K-1 visa questions I need help!!

[Jess666 0]

So I met my girl while studying abroad and we are still in the same country for another year but we want to get married and return to USA together as I am a USA citizen and start a life. Here are my questions.

 

1. Your mailing address . -Should I put my current address that is outside of the country or use my parents address ?

2. ⁠Address in the United States where your beneficiary intends to live.

 

• ⁠we don’t have an apartment set up for a year from now however right now I’m working remote and I have about a very good amount of money saved that I plan to get apartment as we arrive in America however we will probably stay at my parents house for about a month . But with that being said we will move to another state that I used to live in. So should I put my parents address again. And write that we will be moving within the 3 months and get married in a different state ?

 

1. ⁠Part 3 other information 4.a I checked yes . As I have had a dwi back in 2012 but this information does not say anything about having to show records so will this hurt my chances of getting approved ?

 

also she’s a Chinese national 

[Boiler 47,007]

K1 will take long  than a  year

Edited Tuesday at 02:38 PM by Boiler

[Edward and Jaycel 1,591]

12 minutes ago, Jess666 said:

but we want to get married and return to USA together as I am a USA citizen and start a life.

 

Do you mean you want to get married where you are and return together to the US? If so, then this is not a K-1 Fiancée visa situation... This would be an IR-1/CR-1 spousal visa situation and would not be done in a year. If you are engaged and want to do the K-1 visa, you would need to get married in the US once you both go there. We got Jaycel here in 50 weeks using the K-1 but that was in the prior administration and things seemed to slow down a bit on the K-1s since the new administration came into office. 

 

16 minutes ago, Jess666 said:

1. ⁠Part 3 other information 4.a I checked yes . As I have had a dwi back in 2012 but this information does not say anything about having to show records so will this hurt my chances of getting approved ?

 

If you pursue the K-1 visa you MUST give them court certified records of the case disposition or you will get an RFE. I made the mistake of not sending them in with my application, because like you, I misunderstood the instructions and thought I just had to give them the information. I got an RFE and it delayed my case by who-knows how long.

[Jess666 0]

5 hours ago, Boiler said:

K1 will take long  than a  year

How long from day to sending in the application to being able to arrive in USA ? As we will probably need to figure out our current visa 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,591]

Just now, Jess666 said:

How long from day to sending in the application to being able to arrive in USA ? As we will probably need to figure out our current visa 

 

There's no way to know for sure.... a lot depends on which embassy will be doing the interview and visa issuance.

[Jess666 0]

5 hours ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

Do you mean you want to get married where you are and return together to the US? If so, then this is not a K-1 Fiancée visa situation... This would be an IR-1/CR-1 spousal visa situation and would not be done in a year. If you are engaged and want to do the K-1 visa, you would need to get married in the US once you both go there. We got Jaycel here in 50 weeks using the K-1 but that was in the prior administration and things seemed to slow down a bit on the K-1s since the new administration came into office. 

 

 

If you pursue the K-1 visa you MUST give them court certified records of the case disposition or you will get an RFE. I made the mistake of not sending them in with my application, because like you, I misunderstood the instructions and thought I just had to give them the information. I got an RFE and it delayed my case by who-knows how long.

Ok thank you

3 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

There's no way to know for sure.... a lot depends on which embassy will be doing the interview and visa issuance.

Average time says about 1 year everywhere I have looked

[Jess666 0]

1 minute ago, Jess666 said:

Ok thank you

Average time says about 1 year everywhere I have looked

Also I wanted to state we want to get married in the USA sorry about the confusion on how I worded it earlier 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,591]

2 minutes ago, Jess666 said:

Average time says about 1 year everywhere I have looked

 

Which embassy will be processing it?

[Boiler 47,007]

18 months to 2years depending 

[Jess666 0]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

18 months to 2years depending 

The other guy said about 50 weeks - 11 months why do you say 2 years lol

[Edward and Jaycel 1,591]

22 minutes ago, Jess666 said:

The other guy said about 50 weeks - 11 months why do you say 2 years lol

 

Because we were able to get Jaycel's interview scheduled and visa in-hand in about 2 and a half months after the date of approval from USCIS. Now it seems to be taking USCIS 6-8 weeks at least just to send the approved application to the NVC and it's usually 4-6 weeks more before they send it to the embassy now. Things have slowed down a lot over the past 6 months. We were extremely fortunate to get ours as quickly as we did

[Jess666 0]

9 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

Because we were able to get Jaycel's interview scheduled and visa in-hand in about 2 and a half months after the date of approval from USCIS. Now it seems to be taking USCIS 6-8 weeks at least just to send the approved application to the NVC and it's usually 4-6 weeks more before they send it to the embassy now. Things have slowed down a lot over the past 6 months. We were extremely fortunate to get ours as quickly as we did

So you think on average it’s going to take 2 years ? Or what is the ideal realistic time ? A little over a year ?

[Edward and Jaycel 1,591]

3 minutes ago, Jess666 said:

So you think on average it’s going to take 2 years ? Or what is the ideal realistic time ? A little over a year ?

I would say to bank on at least 14 - 15 months. The hardest thing about this immigration process is managing your own expectations. The 2nd hardest is not comparing your case to others that filed around the same time as you. 

Edited Tuesday at 09:30 PM by Edward and Jaycel

[Starnexus 8]

A couple of things. Having 'quite a bit of money saved up' doesn't meet the income requirement unless we're talking about over $140,000. The USCIS generally requires income and they like to see a steady or increasing income not just savings.  it's perfectly fine to use your parents address, you need to use a US address to help show that you two intend to reside in the US.  You should consider a spousal visa instead. 

 

The DWI in 2012 won't make a huge difference unless there's a pattern of disorderly conduct 

 

Chinese nationals experience longer processing times due to background checks and other administrative processing so be prepared for that. 

[Yareth 172]

4 hours ago, Jess666 said:

So you think on average it’s going to take 2 years ? Or what is the ideal realistic time ? A little over a year ?

No one will be able to give you a specific timeline. There are a lot of factors involved and there is very little transparency. Count on at least a year going up to multiple years. As you are currently together I would highly recommend going for the spousal visa as it is cheaper, could possibly be faster in the long run and your spouse will be able to work, drive and travel immediately after moving to the USA. Being able to work, drive and travel are very important in the US and directly affect your quality of life.