Fiancé Visa

My friend is married with a filipina and he applied for a visa for her 2 years ago. He is still waiting for her visa.

To get married here in the Philippines you need some papers from you and from her. This will take 3 to 6 months.

There is another post where I specified the exact needs for getting married in the Phils.

To take a fiance to the US might be rejected to avoid illegal immigration into the US. Escpecially if the age difference is big.

Even if she gets a US tourist visa her exit could be blocked from the immigration if this is her first travel abroad and she does not have a return flight.

She will need a permanent resident visa from the US to move there.

Please let us know how it worked for you, as this will help others.

All the best

Andy from Boracay

The long and winding road.

To the OP have you met your bride to be? Have you been to the Philippines? google is my best friend for research and vaguely honest answers.

Good luck and welcome to the forum.

Cheers, Steve.

Andy_1963. . . .  My friend is married with a filipina and he applied for a visa for her 2 years ago. He is still waiting for her visa.

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Just today President Biden suggested Undocumented Spouses of American citizens be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship.

Meanwhile your married friend will wait years and then possibly have his wife denied a visa.

          Met a couple last summer who had waited 3 years for her spousal visa to come to the USA.  Others said a fiancee visa only took 18 months to get the Filipina into the USA.  Trying to hide a church wedding does not sound like a good idea.

Off post but a mate of mine had been dating a Filipina for about one year. He was still a bit unsure about the relationship but having been told a partner visa would be around 18 months through Australian immigration he stumped up the fee and they applied in January this year. He figured 18 months would be more than enough time to decide if she was The One. 5 weeks later their visa was approved - the quickest partner visa in history according to their migration agent. They got married in Australia one month ago.

@Brojeslov He wants to go with her to the US and not Australia. Australia is much faster. A friend of mine waited for 6 months to take his filipina fiance to his home country Australia.

    Andy_1963. . . .  My friend is married with a filipina and he applied for a visa for her 2 years ago. He is still waiting for her visa.
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Just today President Biden suggested Undocumented Spouses of American citizens be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship.
Meanwhile your married friend will wait years and then possibly have his wife denied a visa.
   

    -@Enzyte Bob

1. Your "Undocumented Spouse" is already in the USA.
2. a "Pathway" is not something that is done overnight. Likely years in the making also (for citizenship).
3. Citizenship in general for immigrants takes many years. MANY

       



Citizenship in general for immigrants takes many years. MANY
        -@Larry Fisher

Too my legal wife 5 years.