US Immigration from Belarus

Hi everyone,

Looks like a pretty niche community I've been lurking for the past few months. I asked my girlfriend from Belarus to marry me early last month, so we are beginning process together.

We were deciding between K1 and CR1, and the advantages of CR1 are obvious to me and don't need to be reiterated.

My question is, the CR1 application's examples for evidence of bona fide marriage are things like cohabitation, joint finances, or even children. The K1 evidence is just evidence of "having met in the past 2 years." We have been together every month in 2022 with photographic evidence and documented flights and everything, so this will not be an issue. We do not have evidence of the sort expected for a CR-1 Visa, so we have tentatively opted for a K1. The other advantage of a K1 in our opinion is the consolidation of all legal documents into a single location (the USA).

Everyone here seems pretty hell-bent on steering new applicants to a CR-1, but this issue has me a little nervous, because I would obviously hate to be turned down and restart this process all over again.

Thanks!

This is me absolutely being nutty about things, but I just booked tickets for my wife (and new puppy) to go to Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday. My wife has a DC driver's license - thank goodness that got done - that does say 'temporary' on it but is valid until March 2023. I booked the tickets under her married name, but I just want to make sure the license is sufficient to show at TSA. Upon scanning it will they also need the passport or AOS I-797 proof because she's still a foreign national?

Thank you kindly! I presume I know the answer but I have 24 hours to correct the mistake if there is one

We just received the paper form today with log-in instructions for our USCIS account. I noticed that most of our supporting evidence was uploaded as PDF attachments; however, not everything included in our packet was there, including cover letters and a very important piece of evidence for the I-864.

Will the adjudicator be able to see the entire packet or only what s posted? I see I can upload additional documents, but am unsure whether to (at least) resubmit the I-864 evidence that s seemingly missing. TIA.

Hello,

I'm completely at a loss. My adopted daughter's I-130 has been stuck at the National Benefits Center for 14.5 months now. My wife already got an approval for her i130 at Potomac.

Currently I cannot get any information about NBC processing timeline because they don't post it for NBC and I'm not in the US, so USCIS won't open an advanced inquiry if I have a foreign zip code. My only option is to send them a message through the inbox system to which they haven't responded.

I have found that I was able to file an N-600K application for my daughter. She meets all the criteria. The only problem is I would have to get her a B2 visa for her interview in the US, but I'm ready to do this if I need to.

Can I file an N-600K if her I130 is processing at NBC?

Note to mods: Please please don't merge this thread to my wife's case, it has nothing to do with the question I asked there! Thank you.

Good afternoon! My fiancee will be filling soon for AoS after our marriage and I was just curious about how long it's taking to get NOA1. I recall from the I-129F process, we received a text a week or two after our packet was received, but couldn't actually 'see' the NOA1 until it was physically sent to us in the mail (there was no online account). My understanding from reading these progress threads is that you all are receiving texts that are letting you into an online account, which I presume to contain NOA1.

I ask because our wedding is on the 51st day of entry and we'll be filing for AoS within the following week (we have been busy planning the wedding as we've been together for almost 7 years and wanted to do as much as we could). We've been fortunate that our K1 interview was literally just last month so our financial materials and medical DS-3025 are still up-to-date. I just want to ensure that we'd have proof of our filing through the NOA1 before the 90 days are up (we ll be filing around day 59, likely earlier).

Separately (perhaps better for another thread, but I'll try here anyway): is it advisable to change last name immediately after marriage, or does that complicate things later on? We already have a SSN with her current, maidan name. The AoS guide here (this is still the updated one, correct?) doesn't mention anything about using a new last name, but I've seen it mentioned elsewhere.

TIA!