US Immigration from United Kingdom

I am from England, my fianc e is from Utah. Our K1 application was just received by USCIS on May 9th. I am bringing my children with me, as I am the only parent, their biological father abandoned them. Has anyone else brought their children on a K1 visa? What paperwork did you need from the other parent? I have tracked down my ex husband , and he has signed allowing them to permanently immigrate. Is this enough? I have asked a solicitor to notaries this, and the solicitor will do this, but the solicitor is asking my ex husband to sign this in front of him, my ex husband has refused. Anyone else had similar issues? Will it be enough for just the solicitor to notarize without my ex husband present?

Hello forum friends,

I'm finding the K1 visa process really difficult to follow and I think I need some help.

Our current situation is that yesterday we received our case number from the NVC and the letter telling us that our case was being sent to the London embassy.

On checking out case number it shows " in transit". Last night I completed and submitted our DS160.

My question is what is next?

I don't want to inadvertently delay anything.

My understanding is that I need to pay my application fee (approx 200) and for this we require an invoice number.

Yesterday we sent an inquiry form to the NVC requesting our invoice number but I'm not sure if this is correct?

Am I right in thinking I need to pay the fee before I can book my medical & interview?

I feel a better way of doing this would be some instructions on the NVC welcome letter, explaining what to do next.

For info I have a print out of my up to date vaccines and I am in possession of my police certificate.

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

My wife (US Citizen) has to leave the UK on 24 June, otherwise she risks overstaying on her UK visa. She has a job offer as part of a transfer within her employer's wider group, so we can provide income now, and the job offer to support a house lease application.

I'm a UK Citizen, following the consular processing route and have my visa interview on 16 June. I plan to continue working for my current employer, at least initially.

We plan to arrive in the US on July 1, and understandably would like to secure a lease on a home ahead of arriving, so we're not having to stay with family.

Combined, we meet the income threshold, but my wife does not if we exclude my income. And therein lies the issue.

We were just refused on our house rental application because I couldn't meet the visa requirements. I understand their decision as it must be fair and applied the same to everyone, but it's frustrating as I could have provided them proof of my visa once stamped in my passport well before we collected the keys.

How did everyone else navigate this?

From what I understand, they require proof of my valid visa issuance, including my I-94 and Social Security Card. They said I had to meet the ID requirements of the I-9 form. All of these I could provide in future, but clearly will not be able to provide them for at least a few weeks after arrival.

We can stay with family initially, but I feel that opens up other issues. Both in terms of privacy, and we wouldn't have anywhere to work, as we will both be working remote roles. There's also the concern that my wife starting her new job, and me finding and starting one for a US employer would then mean we haven't been working for our new employers for long enough to qualify.

Is there anyone in a process of doing adjustment status with a visa waiver program?

How did/is it going and is it risky/too risky?

Hey everyone,

I hope this is the correct place to post a question like this. I've done an extensive Google search and haven't had a huge amount of luck on this. I only found out recently that if you're a US citizen living abroad, you still have to file tax returns. I have been living in NZ full-time since Feb 2021, so I imagine I will have some outstanding tax debt to pay if I decide to return to the US to live.

My main question is.... is there any place I can find out how much tax I actually owe? I'm not going to pay the huge number of private companies $$$$ just so they can overcharge me. Surely I should be able to have some IRS portal where you put in your SS and it generates this information? Or is it a case of filing a late tax return from abroad and then seeing what comes up?

Hope someone can help

cheers