How can I (Indian, 28) visit my fiance (pursuing a master's degree in the US) for a few months?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 20 Jul, 2023
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The simple answer is just get an ordinary B1 visa. And of course, you can stay for a week or two longer, to visit friends, see the Grand Canyon, or whatever.
The basic problem you’re facing is that you’re trying to stretch a week to apparently "months".
The extremely short answer is unfortunately, it will never happen.
If India was a visa waiver country, it would be no problem, as you know.
Unfortunately, the more ‘portable’ you are, the more likely you are to be refused a visa. The authorities will demand sufficient evidence that:
- You can support yourself for the duration of your visit.
- You will return at the end of the visit.
Having some family and assets is good, but it is not as if your business is tied to physical objects in India. For that matter, some skepticism may even attach to the crypto space at this time.
Note that since an F2 does not permit employment, and working in any fashion, no matter who is paying you, counts as employment, you will have to show available assets sufficient to cover the entire visit. You might even be asked to explain how your business will survive for the long period of time that you will not be working.
I don’t think there’s any visa that will let you work in the US for a period of several months without working for a US employer that is willing to apply for a visa on your behalf.
The F2 and B visas do not allow work. Traveling to the US for business meetings is allowed on (and indeed the very purpose of) B1 status, and while you’re unlikely to run into trouble if you do remote work for a day or two while otherwise engaged in allowed activity, the same does not apply if you plan to stay for several months with no other visible means of support.
If your US client is willing to hire you as a full-time employee and apply for a visa on that basis, that would be a path forward.
I’m sure that this answer is not what you want to hear, but unfortunately it is the reality of the US immigration system at the present time.
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