US Immigration from Taiwan

Hi friendly people, I have a couple questions about the DS160.

1. In the DS160, it requires you to fill in education history. So I took a few grad school courses online from an American university a few years ago.

I believe I should put that in my education history, but since I was never IN the US for this, would it affect me when they review my DS160?

2. So before we filed for K1, I already had an ongoing sibling petition I130.

I just want to know if I have to "add another" in this section? Because the "purpose of trip to the US" is because of K1, not the I130.

Thanks!

My date opens 1/15.

This is what I've put together, hope everything goes smoothly. Good luck everyone! Now to go do some two hole punching!

In the guide titled "Comparison of marriage based US Immigration choices........", there is statement under the minuses for spousal visas which states "The applicant will most likely not be able to enter the US while their IR-1, CR-1 visa is being processed". I don't understand why that statement is there. It is inconsistent with the "Yes, you can visit" thread. Personally, I think the statement is not accurate.

Thanks......

Hello, first time poster here.

My fianc and I have an approved K1 petition and will be having our interview at AIT it Taipei, Taiwan.

However, the four month expiration date listed on our NOA2 is 1/27/21 and is approaching fast. I heard that we can request for an extension for another for months, which we will need. So I wrote an email to the consulate, following a format listed in some of the other posts on this website. It explained we still intend to get married and that we are gathering the required documents and scheduling a medical exam.

However their response confuses me. In their reply email, they stated:

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However, a consular interviewing officer can extend the validity of the petition for additional periods of four month from the date of revalidation if it expires before visa processing is completed. As of that, the interviewing officer will determine whether to extend the validity of petition on your visa interview date.

We hope that you will find the above information of use.

Regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

This looked like they were saying we should let it expire, and then schedule the interview for after it is expired, and the officer will determine whether or not to extend it at this time, during the interview. I called to get clarification, and this is pretty much what they told me on the phone as well.

It scares the bejesus out of me to LET IT EXPIRE and then schedule an interview. Does this seem correct to other people?

Has anyone specifically had to extended the petition expiration from AIT in Taipei before? Do they extend it automatically? Do we let it expire?

We are not sure what to do!

Thanks for your help!

Cory and HsinYa

1 hour ago, tjdavis72 said:

My fianc is a digital nomad so waiting for 5-6 months for EAD and then AOS is no biggie.

Only if you want to obey the law. Working INSIDE the US without proper authorization is illegal.