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Juliaro448   0

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Hi! Our 129f has been processing for six months and we have heard nothing. Very frustrating and upsetting! My fiancé is in London and we are very eager to be together in the US. What are your thoughts about us getting married when I go visit him in March? I would return home to the U.S. and he would fly here shortly after and enter as a tourist. Could we then just go ahead and apply for his green card/work permit? Has anyone else withdrawn a K1 application and done this instead? Help please! Thank you.

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wbeem   568

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Hi! Our 129f has been processing for six months and we have heard nothing. Very frustrating and upsetting! My fiancé is in London and we are very eager to be together in the US. What are your thoughts about us getting married when I go visit him in March? I would return home to the U.S. and he would fly here shortly after and enter as a tourist. Could we then just go ahead and apply for his green card/work permit? Has anyone else withdrawn a K1 application and done this instead? Help please! Thank you.

I'm guessing you filed late July/early August. Many of us can empathize.

What the previous poster stated is correct. It would be considered visa fraud and you would not be able to simply adjust status. But I'm not going to go into any of that as I'm sure you are going to be bombarded with posts telling you what you 'plan to do' is wrong. I did not see you state that you intended to do anything. I saw "Please help". So many of us can relate to that feeling, but unfortunately there is really nothing you can do. We have exhausted every avenue we could come up with, trying to see if anyone could give us any information at all and it amounted to nil.

TSC is currently processing mid to late July petitions. Going by what you stated, you shouldn't have too much longer to wait to hear something. Don't jeopardize your future opportunities by trying to save a month. It's not worth it.

Not planning just wanted opinions and wondering if people have done this.

Don't worry. Your post was quite clear. It was answered by someone who's petition was processed in about a month.

Lee & William

8/2/2014 - Sent I-129F Petition with USPS by Express Mail    8/4/2014 - I-129F delivered to dropbox    8/6/2014 - NOA1 Text/E-Mail received    8/11/2014 - Alien Registration Number Changed (Text/E-Mail) / NOA1 Letter received by Mail    3/16/2015 - NOA2 Text/E-Mail received (224 days)    3/20/2015 - Sent to NVC    3/31/2015 - NVC Received    4/1/2015 - Case Number Assigned       4/7/2015 - NVC Sent to Embassy    4/10/2015 - London Embassy Received    4/11/2015 - Medical     4/15/2015 - Packet 3 Received    4/12/2015 - Packet 3 Sent    4/23/2015 - Packet 4 Received    5/18/2015 - Interview - APPROVED     5/30/2015 - Visa collected from courier    6/1/2015 - POE    6/14/2015 - Wedding 💍💍
 
 
Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   46,354

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You could not marry in the UK on a tourist visa.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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yuna628   9,752

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Here is a suggestion, and I know it's difficult. If you filed in June/July/August, I would urge patience. TSC is working on July right now (even though they will say June). This means they will get to you soon. You cannot do what you suggest in the UK, and it certainly would not be legal to do what you suggest in the US either. Please know that you will finally be through the worst of it soon, and that if you can hang on a while longer you won't ever have to be apart. Remember that you'll be together *this year* and keep a focus on that. If they don't get to your case within a month or so, start calling them, ask for a T2, and put in a request. You can even contact your representative as others here have done.

Our Journey Timeline  - Immigration and the Health Exchange Price of Love in the UK Thinking of Returning to UK?

 

First met: 12/31/04 - Engaged: 9/24/09
Filed I-129F: 10/4/14 - Packet received: 10/7/14
NOA 1 email + ARN assigned: 10/10/14 (hard copy 10/17/14)
Touched on website (fixed?): 12/9/14 - Poked USCIS: 4/1/15
NOA 2 email: 5/4/15 (hard copy 5/11/15)
Sent to NVC: 5/8/15 - NVC received + #'s assigned: 5/15/15 (estimated)
NVC sent: 5/19/15 - London received/ready: 5/26/15
Packet 3: 5/28/15 - Medical: 6/16/15
Poked London 7/1/15 - Packet 4: 7/2/15
Interview: 7/30/15 - Approved!
AP + Issued 8/3/15 - Visa in hand (depot): 8/6/15
POE: 8/27/15
Wedding: 9/30/15

Filed I-485, I-131, I-765: 11/7/15

Packet received: 11/9/15

NOA 1 txt/email: 11/15/15 - NOA 1 hardcopy: 11/19/15

Bio: 12/9/15

EAD + AP approved: 1/25/16 - EAD received: 2/1/16

RFE for USCIS inability to read vax instructions: 5/21/16 (no e-notification & not sent from local office!)

RFE response sent: 6/7/16 - RFE response received 6/9/16

AOS approved/card in production: 6/13/16  

NOA 2 hardcopy + card sent 6/17/16

Green Card received: 6/18/16

USCIS 120 day reminder notice: 2/22/18

Filed I-751: 5/2/18 - Packet received: 5/4/18

NOA 1:  5/29/18 (12 mo ext) 8/13/18 (18 mo ext)  - Bio: 6/27/18

Transferred: Potomac Service Center 3/26/19

Approved/New Card Produced status: 4/25/19 - NOA2 hardcopy 4/29/19

10yr Green Card Received: 5/2/19 with error >_<

N400 : 7/16/23 - Oath : 10/19/23

 

 

 

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,369

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Thread is closed (and is not to be restarted) -- OP has received the appropriate answers.

TBoneTX

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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