It is for a friend of mine who is a US permanent resident. He has been permanent resident of the US for four years. He recently went to Nepal and got married to a Nepali girl. He came back last month and already applied for I-130 for his wife. Now, he wants to bring her to the US asap. Can she apply for a visitor visa? It is still one more year when he becomes a US citizen. Any ideas??

Negative, she won't get a visitor visa if her husband has filed I-30 for her. The consular will say your petition on the way, please wait for that.

Probably there will be little chance if she apply as a single (not married, don't ever mention about her husband ) But it will  lie to the embassy whice might have a problem for her in future. I recommend her to wait util her visa available.

There could be other ways but I don't know................................

Most probably, She won't get a visa if she says truth. Yaa, if there is alternative way( lie ). And, if the immigration finds that she lied to get a visa then she might be sent back home from the US custom (worse case). I know one lady lied to get visa at the interview then she was caught at the US immigration and sent her back. It was a same case as yours, even the guys was US citizen. She lied at the embassy that she was single.
there is always chance but think before apply. I prefer to wait for her own immigration petition.

Thanks guys for the suggestions. I guess waiting for I-130 to be current is the wise thing to do as u suggested.

LOL. "It is for a friend of mine"..can't you just say its for you.

Anyway, if your friend knows how to use his brain before he opened his pant zipper, he wouldn't have to suffer like this..

Once you married in Nepal. This is what you suppose to do before you file. TRUST ME, THREE PEOPLE I HAVE KNOWN IN MY CIRCLE DONE THIS PROCESS.

Here is an example.


In NY there are plenty of Womens' Workshop and Seminars in different fields. Women fashion Seminar, Women Wedding Education Semminar..bla bla...
Seminars are from 2 to 5 days and it happens once a year, it depends, you know. And the costs are range from $300/day to $600.

So What you do is call those seminar event manager and tell them of your female  friend/gf  like to attend the seminar. And you want to pay her attending fees in  advance..
You request them to write a Seminar attending Invitation Letter to her so she can show to Counsel there for visa.

Basically Women can get  visa easily because its Women related Seminars..
So Once she come over here,  Hey start filing. live together....and its all process.

 SIS, 

You never cease to amuse me. Trust me, it's not for me. I am nowhere near to being a US citizen. Tara nepal bata seminar ma aauna visa paauna ta kando ma haanera pregnant banauchhu vannu jastai ho. Nepalile visitor visa overstay gareko paap ko haamile sajaya bhognu pareko chha hijo aaja. 

 lol Furke, your reply to SIS was pretty intense. I'm still chuckling! 

US auna man lageko cha mero Freind who is student in Australia ...he just want to study but his academic is not good ..though he have 3 masters ..he might come to see US to visit for seminar ....what is the options or chances ?