u/flop_quads

My wife is a Moroccan national living in Italy and is considering applying for an E-2 visa. I live in the U.S. as a green card holder, and we are married.

We have never filed an immigrant petition for her.

She also had a tourist visa denial about 6 months ago.

Would our marriage, her nationality/residence, and recent B-2 denial create a serious nonimmigrant-intent issue for E-2? Or is E-2 still realistically worth trying?

Looking for practical experiences or attorney insight.

We’ve been together 2 years. My girlfriend has a strong thing about teeth. She says she gets “disgusted” by anyone she feels isn’t taking care of them. My teeth are healthy, clean, and mostly aligned just minor cosmetic imperfections.

She’s been pushing me to get Invisalign (~$4k) and teeth whitening products. I went along with it at first but now I’m uncomfortable. I don’t think the issues are significant enough to justify the cost, and honestly I don’t really want to do it.

When I push back she brings up the disgust thing again. Not sure if I’m being too sensitive or if this is a bigger issue. Has anyone dealt with a partner who has very rigid standards around appearance?

I’m an LPR and my wife is abroad. We’d have to do consular processing. Her tourist visa was denied, so we can’t realistically rely on visits while waiting.

We haven’t filed yet, but looking at F2A, it seems like if we file now we’re just entering a line that is years behind. For people who follow the Visa Bulletin closely: does F2A ever actually catch up in a meaningful way, or should I assume this will stay a multi-year backlog unless I naturalize first?

Would especially like input from people who did consular processing, not AOS.