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CharlieTanger   76

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After marriage to your fiance, how long is it before they can travel and leave the country; i.e., honeymoon, travel to visit relatives, etc.... (hypothetically speaking if they don't apply for AP). Would they have to wait for the actual Green Card in hand? If so, how long does that take to receive the Green Card after AOS?

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tayurshu   37

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Yes, without Advance Parole you must wait until you have your Green Card to leave the United States.

Wait times can be found by searching here: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/aosstats.php?cfl=

Filed I-129F: 3 November 2014 (CSC)

NOA 1: 20 November 2014

NOA 2: 2 February 2015

Consulate Notification: 8 April 2015

Consular Interview: 19 May 2015
Medical: 20 May 2015
Administrative Processing: 20 May - ???

GLOBAL VISA SHUTDOWN: 9 June 2015
Advised approved for issuance: 24 June 2015
Requested re-validated I-129F (expired during shutdown): 24 June 2015
Advised I-129F revalidation received: 30 June 2015
Administrative Processing: 30 June 2015

Visa Issued: 13 JULY 2015
USA POE: 24 OCT 2015

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TBoneTX   43,043

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*** Thread moved from K-1 Process forum to the Working & Traveling forum. ***

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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

Nich-Nick   3,353

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After marriage to your fiance, how long is it before they can travel and leave the country; i.e., honeymoon, travel to visit relatives, etc.... (hypothetically speaking if they don't apply for AP). Would they have to wait for the actual Green Card in hand? If so, how long does that take to receive the Green Card after AOS?

Why would somebody not apply for AP? Emergencies happen. AP is free and easy to tack onto the AOS application.

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

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voirdire Newbie

voirdire   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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We didn't wait for my wife's green card as we were only there for vacation and for her to make her first entry to start her immigration process. I work overseas so I only took 3 weeks off. UCSIS mailed the green card to my parents address in the US. After we left back overseas, I had my mother send my wife's green card through the mail. No problems at all. The only thing that I wish I could have done, but I just didn't' have time was to get her biometrics done so we can apply for a rentry permit for more than 1 year out of the US.

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aaron2020   11,651

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We didn't wait for my wife's green card as we were only there for vacation and for her to make her first entry to start her immigration process. I work overseas so I only took 3 weeks off. UCSIS mailed the green card to my parents address in the US. After we left back overseas, I had my mother send my wife's green card through the mail. No problems at all. The only thing that I wish I could have done, but I just didn't' have time was to get her biometrics done so we can apply for a rentry permit for more than 1 year out of the US.

If you petitioned for a wife, then your case is completely different from the OP who petitioned for a fiancée.

A wife enters the U.S. with an immigrant visa and automatically gets a green card. Your wife was entitled to that status once she entered the U.S.

A fiancée enters on a non-immigrant visa to marry. After marriage, they must file for AOS for a green card during which time if the foreign spouse leaves without AP, then the case is deemed abandoned. The spouse is not entitled to a green card if she leaves the U.S. without AP.

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After marriage to your fiance, how long is it before they can travel and leave the country; i.e., honeymoon, travel to visit relatives, etc.... (hypothetically speaking if they don't apply for AP). Would they have to wait for the actual Green Card in hand? If so, how long does that take to receive the Green Card after AOS?

It's impossible to predict how long AOS will take. AOS from K-1 recently have taken very long (a year or so?). Advance Parole will be received within 90 days after applying. So if you AOS and apply for AP at the same time, you can be pretty sure that you can travel (you will have either AP or green card) in 3 months.

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voirdire   0

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If you petitioned for a wife, then your case is completely different from the OP who petitioned for a fiancée.

A wife enters the U.S. with an immigrant visa and automatically gets a green card. Your wife was entitled to that status once she entered the U.S.

A fiancée enters on a non-immigrant visa to marry. After marriage, they must file for AOS for a green card during which time if the foreign spouse leaves without AP, then the case is deemed abandoned. The spouse is not entitled to a green card if she leaves the U.S. without AP.

Yeah your right, our case is different.

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