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Hi,

Filed online on 2024-02-17 and already received the biometric reuse notice. Estimated time is 5 months based on portal.

Any from New Jersey filed online around this time.

Hello everyone,

I'm filling in the DS 160 form for a B1/B2 visitor visa to the USA. I've previously held a green card between 2014-2020. I voluntarily returned my green card in 2020 as we cam e to live in Europe.

My question is, for the purpose of the DS 160 application, is a green card considered a visa for the question 'Have you ever been issued a US visa?'

Thank you so much for any guidance!

Did anyone notice the huge change in processing time updates on the USCIS website after the update yesterday? My time went from 2 weeks to 14 months! I am wondering if they are finally giving more accurate times?! I filed in December 2023.

Hi everyone,

I'm Justin from The Netherlands, currently in the US on a ESTA (VWP) to visit my girlfriend. We just filed for the K-1 Fiance visa on April 1st and got our confirmation back about a week ago that it has been received by the USCIS. After dating for 1,5 year and going through many challenges with traveling back and forth, we decided we really want to marry asap now while I'm on this trip. We teamed up with Boundless (a lawyer-support program). They advised us to go for the K1 visa since the processing time is only 6 months. After filing for the K1 we suddenly got updates that there's been a run on K1 visas and the processing time has gone back to a minimum of 15-19 months. Since we are Christians, it's starting to become really difficult to wait any longer after already 1.5 years of waiting. Therefore, we got kinda freaked out by the fact that it could take another 1.5 years and then after that we still need to plan a wedding, etc. So we are currently considering changing our whole plan and going for AOS, but it seems difficult to find good information about the possibilities of AOS. Some say you have to overstay, get married and then file AOS. Others say you have to do it in your 90 days of your tourist visa. On this trip, I came in on the intention of just visiting my girlfriend and to get engaged by the end of the trip (I'll ask her next week :)), and just enjoying our time together here in the US. While we're here we decided to take this to the next step, so I don't think it's visa fraud? Can someone please help me and advice how to go forward with this? Is it an option to withdraw a K1 visa, overstay on the ESTA, plan a wedding for in the summer and apply for AOS right after? What are the risks? My dad in Holland is getting older and I do need to be able to travel back once I have my travel permit/green card. I could easily wait for about a year and a half without traveling, that's no problem for me. Me and my girlfriend just want to be together and get married now.

Another good thing to know is that we can't marry and stay in Holland, my country, since you have to be 21 to be able to live in a Holland as a foreign outside of Europe fiance(e). So we are kinda left with no choice. We have to live here. Also good to know is that we're at the end of my 3 month trip. On May 15 I have a return flight to Holland and my esta expires in June. So I have to make final decisions really soon.

Can someone please advice me since I'm so stressed and have terrible anxiety about how to go forward? Is there a risk they won't approve the AOS since I'll overstay for example? And does that mean I will get deported or will never be able to travel back to Europe again?

Thanks so much for your help everyone. Appreciate it!

Hi everyone! So I am the beneficiary and I live in Metro Manila

We got the K1-FTP 2 weeks ago and CEAC says "READY" 5 days ago.
I tried emailing them and talking to a person via chat support. The person said just wait and it looked like she does not know when I will be receiving packet 3 or an email.
So I don't know if I should wait for packet 3/instructions for me to proceed with booking my interview and medical.
I don't want to waste time but I am scared, I tried to book online but I read before proceeding that If I don't have any instructions yet do not proceed etc2.

Should I call them or wait? What exactly do I need to do next?