Us Visa Thailand in 2010: the Cr - 1

While the United States immigration process would, infor less than two years during the entry of the
all probability, remain substantially the same, there areimmigrant spouse into the United States, her residence
some pending changes to the CR-1 petition process byis considered conditional. Once granted, a CR-1 visa
virtue of some proposed legislation in the United Statesholder and her spouse must file an application with the
Congress.USCIS to remove the condition within ninety days prior
The CR-1 petition is used by the Thai spouse ofto the second-year anniversary of the immigrant
American citizens in order to be reunited with them inspouse's entry into the US.
the United States and at the same time, be able toPresently, there is a proposed rule regarding the
lawfully reside in the U.S. permanently. One of theincrease of application fees. As of yet, there is no
important stages of this petition is the processing ofword as to whether there would be any dramatic
the I-130 application by the United States Citizenshipincrease in the fees charged in connection with
and Immigration Service (USCIS), which could takeimmigrant visa applications, although it does not yet do
around five months. After which, the application makesaway with the possibility of such an increase.
its way to the National Visa Center (NVC) forCongress is currently debating a bill that could have
processing followed by a visa interview at the USsignificant impact upon the U.S. immigration process. As
Embassy in Thailand. The whole process can takeof this time, it is difficult to estimate its exact effects,
between eleven to twelve months.but it is a safe bet that the fluidity of the current
There is an issue with the CR-1 petition concerning theprocedure would be preserved, although in a different
conditional nature of the residence granted to theguise.
holder of a CR-1 Visa. If the couple have been married