US Immigration from Canada

Hello.

I'm here to share my concern about the K1 application.

We submitted the K1 in March 2020, and received the NOA2 in November 2020. Until now, the case is still at NVC after its approval. It's been almost 6 months and we have no clue when and whether the case will be sent to the consulate in Montreal Canada. Do we have people here around the similar timeline? My worry is that the NOA2 would be expired at some point and the entire K1 process becomes invalid. Thank you for advising.

I know that you aren't supposed to open the sealed envelope that you get once you pass the K-1 visa interview, and that it needs to be opened by the Custom's officer at your POE.

However, is this (the picture)...

1. the sealed envelope that people are talking about?
   • If so, do I tell the CO I am travelling through a K-1 visa and simply hand them this entire package with my passport inside?
2. Or is there another sealed envelope inside?
   • if so, can I open this to get my passport?

Thanks!

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been asked before (I did try to search but couldn't find the same question). We sent our K1 application in October 2020, before I discovered VisaJourney, and in our letter of intent(s) to marry, we didn't write '...within 90 days of arrival in the U.S.'; I wrote "intend to marry in 2021".

I'm thinking we will likely receive an RFE (or would that be considered an RFIE) but am wondering if it would be worthwhile to send it to USCIS now.

Is this something that would help the timeline of our petition or should we just leave it and wait for the RFE? I'm not sure if sending additional paperwork after the initial filing is encouraged or discouraged.

Thanks for any feedback you may have.

Hello,

I've very new to everything, and I've been working on the K-1 visa form and gathering documents that I know to be needed. I have some questions though, and my research for these answers haven't quite hit that marks. So if you will please help me with this, I would very much appreciate it. I want to be as thorough as possible with everything because this is so important to us. Please forgive me for my bluntness.

Major questions:

1. Part 2 - 24.a.-33.b. -- Her Father - her situation is one of those where her parent's split at a very young age, then her mother maliciously kept her father away. We know next to nothing about him other than his name (which I have my own doubts as to the validity of what her mother said it was). He died almost 20 years ago. Both my fiance and I have researched anything we can about him e.g. birth/death/marriage certificates, grave yard and tombstone records, and/or anything with his name in it (ancestry.com has been no help). Everything that comes back doesn't fit his demographics. There is so much unknown information; what do I put in the fields for her father?

2. Part 3 - 4.a,4.b.,&5.d. -- I have 2 arrests (I'll list the details below); one in 2011 and the other in 2017 - both of which I got a lawyer for and never had to go to court. In 2020, I had a background check done for employment, and it only came back with the 2011 arrest. So, on 4.a. I feel I should mark "Yes"; however, on 4.b. (also Part 8. Additional Information), I don't know if I should list both arrests. I'm not sure if what the background check came back with is what I should go by or not, so I'll put the details below. Btw, besides the background document, I have paperwork of the arrests such as lawyer correspondence, bail bonding, pink carbon copies from the court, letters, and receipts. How should I answer these?

2011 Arrest: Charges - (all misdemeanors) malicious mischief under $500, trespassing, and public drunk. So this was a church I broke into then out of while suffering a concussion after a totaling motor vehicle accident. The more important thing is that we (parents and I) got together with the church and agreed we would pay for the damages, and the church dropped the charges. I attended the next service to fully apologize to the reverend still fresh injuries and all.

2017 Arrest: Charge - Simple assault. This one is simply a mess for many reasons. The victim of the alleged assault was my super possessive and emotionally unstable girlfriend at the time. I could go into many details on this, but the short and sweet of it is that she immediately paid money to have the charge withdrew and dropped. I may not have even needed a lawyer for this, but a piece of mind when someone tries to frame you has no price.

Minor question:

Part 2 38.a.-38.h -- She just got her passport, but has never traveled out of Canada - we are working on to see about her flying here soon to visit if possible. Do I need to fill these out?

Again thank you. It means a lot to us. Please let me know what I should do.

PenguinS

So here's the deal...

Due to Covid, my fiance was unemployed for awhile and his income for 2020 was only 22k. In mid July 2020 he started a new job making 27k but obviously he won't see a full years salary until the 2021 taxes. By then, our AOS would have already been sent.

Anyways... his AGI for the AOS will be significantly below the requirement of 27k (about 10k below since he has a daughter).

He has assets totalling only 20k.

However, I am the Canadian spouse and I have savings over 120k. By adding these to the I-864, will we definitely be in the clear?

Co-sponsor is not an option.