Long story short. I married a British woman in 2000. She was here on a visitor visa. We never sorted any immigration things out then. We went to the UK in Sept. 2001. I entered as a visitor. We decided to stay there for a while. Again we didnt do anything with immigration. I did get a 1yr work permit finally after being there for 3 yrs which was expired when it was issued, as it was issued from the date of entry! We had a child, who has both passports, We came back to USA in Feb 2007. My wife came in as a visitor, on the visa waver program. We then had another baby May 2007. Now I'm wondering what to do. We want to go back to UK for a visit in march, and were hoping to just file her paperwork now, with the view that it would be done before we wanted to travel. I've notived that now its taking 12-18 months to complete! Then it dawned on me that we might be able to just file the I-130 form, to have her come here. Can we file that now, from here, with the view of being in the UK when she gets approved? Does she have to then be "inspected" there, and what does that mean? Would this even work, as we would need her passport to travel there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
