Eligible to stay?

SashaW · #1 (**permalink**) 28th May 2012, 03:37 PM

Afternoon all,

I have found loads of great infomation from this site, but now my head is swimming with questions.

My partner (UK citizen) has been offered a position/job in California and so will presumably have a EB2 visa.

We have been together for 12 years but are unmarried and so I think that means that I will not be eligible for the dependant visa? And so my only option would be the tourist visa? And I could only stay for 1 year?

Sasha

twostep · #2 (**permalink**) 28th May 2012, 04:10 PM

Marriage is the easiest option. B2 co-habitation is a possibility - no employment! If you are eligible for VWP you have the option of up to 90 days with periods of UK stay or B2 which will allow up to 180 days and a potential extension to one year. Your partner bein in the US may be an issue.

Davis1 · #3 (**permalink**) 30th May 2012, 04:15 PM

you could try for the B 2 CLASSIFICATION FOR COHABITATING PARTNERS