What does it mean "prior to the filing of the K1 visa application"

[stag 51]

Just want to make sure, does filing K1 visa application mean the date when you send the K1 application in the mail? So the date with which you sign the I-129F form? Or is it the date that USCIS officially receives your application? Thank you.

[payxibka 10,045]

8 minutes ago, metuchen said:

Just want to make sure, does filing K1 visa application mean the date when you send the K1 application in the mail? So the date with which you sign the I-129F form? Or is it the date that USCIS officially receives your application? Thank you.

Since you can sign and use any date you want, it is the date the USCIS receives it.  

 

 

Edited January 9, 2021 by payxibka

[stag 51]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Since you can sign and use any date you want, it is the date the USCIS receives it.  

 

 

But how long after I send it does USCIS officially receive it? If it takes lets say more than a month for them to officially receive it, it may invalidate one of our meetings in early 2019. 

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, metuchen said:

But how long after I send it does USCIS officially receive it? If it takes lets say more than a month for them to officially receive it, it may invalidate one of our meetings in early 2019. 

It doesn't matter when they process it or how long it takes them to do it,  they know the exact date it was received (delivered).

[stag 51]

Just now, payxibka said:

It doesn't matter when they process it or how long it takes them to do it,  they know the exact date it was received (delivered).

Ah got it, so for example if I send it today and it's arrives/receives tomorrow at the Lockbox, then the two year time period is from tomorrow's date 2 years back. 

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, metuchen said:

Ah got it, so for example if I send it today and it's arrives/receives tomorrow at the Lockbox, then the two year time period is from tomorrow's date 2 years back. 

Correct except tomorrow is a Sunday and they aren't open. 

[SalishSea 17,928]

12 hours ago, metuchen said:

But how long after I send it does USCIS officially receive it? If it takes lets say more than a month for them to officially receive it, it may invalidate one of our meetings in early 2019. 

Uh, that doesn't matter.  At all.  You don't get extra credit for extra meetings.  As long as one meeting occurred in the two years immediately preceding filing, you meet the eligibility to file.