Guide...
Thank you very much Al Southner and VisaNutz, but I'm confused because my wife is already in the US on F-1 student status, why does she still need an immediate visa?
Also, if I choose option A, I need to attach a copy of the approval notice. I have no clue what this approval notice is.
This is really important, so I just want to be sure. I hope that you two won't find me annoyed for asking again. I see people on this forum got rejected because choosing the wrong answer on this question. Therefore, I'm kinda afraid.
Just complete I-130. F-1 doesn't grant her the right to stay and live in the US, it is a student visa. If you want to hit it every night with your wife here, complete the required forms to have your wife here or once her visa expires, she will be forced to move back home. So, cold sheets could be in store for you soon...
Look at the link below on what forms you need, Ari4u is the second post which will educate you a bit more.
http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?t=288201
Forms you need: I-130 (once is it approved, creates a basis for I-85) Send them together as one package, don't send this and wait for reply. You complete and sign. bull...
I-485-wife completes and signs.
I-765 Employment authorization, wife signs
G-325 X 2 (one for you and one for wife) each one signs their copy
I-864 Affidavit of Support, you sign and provide proof u can afford ur wife..
I-693 medical forms, signed by doctor knowledgable about immigration issues and vaccination. USCIS wants to ensure she doesn't bring any leprosy here..
copy of marriage certificate, passport of her, your passport or drivers license, passport size photos of you and her (not together as one picture, but separate as it appears on your passport)
Correct filing fees in checks or money orders... Anyone else in terms of what I forgot in this response?