leaving while I-130 pending

[ENERAREVIR]

I've been writing for answers for the last few days and I've received a lot of helpful advice.

Just as I was ready to file I-485 and related forms, a pressing situation arose in my wife's homeland of Venezuela concerning close relatives. This may require her to travel back home.

I am a USC and she is here on a visitor's visa. Would she be penalized as far as returning to the USA at a later date?

She has an I-130 pending and I have a receipt number for the application.

I understand that if I had applied for the I-485 she would not be able to do so without the advance parole granted through an I-131.

The situation, as you can see, has changed dramatically...

What to do now?

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Originally posted by ENERAREVIR
I am a USC and she is here on a visitor's visa. Would she be penalized as far as returning to the USA at a later date?

Yes. She would need a K-3 visa to return, not a B.

 

[tammy2]

She can also apply for I-130 (second one) at the embassy in her country Which will take lesser then time taken by any service center here in US. She can come here directly on GC.

I heard it will be faster then K3.