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[OldUser 9,506]

13 hours ago, Lola29 said:

Yeah once you pick the immigration option you’ll go through and there’ll be a K visa option. It is confusing that it’s referred to as both non-immigrant and immigrant depending on the site. 

None of the official government websites should mention K-1 as immigrant visa. It's clearly non-immigrant visa. The reason is, marriage within 90 days is condition to be eligible for adjustment of status.

 

Immigrant visas, like IR-1 are different. Once you enter the US on it, you're LPR automatically.

[Lola29 10]

Yes that’s why it’s confusing. CEAC has the case under immigrant visa and communications from Dublin Consulate (through the immigrant visa unit) refer to Immigrant Visa. To make a K visa interview appointment in Dublin you also have to go through immigration visa option. 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,795]

23 hours ago, Lola29 said:

Yes that’s why it’s confusing. CEAC has the case under immigrant visa and communications from Dublin Consulate (through the immigrant visa unit) refer to Immigrant Visa. To make a K visa interview appointment in Dublin you also have to go through immigration visa option. 

 

This is because for the documents needed, the medical exam and the interview purposes, the embassies treat K-1s as immigrant visas up until the point of visa issuance. Then the case is transferred to the nonimmigrant visa unit for the issuance of the visa. You will likely see the status in CEAC change to "Application Received" before it goes to "Approved" and then "Issued". This is because the NIV unit at the embassy has not seen or touched the application until the IV Unit transfers it to them. The application received means that they have put your DS-160 into their queue for processing and issuing the visa.