Help!!!!!!

[pushbrk 12,243]

I-94 is not a visa. When you enter on a K-1 you have 90 days to get married to the petitioner. Then you file Adjustment of Status form I-485 and the K-1 is changed to a CR-1 visa.

Adjustment of status does not convert any visa. It results in a green card, that is used instead of a visa. CR1 is both a visa category and an immigration status. A K1 visa holder who files a timely application to adjust status is granted CR1 status, not a new CR1 visa.

[pushbrk 12,243]

I am get confused.

The I-94 is not a visa. If you are confused, stop answering questions and go back to asking them. Visas are used to ENTER a country. The I-94 is a "departure card" that indicates when the visitor is expected to leave. For a K1 visa holder, the I-94 is the date by which they are to leave the USA if they have not yet married the petitioner.

Edited December 12, 2011 by pushbrk

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Please note that the timeline associated with the OP's account indicates not only that they are in the USA but that they are married. Of course, the dates indicate they entered next month and were married on a date prior to entry. Please fix the dates in the timeline to reflect the actual circumstances.

Maybe the OP did mistake to enter an actual data on timeline. It says entry in 2012 but marriage was in 2011. Sounds is not correct way unless they were both married before enter US. Weren't they?

Visa Received :2011-07-25US Entry :2012-01-12Marriage :2011-08-11

[Frank and Racquel 18]

Adjustment of status does not convert any visa. It results in a green card, that is used instead of a visa. CR1 is both a visa category and an immigration status. A K1 visa holder who files a timely application to adjust status is granted CR1 status, not a new CR1 visa.

your k-1 status is adjusted to a CR-1 status. same thing as what I originally said?

[Frank and Racquel 18]

You misunderstand.

The K-1 has a validity of six months in which you must use it to enter the US. It is a one time use visa. Upon entry using the K-1, the K-1 is cancelled and replaced with a I-94 visa which is valid for 90 days. You must get married to the K-1 petitioner within this 90 days of entry or return.

This is what started off the confusion because it is not correct. I-94 is not a visa and It doesn't cancel out a K-1.

[pushbrk 12,243]

your k-1 status is adjusted to a CR-1 status. same thing as what I originally said?

K1 is not a status. CR1 is both a status and visa. Your statement was incorrect. Now you know the correct terminology, so you can use it in the future.

[Tim/Mav 305]

Maybe the OP did mistake to enter an actual data on timeline. It says entry in 2012 but marriage was in 2011. Sounds is not correct way unless they were both married before enter US. Weren't they?

Visa Received :2011-07-25US Entry :2012-01-12Marriage :2011-08-11

Girl from Celebes is free to reply, question or ask. It is a Forum and the OP can read and make decisions based upon the advice/opinions of the replies to their post. That what VJ is. A Help Center or a Place to talk. It is not designed for Self Made Immigration Attorneys. So. Girl from Celebes. You have freedom to ask, reply or question as anyone else does here. Beware of Orange Hearts with an Attitude.

[pushbrk 12,243]

This is what started off the confusion because it is not correct. I-94 is not a visa and It doesn't cancel out a K-1.

By the time a K1 visa holder has an I-94, their K1 visa is dead and gone. It's good for one use and one use only, one entry and one entry only. It is not "replaced" by anything. The I-94 is a departure card that indicates the required departure date or the end date of the allowed stay. Between that date and AOS filing, the person is in a limbo status.

[Girl from Celebes 588]

Girl from Celebes is free to reply, question or ask. It is a Forum and the OP can read and make decisions based upon the advice/opinions of the replies to their post. That what VJ is. A Help Center or a Place to talk. It is not designed for Self Made Immigration Attorneys. So. Girl from Celebes. You have freedom to ask, reply or question as anyone else does here. Beware of Orange Hearts with an Attitude.

Thank you Tim/Mav. I am just a newbie here. I would love to ask or giving an opinion rather than to answer because I have no knowledge about the subject unless some people here giving the information what is about. That's how I learn. . I could go "googled" it but most important that talking to the 1st hands is really most matter.

[Therealworld 90]

Seeing that you had a k1 visa how did you get married in August if you have not yet come to the states yet. You are supposed to get married withing 3 months after entering the US

[Frank and Racquel 18]

K1 is not a status. CR1 is both a status and visa. Your statement was incorrect. Now you know the correct terminology, so you can use it in the future.

You like to play on words lol. I am actually an attorney, im not going to argue with you but your wrong on a few things, but its not important. Anyway have a nice day.

[Dan & Jenni 457]

i believe the confusion with dates in the timeline are down to the OP filling out "intended" dates, plans changing, and then not correcting the timeline. in a later post she states that she is still in the UK and has not used the K-1 visa to enter the US.

i will also say that this whole post has gotten totally sidetracked making it almost impossible for anyone to understand what is going on and to give advice

[pushbrk 12,243]

You like to play on words lol. I am actually an attorney, im not going to argue with you but your wrong on a few things, but its not important. Anyway have a nice day.

Correct terminology use does not constitute a play on words. Being an attorney, even an immigration attorney doesn't make wrong, right.

[wee carrington 33]

Thanks for your reply. I am not in the US yet I live in England but was going to travel to the US on the K1visa to spend few days and return before it expires. Also if we want to cancel the petition do we call USCIS?

Cancel the petition now. You can enter the US using the Visa Waver Permit and stay a couple of days that way.

[Ban Hammer 12,884]

the above is an i-94. it is not a visa!

An I-94 is a form denoting the Arrival-Departure Record of particular foreigners used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) uses Form I-94 also.

many of us are familiar with this form as we've seen it passed out on flights heading to the usa.

terminology is very important, as previously noted. if one gets their terms mixed up while offering advice to another member, you could be sending someone off armed with loads of misinformation.

in summary - please take corrections to terminology gracefully.