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Hi! My fiancé and I have known each other for about 5 months now. We met while I was in USA as an au pair, we spent 3 and a half months together in person before I went back to my home country. We filed for K1 visa because we really want to get married and our relationship is genuine. We received our NOA1 and now we’re waiting. I’m just really anxious about the fact that we haven’t been in a relationship for long. Do you guys think it’s okay? Especially when we spent 3 months together everyday while I was in USA? We sent our photos as evidence too! My anxiety is taking over me and I hope we won’t get rejected because of that. I’d love to hear some opinions. Thank you!!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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What country are you from?  Do you have any plans to get together in person in the future prior to your eventual visa interview?  Overall, I would not fret too much, when my now wife and I met, I filed the I129F about 9 months after we first met in person, and our meetings were only a few weeks at a time.

 

Good Luck!

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

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Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

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N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

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52 minutes ago, Silvia Vdoviakova said:

Hi! My fiancé and I have known each other for about 5 months now. We met while I was in USA as an au pair, we spent 3 and a half months together in person before I went back to my home country. We filed for K1 visa because we really want to get married and our relationship is genuine. We received our NOA1 and now we’re waiting. I’m just really anxious about the fact that we haven’t been in a relationship for long. Do you guys think it’s okay? Especially when we spent 3 months together everyday while I was in USA? We sent our photos as evidence too! My anxiety is taking over me and I hope we won’t get rejected because of that. I’d love to hear some opinions. Thank you!!

3 months is a lot of time! The K1 process can take over a year though so you might want to see your letter again before your interview. 
Additionally, depending on the consulate 2 weeks together in person is sometimes sufficient for the K1 to be issued although other consulates require a lot more face time. Where are you from? 

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36 minutes ago, Silvia Vdoviakova said:

I am from Slovakia!! Thank you all for answers! What did you mean by see my letter again?

Sorry! Autocorrect- it was supposed to say PARTNER! 
The K1 takes about 12 months but might take more. So, maybe try to have them visit you in Slovakia. 

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10 hours ago, Silvia Vdoviakova said:

Hi! My fiancé and I have known each other for about 5 months now. We met while I was in USA as an au pair, we spent 3 and a half months together in person before I went back to my home country. We filed for K1 visa because we really want to get married and our relationship is genuine. We received our NOA1 and now we’re waiting. I’m just really anxious about the fact that we haven’t been in a relationship for long. Do you guys think it’s okay? Especially when we spent 3 months together everyday while I was in USA? We sent our photos as evidence too! My anxiety is taking over me and I hope we won’t get rejected because of that. I’d love to hear some opinions. Thank you!!

Every relationship is different, and some people just know that they’re with the right person early on. That’s completely okay, and the visa officer is aware that these things happen. The fact that you’ve already spent 3 1/2 months together is certainly in your favor. Evidence of time spent together is really one of the most important elements in these cases, so if you can arrange another visit, that would also help. 
 

As a side note, my hubby and  I did the CR1 route, and I let anxiety absolutely consume me about various aspects of our own case (we married on our first meeting), and nothing that I fretted about actually happened. We did have lots of evidence of time spent together, as we lived together, after marriage, for more than a year before his interview. But even so, I was consumed by irrational worries. So basically, I said all this to say….dont fret too much! If your relationship is genuine, and it sounds like it is, you will produce more than enough quality evidence when the time comes. Best of luck to you both!

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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"Face time," or time spent together in person, is the chief factor in favor of your being granted the visa.

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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