Legal Question in Immigration Law in Virginia

Re: Immigration Rules

The American citizen spouse must first file form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) in behalf of her husband. (She can contact the U.S. consulate in Wales to determine whether it can be filed directly with the consulate there or wheter it must be sent to a USCIS(U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services) office in the United States.

The citizen spouse will then receive

Form I-797(Notice of Action), indicating that the USCIS has received the I-130, and she should then file on behalf of her husband a copy of the I-797 and the Form I-129F to the following address:

U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services

P.O Box 7218

Chicago, Il.

The USCIS after adjudicating the Form I-129F will then forward it to the American Consulate in Wales where the husband can then apply for his K-3(spousal) non-immigrant visa.

The K-3 is a relatively new non-immigrant visa category which allows for quicker time frames for the non-citizen spouse to be brought to the United States. Once in the U.S., he can then finish the process for securing his lawful permanent residency status (green card).

As to the costs and the various supporting documentation necessary for each of the required forms, all of that can be found online at the USCIS web site.