visa processing time and living outside the U.S.

[malivisa 0]

Hi all, I'm just about to file the I-129F for my fiance who is living in Peru. A couple ?'s...I know it says the processing time for the service center in California is 5 months. How many more months do I need to estimate for processing once it has left CA and gone to the embassy in Lima?

Also, I've been offered a job in South America and am considering returning there for work. How would this affect the visa application process if I file before I leave the U.S. and then change my address? (I will mail the application on Monday and the job wouldn't start for another month or two) I believe this job would be paying me in U.S. dollars. Do I need to be in the U.S. to file? Do I need to be making U.S. dollars? It's so hard to be apart from my fiance right now and this would be an opportunity to be together again while we wait for the visa.

Thanks in advance!!

[SparklePony 238]

If you are moving to South America for work, why are you in a K1 Visa process? The K1 visa is used to bring a foreign fiance TO the US...

[malivisa 0]

I'm still unsure of what will happen, whether I will move there or not. Just wondering how this move would affect the visa application process. We do plan to live in the U.S. and upon receiving the visa would go together.

Anyone engaged to a Peruvian citizen? Trying to get an idea of how long it took to receive the visa from start to finish??

[tcgator 1]

You can apply while you are outside of the US. Do you have a permanent address in the US? I was living in Asia when I applied so I used my parents address as my address. However, one thing to think about is how you will fill out I-134. If you aren't working in the US, then you will need a cosponsor (as far as I know).