Is it possible to get a second working visa?

FreeWilley

FreeWilley

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I've been dating an Aussie since last March, and now it's looking like we are running out of options. I met her in Park City last March when she was over here on a one year working visa which ended in December. She came back on a travelers visa for about a month, and I just recently visited her in Australia. But now we are at a point were we can't afford to keep making trips. I'm still finishing up school so moving to Aussie isn't really an option. I know there is marriage, but that's sorta last resort. I'm just curious if there is any other way for her to get another working visa. I'm sure a few people on her have dealt with dating someone from another country. Any insight would be great.
 
So I met my wife when I was on a working holiday visa in NZ. She is from the UK, I'm from the US. We both went home after our visas were up in NZ in Feb, 2013. We started looking at if we could live together somewhere but honestly it is ridiculously ridiculously hard.

I couldn't get any sort of work visa for the UK, so in May 2013 I just came over to the UK on a tourist visa for 6 months. While I was over here last year we talked a lot about what we wanted to do with our lives etc and decided that the thing we both wanted the most was to be together right now, and being married was the only way we could work/live in the same country. So the plan was for her to come to CO on a tourist visa for 6 months for the ski season and get married in May, then move to either Europe or South America depending on what happens...Well, her tourist visa got denied because she didn't have enough funds/they thought she might overstay.

So then we decided I'd just come back over here again this summer, get married, then she'd be able to come on a work visa to the US. So that's what we did.

I can't explain how terrible it is to have to rely on the US Government for something. The processing times for the visa application are 6 months-1 year. The people you talk to on the phone are rude and unhelpful. The immigration officers performing the interviews are intentionally intimidating and mean.

I mean, if you don't want to get married, her best chances of getting a work visa in the US is through a job sponsor or through a student visa. It would be easy for you to live/work in Aus for a year with the working holiday visa, but if you've got school that probably isn't an option right now. Semester abroad?

Good luck.
 
13043791:Mr.LemonPie said:
I can't explain how terrible it is to have to rely on the US Government for something. The processing times for the visa application are 6 months-1 year. The people you talk to on the phone are rude and unhelpful. The immigration officers performing the interviews are intentionally intimidating and mean.
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so tru. they make the process difficult on purpose. to get a visa in turkey was a 5 minute application on the computer but here it's applications, interview and all sorts of bullshit. the website is hard as hell to navigate too
 
All that was said above is too true . To get a work visa here she needs a job sponsor and those are really really hard to find. Don't mean to be a Debbie downer, but so far, from experience the only option is marriage.
 
A big part of her getting the visa is education. Without attending college, the US rarely grants visas except for very unskilled labor. If she went to college and can find a job in her field of education, it shouldn't be a huge problem.

Also, contact your representative in Congress, they have a lot of power in issues like this. People think it's a waste of time, but, depending on your representative, they'll probably do whatever they can to help you out. No one in the federal government wants to deal with a congressional office so it can shift things in your favor. If you do it, write a brief, well written message and send it through the offices website. If they have an office near where you live, just stop in and talk to someone there.

Good luck man, hope eveything works out
 
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