Emmigrating to the USA? -

My mum her partner [he will soon be fianc�� as he s going to propose to my mum this visit as he s told me] are very close and have had long talks about whether it s best for us, work, family, and my education to move to the USA, or for him to move here. He lives in Washington, just outside of Frederick in Maryland, and we live in the North East of England. So far we re at the conclusion it s best for me and mum to move there. She s looked extensively into visas and I have also looked and we believe we d need K Visas as David is going to sponsor us and as they��ll marry, and I am under 21 and the daughter of the emigrant, I will either file onto her K Visa, or I will go under a K2 Visa. I know there are a lot of forms, but where would I begin if I were to help. David is arriving here next week, so we re going to discuss things and maybe even begin t make trips to embassies etc. He s also contacted an attorney in Frederick who is helping him free as they re friends. I d be attempting to get a job and I am 17, if we re successful, after 9-10 months I will be nearly 18, but still a minor and under 21, so that shouldn t affect me too much ?My mum is 45 and David is 44. My mum s divorced and David is waiting for his ex wife to file divorce. He lives with his adoptive brother in a large house by the Appalachian Mountains. By the time we d applied for a visa and gone through filing and paper work, he d hopefully be able to have a small apartment for us. My mum is being made redundant in March as far as we know [her work is messing about] and David is unemployed but job seeking. I do not atten college or school, I am also looking for a job.The other thing is, we have two pets, one cat and on dog. Our cat will be seven and our dog will be just under 2 years old. We know we need rabies shots for both, but what else would we need?Is that enough info?Thanks

Well I don t know about the visa part, I think you need to ask vets if your pets would be in quarantine for 6 months or not. I am not sure on that. David doesn t have to wait for his wife to file for divorce, he can do that himself. I am concerned as to how he can get a visa for your Mum if he is still married. A divorce in America can take years if children are involved. If the divorce is uncontested, it can still take months to process, depending on how many court cases are being heard in the county they file in. So even if they file an uncontested divorce today, the divorce may not be final for several months. Also, he has to consider that there may be issues, like property and such, that may be contested, and that can draw the case even longer. I think David is putting the cart before the horse. He needs to file for divorce, not wait on his wife to do it, and then when his divorce is final and he has papers to prove that, then he can worry about getting engaged to your Mum. It is very expensive to live in the area you are talking about, and unlikely that an apartment will allow pets in that area also. I think you and your Mum need to try and look up web sites in that area and look for jobs and rental properties and maybe contact some chamber of commerce in the area. We have a web site called usnpl.com and you can click on states and then cities and read newspapers in those areas. The classified ads will list apartments and houses for rent and have a section for jobs also. Do your homework before you uproot yourselves. It sounds like David is full of a lot of promises he can t keep. I think you and your Mum need to be careful here. Your Mum needs to learn the prove it word, so she doesn t get herself into a big mess. Peace be with you.

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