USA Citizen Residing Abroad Traveling to USA with Foreign Wife
I am a USA citizen, residing in South America (residency not citizenship) and I've been offered an opportunity that may require extensive travel to the states for work purposes. My wife is not a US citizen but has a tourist visa good though 2019. She's traveled to the USA several times (3 on a work study visa and 5 or 6 on a tourist visa).
If I'm in the USA two months on and one month back to my country of residence, is there any potential issue with my wife accompanying me to the USA on these trips?
Best Answer
There is a small risk that she will be denied entry. People entering on B2 visa must show that they intend to leave and not immigrate during that trip to the U.S. As the spouse of a U.S. citizen, it would be so easy for her to file for Adjustment of Status at anytime after entering. So the burden of showing that she will go back is harder. But it's not common that they turn people with visas away at the border.
I'm surprised that she got the visa in the first place. Maybe she wasn't married to you at the time she got the visa?
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