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Community SpotlightDV Lottery of K1 Visa - Can I file for both?
Petrisaint Mpaka posted a topic in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures,
I applied for the DV lottery 2025 and hope to be selected this year. My fiancé and I discovered that there is a fiancé visa for the USA. Do you think if we apply for the K1 visa but are selected for the DV lottery that we can stop the fiancé visa process? What are the timelines and options here :)?-
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Confused about steps after marriage
SP1988 posted a topic in Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from K1 and K3 Family Based Visas,
My fiancee arrived last month on K1 fiance visa and we got married yesterday. It seems from what I have seen online that I made a mistake by not getting SSN prior to marriage? I am going to the SSN office on Monday to gather more information... also worried about employment authorization and travel authorization(s). Thanks for any insights!-
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Tourist visa cancelled by CBP agent. Can we still get a CR1 or K1 Visa?
yotajeeper posted a topic in What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration,
Upon my gf's most recent arrival, her tourist visa was cancelled at the airport due to her frequent visits last year and suspicion of working here. She was denied entry and sent back same day. Is a CR1 or K1 visa process an option still? I would appreciate any advice or tips you can provide!-
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Recent Immigration DiscussionsIs a green card considered a visa for the question 'Have you ever been issued a US visa?' on the DS 160 application? 12:45 pm today
emeraldrainbow
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6 RepliesHello 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!
Massive Update to Processing times 12:30 pm today
KMG
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3 RepliesDid 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.
Need advice: Is it possible to withdraw a K1 and go for AOS? 11:28 am today
justin9696
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10 RepliesHi 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!
k1 Visa - CEAC says "READY" 11:17 am today
maurisy0
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2 RepliesHi 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?
No movement on ROC and N400 10:54 am today
A110
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2 RepliesI filed for N400 March 1st 2024 out of NYC. I also applied for ROC in November 2022; there is no movement on either except the generic biometric notice for N400 and the obvious extensions on green cards. Is this normal?