averageguy6

Our K1 was filed August 2013....my fiancee arrived August 2014 the day after she got the visa......k1 took 1 year....I thought it would never happen, but my new wife is sitting beside me today in California as I type....its all fades into the past once its over.

Yours sounds like a technical glitch...

It seemed hopeless to us at times....hang in there....find out why this happened and try again and lets hope that later phases of your process proceed more quickly.....

If she is your soulmate as you feel, then it will be fine...but try to visit here there as much as you possibly can...

In the RFE it doesn't specifically only ask for e tickets passport photos , letter of intent family letters supporting our relationship or neighbors E TICKETS PASSPORT COPY etc .. SHOULD I SEND A FAKE airline ticketONE with the right date of return or just my passport stamps ??

Under no circumstances should you lie or fake anything.

Its illegal and you WILL get caught.

What is the k1??

A K1 fiancee visa. My fiancee was found inadmissible at her interview so we needed 601.

It was a lot of work but we had no problem with USCIS.

We were really happy when we got it approved after "only" 3.5 months.

We were then really frustrated with the amount of time and prodding it took to get the embassy to review everything again and issue the visa....9 more weeks after 601 approval seemed like forever and hopeless occasionally.

I am lucky though I was able to spend almost half my time with her over the year we waited, other half of the time I went back to CA and ran my business. 14 transpacific roundtrips in 14 months.

She has been here now since August 21 and wedding is this Friday Oct 31!

Wedding 14.5 months after K1 first submitted....

Consider a very experienced waiver attorney...during our waiver process this year I noticed that most of them are approved, but if you dont know what you are doing it can really slow down the process or even result in a denial.

You must make a strong case for why its an extreme hardship for your SO to relocate to Canada; and ALSO why its an extreme hardship for him/her to live in the USA without you.

You must present very strong evidence for the majority of your claims.

As you may know it must all center around the USA citizen, your hardships as a Canadian are not important to USCIS in this decision.

Our 601 was approved in 3.5 months....filed lated Feb 2014 approved early June....K1 issued August 20

total K1 time 1 year with 601 waiver and no RFE's.

Expedite was ignored.

Im happy for you and our K1 took an entire year.

I think its ok to state it here when you get a quick approval...it gives people hope that not everyone waits forever.

You are not taking away anything from someone like me who had to wait 12 months.....it GREAT to hear you are happy.

You have a unique situation. Make the best argument based upon the facts, consider an attorney with experience in this area.

A Syrian man would seem to also be at risk for having the visa held up at the embassy in Administrative Processing....so even if you get a USCIS waiver, expect that the USA embassy COULD take a long time before issuing any visa.

Another poster mentioned Jordan...can he travel there without risk and you could travel there too....

Syria does not have much of an organized govt anymore according the the TV news and we are basically at war with the place......

Agreed you should not go there.

Congratulations! ONE YEAR for K1? Wow

Yes, One YEAR.

However, with the way its going with TSC, I think others will wait a year also.

This exact minute we are waiting for the passport to get back to her in the mail....

It is what it is...you won't change it by asking questions or obsessing over details....

Just keep calling and dont take them personally.

They deal with a lot of people that are upset and confused.

Good luck, I hope you get your case number tomorrow....

https://www.healthcare.gov/what-do-immigrant-families-need-to-know/

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Here an AN UNDERSTANDABLE resource to address your situation.

For example, if she is pregnant and you meet the income level requirements you may be eligible for MediCal right away.

It specifically states that there is NO PENALTY FOR APPLYING and it will NOT AFFECT YOU IMMIGRATION STATUS.

Good luck. Please take care of your health the best you can.

Excuse me, these people need some help.

I stand by what I said, as long as they tell the full truth they can apply and see what happens.

I just looked at those instructions are they very complicated with all sorts of exceptions. I am highly familiar with Ca MediCal insurance plans and have two advanced degrees and I am already confused.

How do you think they feel? Probably scared and confused.

What I am saying is that there is nothing wrong with them applying or going to check with MediCal or a social worker and let them help to figure out if she is eligible or not if they are telling the full truth at all times.

If there is potential for a serious life or limb threatening issue, emergency mediCal benefits are also available to anyone to cover some conditions.

I deal with patients all the time, many of them can not figure out if they are eligible or not, its very complex.

Its a medical and social disaster when I see people that did not get care because they assumed they could not get it...and then its often too late to help them when prevention could have solved the problem.......

There will be no penalty for them to apply, even if not eligible, if they tell the truth during the entire process.

They may find they are not eligible for one plan, but then informed that other options are open to them. For example in San Diego we previously had the County Medical Services and Low Income Health Plan programs available for individuals with certain medical conditions that didn't qualify for MediCal.

ACA/Obamacare has also created changes.

The social workers and people that work for MediCal are the experts on who is eligible and who is not. Let them apply to them and let the mediCal office figure out if they qualify or not.

If you dont like my opinion, then please ignore it.

I think you can look all that up on the timelines here on this website.

Check out the "immigration timelines" section.

Check out how long its taken others from UK to get the various steps done.

From 129F to NVC (and getting your DOS case number) can take a couple weeks to a couple months, shipping it out to the embassy takes a week or so....the rest is specific to the UK embassy....you can filter the timelines by country and see how long its been taking lately...

Once you get your interview you can get your visa in a week..... if everything goes well...... or if there is anything else the CO wants at the interview you might need to mail that in, thus leading to a delay of days to weeks.....or if something is seriously concerning to the CO it could take an indefinite period of time.....

Its all very specific to each persons situation.

If you are married and she is a permanent resident now and you qualify for mediCal you should apply if you need medical care.

I dont know the exact rules, but as long as you are totally honest on your application about her status I cant imagine how that could hurt you.

Worst case they turn you down or give you a large "share of cost."

Speaking as a CA physician myself, If she needs medical care please take care of her! It cant possibly benefit you (or our state) for her to end up in an emergency room because something could have been prevented.

Assuming she is working and paying SS, and income tax, I hope she has the same rights as anyone else.

Again, I dont know the exact rules, but as long as you are fully truthful about her status, I dont think you will be penalized.

Its the liars that get in trouble.

I just want to say to everyone waiting out this Texas 129F nightmare...Im really sorry for you guys. This is not complex paperwork and it should never take this long.

However, I doubt its the fault of the people in Texas at the center....I dont know what the truth is, but I have a feeling someone higher up gave them other work to do and they were unable to ramp up their staff to deal with their normal work load.

Im not trying to be partisan at all, just in general our politicians often fail to look at all the consequences of their actions.....if you start a new program or law, it should not end up penalizing an innocent group of people.....

6 months is just way way too long for a 129F.....its not that complicated normally to evaluate a 129F.

An USC (with no problem history) should be able to get approval to ask for a visa for a fiancee (with no problem history) in a few weeks tops.

Part of the solution to illegal immigration would be to make legal immigration quicker and more user friendly.

If the pols want to make a new policy then they should set that up in such a way that there are not innocent casualties....

Best of luck to you all.....I do think its a good idea to contact your senators and congress people and make them aware of the problem.

Thanks nice people.

The best thing I can say to answer the "why" to the waiver question is.....

Its a problem from the past that led to a bump in the immigration process and its past and gone......

Hope that makes sense. You can read about all the reasons for needing waivers elsewhere here and online. If you didn't need one, you dont need to think about it.

Finally, after exactly one year to the day since we filed the 129F, the CEAC went to ISSUED this am at 8:45 local embassy time.

I cant hardly believe it.

Those of you doing waivers, have hope. Its very difficult, but it works!

Good luck to all.

It will definitely end. Ive pretty much felt like you throughout most of this process.....

exactly one year to the day today since I filed the 129F.......embassy issued the Visa this morning......

Its too late now, but I thought it she had previously been the in the states and entered legally, even if she overstayed, you could have simply been married in the US and then filed to adjust her status......even if that is true, too late.

You have a bit of a complex case, prior cancelled K1, divorces on both sides....

Did you have an experienced immigration attorney prepare your 129F?

My case was not nearly as complex, but I would have made all sorts of mistakes if I had not used a lawyer to prepare the 129F....translations, my fiancees name had changed after her parents divorce, things like that I would have missed.

Unfortunately, the problem at both USCIS and the consulates is that if ANYTHING falls out of the "norm" then it tends to go really slowly as it gets off the assembly line track.

Hang in there.

They definitely will let you know if you have a ban and can or can not apply for a waiver.....

So its apparently NOT a waiver issue or an inadmissibility issue...if it was why would the officer not tell her?

OP, no offense intended at all just thinking, is there ANY chance at all that your fiancee is holding some info back from you, perhaps she is worried or embarrassed about something in her past she is uncomfortable to share and therefore did not share the denial reason with you or some part of the interview with you?

In that case the embassy should tell you if you contact them.

IllianaB are you sure that they MUST tell you the reasons for the denial? If that was the case, then they would have done that since they tend to work "by the book."

If they suspect fraud are they required at the interview to state that to the applicant? I really dont know, Im just asking.

By the way your timeline makes no sense....it says you got your I130 approved, in 1 day, you are applying in Armenia, and your interview is August 31, 2014...??????

Yes, Bangkok has been backed up lately..they told us last week they had about 100 immigrant cases pending documents etc.....

I know how you feel, we are (I hope) at the end of the 221g process also (for 2013 tax return and a couple other minor things).....the documents were supplied July 24th. Last Friday they replied to email that they got them (back on August 7th) and were reviewing them.

Then an hour later Friday august 15th our status (which had been on Refused since January interview) FINALLY changed to Ready!

Then status update again 18th, 19th, and then later at about 2:30 pm on the 19th the status changed to nonimmigrant visa from immigrant visa (cause its a K1 I see this happens a lot) and the case creation date changed form Nov 26th to August 19th and status updates then matched at August 19th...and the message changed wording.

From what I have seen and heard from others this is what happens the day before issued.

Yours is not K1, so Im not sure, but look for case creation date to change to match status updated date....day after that seems to be Issued date.

If you supplied the documents August 4th by overnight registered mail, then give them 2 weeks to get the documents delivered to the IV unit.

You can email them, but it can take them up to a week to answer, they are not ignoring you, they just are backed up.

If everything is ok with your case and you are seeing all these updates, thats all GOOD news and they are working on it.

Changing back and forth to AP is fine, it does not mean you are in the dreaded never ending "security check" type AP, its just them working on it.

Good luck, keep me updated...Im really hoping ours moves to issued today...!

Your case may changed to issued today....AP seems to happen right before issued also.

We have been waiting a year for the K1 due to needing a waiver. Will be a year exactly this week.

However, Im pretty sure its about to be issued.....I think this week.

You can do it. Try to visit as much as possible.... it helps.....it gets easier for some and harder for others but you CAN do it.

Pretty likely this is just random message everyone is getting.

Stay calm and give it a couple days to change.

After a year in this process I have found that USCIS and CEAC often give weird messages, address change notifications, A number change notices etc.

Actually, usually its good news....and means someone is working on your case as its having activity.

If it does not make sense and there is nothing unusual about your case, its probably going to be ok.

GREAT, you are approved now to apply for a K1 visa.....good start, step 1 done, lots more work to go....

on to the NVC phase....good luck on that part....I also got my 129F approval notice at night like that back in October. Took 6 weeks to get through NVC back then...hope its faster lately...good luck!

For Bangkok ours also just changed as described.....

IMMIGRANT VISA READY with the old case creation date earlier today and last few days, and just now updated to:

NONIMMIGRANT VISA

READY with the case creation date now being Aug 19 and Updated Aug 19 and the message below changes also.

K1's seem to do this all around the world at the moment....once this happens it might go to AP for a little while even just a few hours or less.... and then Issued.....Im expecting to see Issued on ours tomorrow since this has been the pattern for others I have observed....

So the IV to NIV thing seems to be system wide at the moment....not sure why your is stuck but the case date updates are good, and its good you contacted them.......

I dont know about London, but in Bangkok you can do your medical and order your police cert and also send in your pre-interview packet as soon as you have an NVC case number. You dont have to wait till it arrives physically. We did all that and it worked fine.....someone here said they would not accept the packet 3, but they did accept it and held it until the case arrived from NVC...

However, they would NOT schedule an interview until the case arrived from NVC.

We saved a few weeks by having the packet 3 ready and doing the medical and police while the 129F part was still in transit.

I dont know if London will do this, you need a local expert to see how each embassy does things.

Through out this process the one thing I have learned is that each embassy is quite a bit different in how they handle the details.