo is not nice at all believe me) and it still might be refused.

Best plan, make sure your spouse does not overstay his visa and get him to return home and apply for spouse visa. It should be relatively painless compared to other immigration routes.

[ElenaW]

It's true, your partner has to return to the US and apply for a spouse visa. Firstly, nobody has been able to switch from visitor to anything as of 2003. Secondly, your partner's from the US, forget article 8!

By the way, if your application is straight forward, the US allows you to pay for quicker processing (extra $300) which only takes 2 weeks. Being apart for two weeks is nothin after you've made it apart for a year. I know it sucks but a lot of people had to do this and they've made it through.