Moving from Philippines to USA

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JustinTN

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Hello, My friend and i are confused about B-2 Tourist Visa

My friend lives in the Philippines and she is wanting to visit me and possibly move to America. She supports herself, and can afford all the bills but to get a visa they want proof that she can support herself financially while visiting America( not allowed to have a job with just the Tourist Visa), however i would be paying for everything here. Is there something she can do so that she can visit me since she doesn't have a lot of money saved up?


Thank you, Justin.

If this visa doesn't support her moving here, what one would?
 
Thank you for the reply.


For her to stay here longer than her visa supports if she does visit, she would have to get married to me for 2 years, after that 2 years she can be eligible to stay in the US if we did divorce?
 
We are talking about a bonafide marriage here, bear that in mind.

JustinTN said:
For her to stay here longer than her visa supports if she does visit, she would have to get married to me for 2 years, after that 2 years she can be eligible to stay in the US if we did divorce?
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I'm very aware of that, its just a question though. Also, is there any information on what she would need to get the visa? I've searched on some sites and googled it, sadly i couldn't come up with the answer to something so simple.
 
Frequent responders to questions will not respond to posts inquiring about possible ways to commit fraud as one of the OP's posts did.
 
Its not a fraud question, its just a question. I didn't mean anything by it except the fact if somebody gets into a marriage and they are there only on a visiting visa, are they allowed to stay there?
 
If you are not a citizen (eg: green card holder) then marriage to a visitor would not give them any ability to stay in the US. As a GC holder, you could sponsor a spouse but they have to wait about 5 years and cannot overstay a visa in the US during the 5 year duration.

If you are a citizen, then marriage to a visitor visa holder could give them the right to stay in the US. You would have to provide substantial documentation to prove:
1) that your marriage is legitimate, not done just for immigration purposes
2) that they did not intend to marry you when they entered the US

USCIS will do a 2 year re-check to see that the above still holds true. Divorcing before or after the 2 year re-check is not a problem, but you still have to provide substantial evidence that the initial reason for the marriage was not for immigration purposes.

If USCIS finds that your marriage was not legitimate, the visitor will be deported and permanently banned from re-entering the United States.

If you intend to do a legitimate marriage, she is better off applying for a fiance visa instead of a tourist visa. Fiance visas require proof of a legitimate relationship and engagement. Legitimate fiance visas have a much higher approval rate for filipina females than tourist visas do.

-ML
 
Thank you ml_boston, Your answer helped me out a lot. :)
 
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Just to add to ML's excellent summary, charges may also be brought against the USC if USCIS believes that both parties were involved in the fraudulent marriage.

ml_boston said:
If USCIS finds that your marriage was not legitimate, the visitor will be deported and permanently banned from re-entering the United States.
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