emergency advice -stolen bag at airport with visa packet

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, i will assume she wasn't admitted as a K-1 at all.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

She was simply paroled into the US. I do not believe she can show her K-1 for anything as of yet anyway, hence one of the reasons they kept her passport. She was given a month to get the required documents, so I believe once they get the documentation they are seeking, then she will be entered into the US and the system using her K-1 visa and get her passport back. At that time she would be able to continue on as if she had entered on the K-1 to begin with.. file for SSN, get married, apply for AOS.

Agreed. I would NOT get married at this time. I would simply spend this time gathering the documents they requested, then do, as you said, all the K1 stuff once she's been admitted as a K1. "paroled" is not K1.

[jkb11 26]

http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-11261/0-0-0-36122/0-0-0-36208.html

I believe OP is pending a deferred inspection. Maybe at the time of that inspection her status would be validated and applied retroactively to the date of entry? That would solve the K-1 marriage problem.

Good luck!

[Alex&Amy 28]

that sounds so much easier! i really hope 3.5hrs at LAX is enough for me to get through... i arrive at 6.30am (really busy time for arrivals from asia pacific. last time it took 3hrs to get to the customs checkpoint from the plane...).

hope the OPs situation is able to be resolved as soon as possible!

What airline are you flying? If you booked connecting flight on the same ticket you will make it, also if its an airline like QANTAS or AirNZ they have fast track through customs passes you can get as you leave the flight and you go to the express customs lane and should be through in 30 minutes.

[Ash & Tiffany 4]

What airline are you flying? If you booked connecting flight on the same ticket you will make it, also if its an airline like QANTAS or AirNZ they have fast track through customs passes you can get as you leave the flight and you go to the express customs lane and should be through in 30 minutes.

Flying with Qantas, and yep, booked all my sectors in the same ticket

So how do you go about getting the pass to fast-track through Customs? The second last time I arrived in LAX it took me three hours to get from the gate door to passport control. Really hope it doesnt happen this time.

[Ag-n-Harlan 16]

Sorry for the delay, but brief update:

She was admitted on deferred inspection.

Many calls to multiple agencies all saying to call the other agencies - we will just go to the meeting in August with copies of all the paper work we can. The most help we got at the end was from CBP saying that paper is cheap, just bring a copy of everything, but they can't say what they will need, and they will be requesting documentation from the other agencies in the meantime.

In the mean time she is here and better to be going through it together than separate.

Will update as we have more.

[del-2-5-2014 1,339]

I just feel good about the end of this story. It's nice, at least for me, to see the human side of the governmental bureacracy (sp).

[camden 20]

Can you update us and let us know how the Embassy handles this situation?

[Ag-n-Harlan 16]

So went to our deferred inspection and was admitted on her K-1 finally - 90 days starting now.

When we went in they had a list of things that they were going to require and were going to give us a continuation on the probation to acquire them, but apparently 'bring everything' was good advice, as we were informed we had everything that was needed, then they stamped her passport for K1 (1 of 1 eligible visits) and told her she has her 90 days and we can get married.

Ultimately it appears it was reaffirming the information for USCIS and we move forward with them as far as we can tell with the standard AOS -> Citizenship path after we get married.

Embassy was done with us completely since she had already arrived in the states and she had been issued her visa. Of note that the officer seemed to be pleased about was we had acquired a 'new original' of her medical records from Poland and a copy of the police record (saying she wasn't a criminal), so anyone in a similar situation do try to reacquire those. They also had wanted the sponsor passport/birth certificate and g-325's and the evidence of ongoing relationship (helped that we were both present as well I assume.

Now on to the fun and important stuff in the process!

[KayDeeCee 4,891]

Great news! Thanks for the update!