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Hi,

I am a Filipino citizen (26F) currently living in Australia on a student visa and my course is scheduled to finish in November 2026. My boyfriend is a United States citizen (25M).

We met in Australia while he was on a working holiday visa and have been together since May 2025. I had known him from October 2024 and we have been friends since February 2025. After his working holiday visa, he returned to the United States in July 2025 but we have maintained our relationship.

In September 2025, I applied for a U.S. tourist visa in Sydney because we planned to travel together in the United States and I intended to stay with him for a short visit. Unfortunately, my application was denied. The reason provided was that I did not have sufficient ties in Australia for them to be confident that I would return.

Because of this, we decided to meet elsewhere so we could spend time together. From December 2025 to February 2026, I joined him on his Latin American trip. During this time, we travelled together in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, and Colombia. I also met his entire family for the first time in Costa Rica while they were traveling there with us.

Right now, we are looking into having a civil wedding here in Australia by this May and having another trip to Fiji as well. After that he will return to the U.S. to work and file the visa as well, which means we will be in long distance again. My boyfriend works as a cook in a seasonal job. He works approximately six months of the year and the business closes during the winter months, during which time he usually travels. So, we are concerned about the financial requirements. It seems his annual income may not meet the financial requirements so we ll have his parents act as financial sponsors. As for me, I am working as a casual employee in Australia along with my studies. And while in the process and waiting for the result once we lodge it, I will continue my visa here in Australia and apply for an extension.

Our main questions are these:

1. Is my Tourist visa denial going to affect my K-1 application?

2. What strong evidence do we need to provide in a long distance relationship when we live in different countries to prove our relationship? (we don t have joint accounts)

3. For the interview, am i going to do it here in Australia or in the Philippines?

Thank you very much for your time. I would greatly appreciate any guidance you could provide.

During scheduling for my wife's biometric appointment on the IV Scheduling site, I also had to schedule her CFO appointment. By mistake I entered a date before her interview. Will she still be able to attend, or how can I change this date? I thought we wouldn't be able to schedule that until after she got her VISA??

Hi everyone,

I m currently going through the K-1 visa process and I wanted to see if anyone here is in a similar situation or has recent updates.

Here is my timeline:
- NOA2 approved: January 22, 2026
- Case sent to Department of State: March 9, 2026
- Current status: At NVC (no delays detected)

It s been about 3 weeks since my case was sent to the NVC, and I m still waiting for it to change to Ready .

I m feeling a bit anxious because my fianc e and I haven t seen each other since November, so this wait has been really hard on us.

Has anyone with a similar NOA2 date (January 2026) already received Ready ?
How long did it take for your case to move from At NVC to Ready ?

I would really appreciate hearing your experiences

Thank you so much!

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