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Hi everyone.🫠 I am asking my friend (BENEFICIARY) her and her son arrived in the US on a K-1/K-2 visa. She got married right away and filed for AOS. She got her travel EAD and AP. She received an RFE which she responded to and submitted the documents. However, the denial letter I attached states "After reviewing the evidence, USCIS has concluded that you are not eligible to adjust status because you failed to submit:• A properly completed and signed Form I-864, Affidavit of Support, from a qualifying joint sponsor with all pages present and of the latest edition date, a copy of the joint sponsor's Federal income tax return for the most recent tax year with all supporting tax documents, and proof of the joint sponsor's status as a United States citizen, United States national, or Lawful Permanent Resident. You have not established that you are eligible for adjustment under INA 245. Therefore, USCIS must deny your Form 1-485. See 8 CFR, sections 103.2(b)(11) and (12). Her spouse (SPONSOR) only makes the required household income for 2 people. Therefore, she needed a joint sponsor for her son. I signed the requested forms and gave her all the supporting documents. Her question is, when I filled out the affidavit of support as the joint sponsor, I only included her son and not her as her spouse "qualified" to sponsor her. Should I have included both her and her son in the form? She doesn't know exactly how to proceed. Should she file the motion or reconsider or what? She made an appointment to meet with an immigration lawyer as well. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all!

My fiancé mistakenly missed the document review that immediately followed his medical appointment. Should he still attend his interview or does he need to reschedule? Has anyone else had experience with this? Any and all insight would be much appreciated!

Hello everyone, I know I'm ahead of myself but I'm a Virgo and NEED the organization and to see it play out in my mind 🤦 Ok once my fiance is approved and does his interview and comes over to the US, I know that the visa will be different from a tourist visa but my concern is can he be denied entry and sent back to Indonesia? Can they do this? Has it happened before to a k1 visa holder? I'm sorry for the rambling but this is what's going through my mind at 12:30am 😂 Thank you so much 🙏

Hi all, After months of going through the K1 visa process and the Adjustment Of Status (AOS), I thought I would share my experience in a post. The information I found on this forum was immensely valuable and I thought I would give back to the community. I am a French citizen and my now husband is an American citizen. The K1 VISA: We filed the I-129F in early November 2023 with all required documentation. We included pictures summarizing our 8 year long-distance relationship as well as plane, train tickets and passport stamps. The I-129F was approved in 4 months (early April 2024). Then one of the most frustrating parts began: our case being at the NVC. It stayed there for over 3 months. At this point, we had no information on the reasons why the case was not send to the American embassy in Paris. We just had to be patient. When the file was FINALLY received by the US embassy (late July 2025), I was able to book an appointment. There were no slots before early December 2025. So another 4 months of waiting... In the meantime, I did my medical exams late September 2025 in Paris as well. Closer to the appointment date I received an email saying that the embassy appointment reservation system had migrated. This was a total mess. My appointment was kept but the visa type had switched to an obscure special radio broadcaster visa! I tried over and over to have it fixed but the customer service was the most useless I have ever experienced. At the end, this error did not impact my appointment. I hope the new appointment system works better now. When it is time to go to the embassy, be prepared to arrive early as there are thorough security checks. And do not bring any laptops or large bags or you will be denied entry. You can bring your phone but you will have to leave it in a case. Inside, you have to stand in line for ~3hours with nothing to do. Then a first consular officer checks your documentation. They just asked for the basic required documents (DS-160, appointment letter, passport, ID pictures, sealed medical exam, birth certificate, etc). The only unexpected document they asked for was the letter from my husband asking for the I-129F extension (it expired early August 2025). I had it but I did not think they would actually want it. After this, I moved to another officer who interviewed me. They asked me basic questions (the interview lasted 5mn): When was the last time you saw your fiance? How many times did you see each other? Have you ever done anything illegal? I was approved right away and received my passport with the visa a few days later. The AOS: On January the 15th, I flew to the US (San Francisco) with the K1 VISA. We married 10 days later and I filed the I-485 (AOS) and I-765 (work authorization) early February. It was a bit painful to gather all the documentation but we managed to do it. In the process, we received only one RFE regarding form I-864 Affidavit of Support. We had not submitted the correct tax transcripts. Be sure to send over the tax RETURN transcripts (the very long ones). As a side note, for European citizens, the multilingual birth certificates they provide in Europe do work for the AOS! No need to pay for a certified translation. After the RFE, everything went smoothly and quickly. I got my biometrics appointment early March, received the work authorization mid-april and got interviewed by an USCIS officer early May! Our case was transfered to the San Jose field office. The USCIS officer was really nice, asked some questions about our relationships and looked at the pictures we provided. The questions were: How did you first meet? What was your favourite travel? Have you met each other's family? Other questions that I don't remember but none of them were tricky. They told us that they would certainly approve us. We were approved the next day! And I received my green card a couple days later. We were very impressed by how quick our case was handled (3 months!). Also a side note: on my USCIS online account, the estimated processing time for the work authorization was accurate. The one for the green card was not at all (it was showing something like 20 or so months). If you have any questions, do not hesitate :).

I was just curious if this pertains to us (fiancé and myself) do we need this step is it part of the process? Neither of us have any issues I'm just curious. Also once he gets his interview I believe I read he needs to bring our entire submitted document packet with him to his interview at the embassy. I'm sorry if I'm posting in the wrong section I'm still navigating and learning how to get around on this valuable site. Thank you so much! Good luck and many prayers for everyone still on this journey. ✨✨✨🙏🙏🙏✨✨✨

10/15/18: We have decided to try Fred Wahl (Visa Coach) to help us organize with K-1 + AOS ($1,290). We have been working quite hard over the past couple of days to gather all the information we can and get this process started ASAP. I know I could do the forms myself but I am basically paying for peace of mind and I feel better already seeing the initial steps he's taking to organize our data and have a second eye on it. Not sure it will make a huge difference, but I created a 25 slide Power Powerpoint to help organize my thoughts, what I think might be relevant data (receipts, AirBnB's addresses, videos, timestamped pics) etc proving we are a couple. The goal is to get this filed within the next 2 weeks and HOPING to get the K1 status around June 2019, file the AOS and have my fiance legally allowed to working around September 2019.

Hello All I thought I would make a Thread for Australian's who have their CASE COMPLETE at NVC and are waiting for an Interview to be scheduled at the US Consulate in Sydney! It might make it easy for us to keep in touch and update each other! I hope this is OK 🐨 We were DQ'd this morning so we will be waiting a while lol

For the following question, would you answer YES if you did a: "Non-Restricted Firearm Safety Course (Shot Guns & Rifles)", and passed, but DID NOT pay for a PAL license, never had any actual military training (or even went to a shooting range), other than this course? Do you have any specialized skills or training, such as firearms, explosives, nuclear, biological, or chemical experience? And for Have you belonged to, contributed to, or worked for any professional, social, or charitable organization? Would you say YES for any volunteering even if it was as simple as folding clothes at a non-profit donation centre for 2 weeks? Thanks guys!

PLZ HELP! My husband has an upcoming trip and this honestly blew over my head. He is traveling domestically, but we are nervous for deportation or questioning. He is out of status on K-1 by a week or so. We has to wait 2-3 weeks to order our marriage certificate per processing times. It should be arriving any day now, and we can definitely stop in the capital to get one before traveling if needed but my question: since his visa is technically expired (and we have to wait for marriage certificate before filing AOS) will this cause issues in the airport with OR without the marriage certificate? Obviously having the certificate is better.. with that, would he possess the risk of deportation at the airports? He will be in the Anchorage and Boise airports..

Hi, i am here in the US with a pending i-130. I just turned 21yrs old. I am allowed to stay here until June 22. Can I apply for F1 visa with a pending i-130? i am planning to extend here longer since my dad was also diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. But I think if I apply for visa extension, it might get denied. also, will my B2 visa get revoked if the F1 don’t work out? also, I am from the Philippines thank you

Does the AP for a K1 beneficiary allow for multiple entries or a single entry?

hi, anyone has similar situation with us? we sent our K1 packet on Feb 20, 2025 and it was delivered at USCIS DALLAS on Feb 25. My petitioner's credit card was charged on Feb 28… but until now we have not received any text,email or mail from USCIS. but i have read that others been receiving their NOA1 within a week of filing. is there anything we can do? or do we have to just keep waiting? im a bit worried. without the receipt number we cant check the status of our application at all.

Good day everyone! I have a question, has anyone of you here, especially in the Philippines has a Birth certificate that's been registered late and applied for the visa? Mine was registered 4 days late due to my mom's old midwife before, But, will it affect the processing of my visa? Now I'm anxious because some say I'd have to provide additional documents, such as baptismal certificates, school records, etc, and I have neither of those at the moment, and don't think I ever will. I badly need y'all's advice. F and I are still gathering documents for the Visa, but I'm anxious at this point. Thanks to those who will give advices in advance! ❤️

My situation, i don't make 125% above the us poverty line, and I owe 25k in back taxes, I have filed my back taxes im getting on a tax payment plan, and i got a part time job to make the tax payments. We are planning on filing k1 fiancé this September (2025) , and I believe I can have a big chunk of my back taxes paid off by that time we finish through the whole waiting process which we believe will be September 2026 I have a friend who will co sponsor with me, he makes 100k a year, self employed but he owes 1 years back taxes (2022). We will be filing this September 2025 and believe we will be having the USCIS interview September 2026, from what I've read the USCIS agent only goes back 3 years for taxes. Even if the USCIS agent pulls the unpaid taxes and subtracts it from what he makes on the most recent tax filing, he'll still make 125% above US poverty level. I don't see any issues, does anyone see any potential problems I'm not seeing? back story: I'm from the USA the male and my fiancé is from Kenya the female. we have been dating 2 years and ive visited her 3 times ( 3 months, 3 months, 1.5 months), most recent visit this last jan2024- feb 2025. She's in university so we are trying to time the k1 fiancé visa approval with her graduation date.

Hi, I have my interview after 4 weeks, any one who already gone though this process. Please let us know for complete procedure. 1- Complete required doc to be carried out (I-129, Ds-160, i-134 etc ) any proper way to file ? 2- interview Questions 3- any thing special ? Your support will be highly appreciated

Good afternoon, Anyone knows the process or/and requirements to obtain a NH or any US state driving license, considering rules are similar, through a K1 visa AOS I-485 pending and an approved I-765 with currently having my SSN and EAD? tried contacting via email and calls to DMV to find out what paperwork do I need to show when making an appointment, but no luck. Thank you, Jon

Hello all, Does anyone happen to know or have heard about what the current interview times look like at the embassy in Egypt? We are (hopefully) nearing our NOA2 date (NOA1 May 2021) and would like to try to make a rough guesstimate of the remaining timeline. Any insight is appreciated! Thanks

Last week, my wife and I sent our Adjustment of Status packet (I-485, I-864, I-765) through USPS the the Carol Stream lockbox in Illinois. We payed for 3 day shipping but over a week later the tracking status hasn't changed from "Moving through network, in transit to next facility arriving late." We have the receipt and copies of everything but we don't know if it will arrive before my Visa expires, which is at the very beginning of February. We allowed for over 2 weeks of leeway for the shipment but are now worried what should we do if it doesn't move or arrive on time. Should we resend? Or should we wait for it to arrive? I understand it could have shipped with nobody marking it as such, but it's just a panic here honestly. Has anyone been in a similar situation or can offer advice?

I am worried that my fiance’s visa and passport have been lost by the embassy. For some backstory, she lives in Slovakia, and after May 2024 the Slovak embassy no longer handles K1 visas, it’s the Frankfurt embassy that does it for her country. The procedure as outlined on ustraveldocs is for the embassy to mail back the passport with visa to her in Slovakia so that she doesn’t have to go all the way back to Germany. She was supposed to register her delivery address online before the interview, then give the embassy the address delivery paper during the interview. She did all of this. On 12/23, my fiance’s case status on ceac changed to “issued”. On 12/27, the embassy emailed her telling her that her passport has been mailed back to her. There is no tracking. Then on 12/31, the embassy emailed her saying that her passport was available for pickup at one of the Frankfurt lockboxes. She reached out to them asking for clarification so she could find out which email was correct. They responded saying that they would make a support case for her and that they would escalate it. Since then, nothing. She has reached back out 3 times asking for updates and they have nothing to share, other than the case has been escalated. I’m starting to worry that they have no idea where the passport is because I can’t fathom why there wouldn’t be any updates on what happened to it after almost 2 weeks. Has anyone experienced anything close to this? If so, how long did it take for them to find the passport and for you to receive it?

It's Dec 31st 2024. Few more hours to the New Year's. I'm sitting on a comfy couch, reading an interesting book, in a warm cozy living room while my beautiful hubby (I can officially call him that now!) is munching his dinner in the dining room. And I can't help but think how this year started. On January 1st 2024, we both were miserable. Exhausted after a year and a half apart. 15 months to get our NoA 2 for our I-129f petition. Mr. Fiance at the time had to board his flight back to US. I had balled my eyes out earlier at the holiday family get together, only making it harder for him to leave. He still prefers to not recollect that horrible day. And now we're back together, forever we say, and never again apart, we say. I'm a happily married Mrs now. I'm proud of us! For making it through this heart aching journey while our friends and family got married so easily around us. We still got more of this... THIS! To do. We got the next AOS journey ahead. But it doesn't bother us anymore. We'll take it one step at a time. We're together. Life is sweet again. We'll be opening some happy drinks and welcoming the New Year tonight. Wish you all a happy new year of marital bliss. We all have truly earned it!

my predication is he'll massively cut funding for USCIS resulting in waiting times going from months and years, to decades. what do you all think?

Hey everyone! I am from Ecuador and my interview for the K1 visa is in a couple months. We are not sure if I should get the vaccines needed before my medical appointment (to make them cheaper but I am not sure if they are valid), at the doctor's office when I get my medical appointment or if it's a better idea to get them at usa (My fiance has medical insurance, but we are not sure if they are covered by it) What do you suggest? (Low price, better results related)

Some may say they did not have any issue when Trump was president last time. Well under the last Trump administration, the Democrats ran the house so many items he tried to put in place were blocked. The democrats do not have the same power as last time and he may push all the items he tried to do last time. Also, many applications were already passed through or filed prior to the "NEW" processes put in place. So, it is possible that previous applications went smoothly because of this or the country their spouse was migrating from was on the list of "Acceptable European" countries according to Trump. I listed below a few items Trump has or has tried to put into place but has failed. I only put this out as a warning and to prepare for possible changes. We do not know what will happen and what changes may affect us all. This proposal below did not pass Congressional approval last time. Because of the Democratic majority Congress President Trump had to deal with. But this time may pass. Last time President Trump pushed to widen the definition of who was ineligible due to receiving Public Benefits. He proposed adding anyone receiving “noncash:” type welfare benefits, such as Medicaid, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Program, and subsidized housing programs such as Section 8. In addition to making more CURRENT recipients of public assistance ineligible, it was also proposed to exclude those who had EVER in their lives previously received such benefits. Some of the items listed below were put in place but rolled back by Biden. Travel Bans Last time President Trump put a freeze on the issuance of visas for travelers from Eritrea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Venezuela and Yemen If this happens again, and your partner is from one of these countries, you may suffer years of extra waiting before your partner can join you in the USA. Vigorous Enforcement of Immigration Laws Increased Requests for Evidence (RFEs) Focus on “Best and Brightest” Similarly, proposed but failed last time were plans to change eligibility requirements to include whether a prospective immigrant has the “education, experience and health to be a successful member of US society” Additional Mandatory Interviews - (K1 & CR1) After your fiancée has arrived on his/her K1 fiancé visa, after the wedding, for your partner to remain in the USA, we apply to adjust your new spouse’s status from a visitor to a permanent resident. Officially this process ends with an in-person interview for both you and your partner to meet with an officer who asks potentially intrusive questions about your private lives, to assess in his opinion whether your marriage is “bona fide” or a “sham for immigration purposes”. A similar interview is held two years later for those who were issued temporary “conditional” green cards. The official process is, each K1 Fiancé couple is interviewed twice, a CR1 Spouse couple once. In current practice, if an application contains the evidence that the USCIS reviewer requires and convincingly demonstrates a “bona fide” relationship, often the USCIS reviewing officer, uses his discretion, reduces his/her workload, by approving the green card, outright, waiving the interview requirement. USCIS Delays and slower, processing times The combined effect of these various executive orders of more rules, more restrictions, stricter requirements, will result in slower processing, delays and denials. Higher Eligibility Standard for US Citizenship During the last Trump Administration, the Civics Test that a prospective citizen must pass was revised to a more rigorous exam, additional questions were added and a higher passing score required. This stricter requirement was revoked by the then Democratic Congress. Expect this order to return, and the application process to become a US Citizen made more difficult. Restrictions on Family-Based Immigration

Filing fee was taken from my fiancé's account on 27/11/2024, he has still not received an e-notification (text or email). Is this normal? How long after the fee being taken does it take to receive NOA1? I know it is very soon but I thought it was issued straight after fee gets taken. He completed form G-1145

Hi! We're trying to decide which visa is the best for us: K1 or CR1. According to my research the K1 process is taking from 6 to 8 months from the initial filing to interview, is that right? While the CR1 takes at least a year (+ we gotta wait until we get married to start the process). The case would be processed at the Rio de Janeiro Consulate and we both live together in Brazil, does anyone went through the visa process while together in another country? I just know that we need a joint sponsor cause I (the beneficiary) don't earn any income in the US. Well, Thank you all in advance!!