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Unable to travel on ESTA, nervous to apply for Tourist Visa, later K1 (merged)

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Nich-Nick Grand Master

Nich-Nick   3,353

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People turned away on VWP do get approved for their K1 all the time without filing a waiver. Dizzdemey is the most recent example at London.

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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Yes thats what I thought, just to do it straight away. But worried it would get denied for the reason that I'm not allowed to travel on an ESTA anymore.

What if my fiance and I got married in the UK? Does that speed anything up or does the spouse visa take just as long?

Yes, you and your fiancé can get married in the UK, but he will need a 'marriage visitor visa'. Costs 85GBP and takes about 4 weeks to process. My USC husband used one and we got married in Scotland as there is no waiting period or residency requirement prior to the wedding.

Here is the link if you're interested https://www.gov.uk/marriage-visa/overview

Can't help you with the spouse visa timeline for London though, I did mine through Frankfurt. Hopefully someone else can chime in.

Good luck!

I'm from the UK, hubby is from Michigan and is a retired US Army LTC.   We are currently stationed overseas.

Here is our immigration journey so far....

10.26.13 - Our wedding in Scotland 

11.26.14 - Filed I-130 at US Consulate, Frankfurt (DCF)

11.18.14 - Returned to Scotland to renew our vows for our first wedding anniversary

01.08.15 - NOA2 received in snail mail, together with case number and Packet 3 instructions

02.15.15 - Submitted Packet 3

02.17.15 - Packet 4 received by email with instructions to schedule medical and interview

02.18.15 - Email authorisation received from Consulate to gain access to appointment calendar

03.03.15 - Medical

03.18.15 - Interview - Approved

03.21.15 - Visa in hand

06.10.15 - POE Chicago (final destination Detroit)

07.20.15 - Received SSN in mail

07.27.15 - Received 2 year green card in mail

The journey to ROC starts here...!

10.05.15 - Returned to Germany on government orders

05.25.17 - Mailed ROC package to California Service Centre

06.14.17 - Received NOA 1 (dated 05.30.17) in mail

09.05.18 - Received a second NOA (dated 08.11.18) in mail granting a further six months extension to green card due to 'processing delays'

11.26.18 - ROC - Approved

12.05.18 - Approval Notice I-797 received in mail

12.18.18 - 10 year green card received in mail

The journey to citizenship starts here...!

 

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hiphoplollipop Rookie

hiphoplollipop   0

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Hi everyone,

Filing for the K-1 soon. My fiance is visiting me in London in September.

However, I'm thinking about applying for a Tourist visa so I can visit before the end of the year - I know there is a strong chance they'll say no but they could say yes.

I just wanted to check applying for the visitors visa won't harm the K-1 process in any way? For instance if I was turned down and then asked about it at the K-1 interview stage, if that would go against me.

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KierenHby   897

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Hi everyone,

Filing for the K-1 soon. My fiance is visiting me in London in September.

However, I'm thinking about applying for a Tourist visa so I can visit before the end of the year - I know there is a strong chance they'll say no but they could say yes.

I just wanted to check applying for the visitors visa won't harm the K-1 process in any way? For instance if I was turned down and then asked about it at the K-1 interview stage, if that would go against me.

A visitor visa denial, if it happens, is unlikely to affect your future K1.

Primary criteria to satisfy a K1 is 1) having met and a genuine relationship (which, based on your posts shouldn't be an issue), and 2) a rough set of wedding plans within 90 days of POE.

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

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