Applying for K1 Visa While Living Abroad?

[TinoMoreno 0]

Hi everyone!

I'm British but currently living and working in the Netherlands and hoping to apply for a K1 visa together with my fiance (the US citizen) soon. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of going through the process while living in a foreign country. Would it be a lot easier or faster if I were to do everything while living in the USA or should it not make too much of a difference?

Thanks so much in advance!

[sweet cakes 326]

Hi everyone!

I'm British but currently living and working in the Netherlands and hoping to apply for a K1 visa together with my fiance (the US citizen) soon. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of going through the process while living in a foreign country. Would it be a lot easier or faster if I were to do everything while living in the USA or should it not make too much of a difference?

Thanks so much in advance!

Hi there! Welcome to the forum!

Your US citizen fiance has to initially file for the I-129f petition in US. Once approved you can apply for K1 visa at the US embassy of the country where you currently [and legally] reside, which is Netherlands. This can't be done inside US.

For more info, linked on the blue banner header atop any VJ page.

Particularly:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1tips

Edited August 5, 2014 by sweet cakes

[Pitaya 2,580]

The I-129F filing fee must be paid in US funds, drawn on a US bank. Many folks filing from overseas mail their completed petition packet to a friend or relative in the US. Have the friend of relative insert a check for the filing fee, made out per instructions, and then mails the entire petition packet to the Lewisville, TX lockbox location.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

[MacUK 983]

Would it be a lot easier or faster if I were to do everything while living in the USA or should it not make too much of a difference?

Do you currently have a visa that allows you to live in the USA?

[KayDeeCee 4,904]

When and why/how will you be living in the US?

[TinoMoreno 0]

Hi everyone!

I'm British but currently living and working in the Netherlands and hoping to apply for a K1 visa together with my fiance (the US citizen) soon. I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience of going through the process while living in a foreign country. Would it be a lot easier or faster if I were to do everything while living in the USA UK or should it not make too much of a difference?

Thanks so much in advance!

Thanks everyone for the response! I think autocorrect might have ruined my question, sorry! I wanted to ask whether it would be easier to go through the process while being in my home country of the UK or than in the Netherlands where I currently live and work. Thanks again to everyone for your help!

[sweet cakes 326]

Thanks everyone for the response! I think autocorrect might have ruined my question, sorry! I wanted to ask whether it would be easier to go through the process while being in my home country of the UK or than in the Netherlands where I currently live and work. Thanks again to everyone for your help!

I don't think the difference in processing between UK and Netherlands would be significant during the embassy stage. You can continue living in Netherlands while the I-129f is in progress. What you can do for now is probably check out the K1 visa requirements/ instructions in the Netherlands and see if you can readily have those documents by interview time, but this is still a long way down the road.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Get your police records from both countries.

[TinoMoreno 0]

Thank you everyone for your heartfelt replies! Thank you @sweetcakes I will be sure to check it all out in advance. And thanks @Jacque67, I also lived in Germany for more than 6 months so I think I will need to get a police record from there too!

Thanks everyone.