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[Julieanna 0]

Does anyone know once your K1 visa is approved why they are so strict with the dates also what is the rules about staying in the USA until the adjustment stage as been completed

[Greenbaum 12,258]

1 minute ago, Julieanna said:

Does anyone know once your K1 visa is approved why they are so strict with the dates also what is the rules about staying in the USA until the adjustment stage as been completed

Well it comes down to human nature. We like to procrastinate. So the 129-f was set up so that there would be end points. Places in time that you must arrive before otherwise everyone would wait and there are possibilities that if there were no deadlines, people would when ready set their appointments. But what happens if 95% of those approved decide that X is a good time to have my case adjudicated. So during that time and for 11 months the Embassy sits idle. Not a good use of time.

 

You can leave the US anytime you want to but your K-1 visa is dead on the day you step on US soil. Leave and you will not be able to return without a new visa. Process all over with lots of questions.

 

Once in country get your marriage completed and then get your AOS package off which will include the I-131 TD (Travel Document). The TD is approved in about 3-4 months after submittal. Once he/she receives the TD card he/she can return back home but not for a long extended stay maybe 90 days. Anything more than that he/she may be deem abandoning the AOS and they will deny the AOS. The rest of the AOS package will take upwards of a year to year and a half to complete adjudication. Then you may travel on the GC within the same times frames I mention earlier.

 

 

[debbiedoo 2,339]

they are strict with the dates because those are the rules they made.

 

you have to stay in the US until you have AP or until your adjustment is complete. AP is taking around 6 months at this time.

 

if travel is important to you, the CR1 is the visa you want.

 

you also can not work until you have EAD or adjustment is complete.

[geowrian 22,335]

One reason for being strict with the dates is because the visa's validity is tied to the medical results. They don't want somebody getting a medical and visa, then waiting an extended period of time where they could have caught an infectious disease. They also want to limit the period due to security checks, police checks, etc. You don't want somebody sitting on a visa for a year where they could have been subsequently arrested for a crime that makes them inadmissible. Sure this can happen anytime, but putting deadlines in place limit the opportunity for this.

[Julieanna 0]

Thank you 

your answers are much appreciated  this is a great site 

[Julieanna 0]

I have heard from the Embassy and no I can not change the date of the visa as you all said, does anyone know if I got admission on the visa waiver programme in Jan19 could I still get married and adjust my status I really want to be in the UK for Christmas but don't want to jeopardous my relationship with my fiance  as he is telling me to go now

 

 

[geowrian 22,335]

16 minutes ago, Julieanna said:

if I got admission on the visa waiver programme in Jan19 could I still get married and adjust my status I really want to be in the UK for Christmas but don't want to jeopardous my relationship with my fiance  as he is telling me to go now

You cannot enter with intent to adjust status. That would be fraud...do not do this.

[John & Rose 7,237]

27 minutes ago, Julieanna said:

I have heard from the Embassy and no I can not change the date of the visa as you all said, does anyone know if I got admission on the visa waiver programme in Jan19 could I still get married and adjust my status I really want to be in the UK for Christmas but don't want to jeopardous my relationship with my fiance  as he is telling me to go now

 

 

No one said that you can change the visa date.  BE VERY CAREFUL with making plans trying to "workaround" these processes.  They have seen it all and there is a possibility that if the plan you mentioned takes place that the US will see that as material misrepresentation or fraud.  Those can mean a ban from any future visas.  Just be careful and realize that there are no easy and legal ways to make this happen much faster.  Many have tried and many have been permanently banned for legally entering the US.  

 

[Celie 793]

On 10/21/2018 at 4:20 PM, Julieanna said:

Does anyone know once your K1 visa is approved why they are so strict with the dates also what is the rules about staying in the USA until the adjustment stage as been completed

When does your fiance visa expire? Are you already in the US or not yet?

[Julieanna 0]

20th Dec it expires my fiance arrives here on the 19th for 2 wks already booked and I want to be in the UK for Christmas

Any suggestions

J

[Julieanna 0]

OMG I must be naïve I had no idea that would be illegal