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JoyDee   21

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Haiti
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Does anybody have experience with filing the K-1 and then going to the beneficiary country and getting married in the meantime? I am planning on marrying my fiance while we wait out the Visa. How do we deal with this in the interview? Will it make a difference? I hope they don't reject and make us start over because we are now a k-3 or something horrific.

I-129F Fiance Visa

For full details see my "About me"

USCIS

11-22-2010 Received NOA1 01-27-2011 --> NOA2 *APPROVED!!!! (email)

NVC

02-24-2011 Receive Packet 3.5 via email --> 03-18-2011 Packet 3.5 Submitted

04-05-2011 Receive Packet 4

04-08-2011 INTERVIEW *APPROVED!!!!* --> 04-18-2011 Visa in hand

05-04-2011 **POE** JFK, NYC

AOS

05-21-2011 Social Security Card

06-18-2011 MARRIED!

07-11-2011 Filed AOS - 485, EAD, AP

07-13-2011 Received Confirmation email 07-14-2011 check cashed

07-18-2011 NOA1, I-797C received for AOS, EAD, AP

07-22-2011 Received Biometrics Appointment Notice

08-15-2011 Biometrics Appointment

09-09-2011 EAD and AP Approval notices via email

09-20-2011 Receive EAD/AP Card in the mail

09-29-2011 Interview! APPROVED!!!!

10-03-2011 Receive Welcome Letter

10-08-2011 Receive Greencard

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Rob and Jill Community Regular

Rob and Jill   82

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Scotland
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A K-1 is for your FIANCE. If you get married he/she becomes your husband/wife.

You do not GET LEGALLY MARRIED if you are filing a K-1.

"You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person you can't live without."

Mailed K-1 on 2-6-10

USCIS received packet on 2-8-10

NOA 1: Received 2-16-10

NOA 2: Approved 4-29-10 (72 Days)

NVC Forwarded Petition to London- 5-6-10

NVC Letter Received: 5-7-1010

London Received Packet: 5-14-10

London Mailed Packet to Rob: 5-18-10

Packet 3 Received by Rob: 5-22-2010

Packet 3 paperwork mailed to Rob 6-12-10

Medical- July 8, 2010

Everything mailed to Embassy 7-19-10

Interview Date: 9-14-10- Approved pending non-machine washed replacement passport.

Entry to US- 10-6-10 POE- Newark

Wedding- 10-23-10

AOS

Mailed AOS paperwork to the Chicago lockbox 1-7-11

Delivery Notification 1-10-11

Text stating application was received 1-20-11

Check Cashed 1-21-11

NOA 1 received 1-22-11

Biometrics letter received 1-29--11

Biometrics appointment 2-24-11

Received notice- I-485 has been transferred to the California Service Center 2-9-11.

3-11-11 - EAD production ordered

3-19-11- EAD Received

3-31-2011- AOS approved without interview

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Canadiandggal   49

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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Does anybody have experience with filing the K-1 and then going to the beneficiary country and getting married in the meantime? I am planning on marrying my fiance while we wait out the Visa. How do we deal with this in the interview? Will it make a difference? I hope they don't reject and make us start over because we are now a k-3 or something horrific.

If you get married the visa petition you have going will be abandoned due to her now being your wife....you will have to start over and do a cr-1 spousal visa as she will not be a fiancee anymore.

~~~Marriage : 2009-07-10~~~

~~~I-130 Sent : 2009-11-24~~~

~~~ Medical : 2010-09-28~~~ ~~~ MTL Interview : 2010-10-20~~~ ~~~ APPROVED~~~

~~~POE Date :2010-10-31~~~ ~~~Received SSN's 2010-11-08~~

~~~Welcome Letter/Notice Receipt :2010-11-30~~~ ~~~Received Our Green Cards 2010-12-06~~~

~~~ ROC :2012-08-20~~~ ~~~NOA1 :2012-08-28~~~ ~~~BIO :2012-09-25~~~~

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katie & sifa   25

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Kenya
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Does anybody have experience with filing the K-1 and then going to the beneficiary country and getting married in the meantime? I am planning on marrying my fiance while we wait out the Visa. How do we deal with this in the interview? Will it make a difference? I hope they don't reject and make us start over because we are now a k-3 or something horrific.

Yep, that's pretty much what would happen. As others have said, a K-1 is only for a fiance(e) so it is no longer an option if you get married.

K-1
09/09/09 - NOA1 :: 10/20/09 - NOA2 :: 01/11/10 - Interview :: 02/24/10 - POE :: 04/10/10 - Wedding

AOS
05/17/10 - NOA :: 06/08/10 - Transferred to CSC :: 07/02/10 - Biometrics :: 07/16/10 - EAD/AP Approved :: 10/26/10 - AOS Approved

ROC
08/16/12 - NOA :: 09/13/12 - Biometrics :: 04/12/13 - Approved :: 04/19/13 - GC received

Naturalization
08/22/13 - NOA :: 09/20/13 - Biometrics :: 01/30/14 - Interview - Approved :: 02/27/14 - Oath

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Inky   1,110

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You also cant get your money back that you spent already for the K-1 so not only do you lose that money but you have to pay AGAIN for the CR-1 and you have to start waiting from the start all over again and possibly longer for the CR-1.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

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baron555   934

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Kenya
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Does anybody have experience with filing the K-1 and then going to the beneficiary country and getting married in the meantime? I am planning on marrying my fiance while we wait out the Visa. How do we deal with this in the interview? Will it make a difference?

What do you think? Revisit the definitions of K-1 and CR-1.

I hope they don't reject and make us start over because we are now a k-3 or something horrific.

Yes that is exactly what will happen, and you get to pay money again and spend more time waiting. Your call.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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HeatDeath   430

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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At every stage in the process, including the interview and the actual PoE, they will ask "Are you legally free to marry?" If the answer at any point is no, your K-1 visa disappears and you have to start all over with a spousal visa.

And it goes without saying that if you lie at any point in the process, and it is later found out [even after eventual citizenship], all of your progress up to that point can be erased (including revocation of the beneficiary's US citizenship, if they have it by then).

In other words, marrying your fiance(e) while you are waiting for a fiance(e) visa is a HORRIBLE idea, and don't do it.

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DON'T PANIC

"It says wonderful things about the two countries [Canada and the US] that neither one feels itself being inundated by each other's immigrants."

-Douglas Coupland

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JoyDee Enthusiast

JoyDee   21

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Haiti
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Thanks for all your responses. Looks like I'll be changing my plans. Here's to hoping that my expedite is actually expedited.

I-129F Fiance Visa

For full details see my "About me"

USCIS

11-22-2010 Received NOA1 01-27-2011 --> NOA2 *APPROVED!!!! (email)

NVC

02-24-2011 Receive Packet 3.5 via email --> 03-18-2011 Packet 3.5 Submitted

04-05-2011 Receive Packet 4

04-08-2011 INTERVIEW *APPROVED!!!!* --> 04-18-2011 Visa in hand

05-04-2011 **POE** JFK, NYC

AOS

05-21-2011 Social Security Card

06-18-2011 MARRIED!

07-11-2011 Filed AOS - 485, EAD, AP

07-13-2011 Received Confirmation email 07-14-2011 check cashed

07-18-2011 NOA1, I-797C received for AOS, EAD, AP

07-22-2011 Received Biometrics Appointment Notice

08-15-2011 Biometrics Appointment

09-09-2011 EAD and AP Approval notices via email

09-20-2011 Receive EAD/AP Card in the mail

09-29-2011 Interview! APPROVED!!!!

10-03-2011 Receive Welcome Letter

10-08-2011 Receive Greencard

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baron555 Veteran

baron555   934

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Thanks for all your responses. Looks like I'll be changing my plans. Here's to hoping that my expedite is actually expedited.

Yes we all hope that your wishes are met but.....make plans assuming they are not.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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LoriT   16

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I am hoping to visit my fiance in February or March... I would give anything in the world to marry him at that point in time. But I know that since we filed our K-1, we have to wait. Just wait it out like the rest of us... it's miserable but doable...

Hang in there...

Consulate.............London

I-129F sent...........10/22/2010

I-129F NOA1........10/27/2010

I-129F NOA2.........04/06/2011 (161 days)

Interview date.........6/27/2011

Interview result.......Approved!!!

Visa rec....................7/11/11

POE .........................8/5/111

Marriage..................9/10/11 (finally <3)

AOS

Sent.................9/29/2011

NOA1...............10/5/2011

Biometrics.......12/7/2011

Transferred to CSC...........12/15/2011

RFE :( ...................3/16/2012

Approved/Card Production.......4/11/2012

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E & B   2

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Thanks for all your responses. Looks like I'll be changing my plans. Here's to hoping that my expedite is actually expedited.

My husbands CR1 was appoved at nvc on dec 8, 2010, it hase been forwarded to haiti and I am waiting on an appointment date. When contacting the NVC they state they don't know when appointment will be scheduled but is CR1 and K1 being expedited for all Haitian petitions

Loving Life

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Kat&George   1

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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My husbands CR1 was appoved at nvc on dec 8, 2010, it hase been forwarded to haiti and I am waiting on an appointment date. When contacting the NVC they state they don't know when appointment will be scheduled but is CR1 and K1 being expedited for all Haitian petitions

Wish they'd expedite mine too. It has been a while and not having a job doesn't make things any prettier. Such is life. :whistle:

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JoyDee   21

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My husbands CR1 was appoved at nvc on dec 8, 2010, it hase been forwarded to haiti and I am waiting on an appointment date. When contacting the NVC they state they don't know when appointment will be scheduled but is CR1 and K1 being expedited for all Haitian petitions

looking at your timeline, you definitely got NOA2 faster than most. I don't know what happens btwn NVC and interview, so please keep us posted! I'm not sure if you have to ask again for expedite at NVC stage, maybe someone else knows?

I-129F Fiance Visa

For full details see my "About me"

USCIS

11-22-2010 Received NOA1 01-27-2011 --> NOA2 *APPROVED!!!! (email)

NVC

02-24-2011 Receive Packet 3.5 via email --> 03-18-2011 Packet 3.5 Submitted

04-05-2011 Receive Packet 4

04-08-2011 INTERVIEW *APPROVED!!!!* --> 04-18-2011 Visa in hand

05-04-2011 **POE** JFK, NYC

AOS

05-21-2011 Social Security Card

06-18-2011 MARRIED!

07-11-2011 Filed AOS - 485, EAD, AP

07-13-2011 Received Confirmation email 07-14-2011 check cashed

07-18-2011 NOA1, I-797C received for AOS, EAD, AP

07-22-2011 Received Biometrics Appointment Notice

08-15-2011 Biometrics Appointment

09-09-2011 EAD and AP Approval notices via email

09-20-2011 Receive EAD/AP Card in the mail

09-29-2011 Interview! APPROVED!!!!

10-03-2011 Receive Welcome Letter

10-08-2011 Receive Greencard

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thelastpetitioner   218

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Iran
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nvc doesnt take that long to expedite,specially on expedited cases,its like a week,two tops,however you might wanna get in touch with the embassy in haiti just to make sure they are aware of your humanitarian purposes and all

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