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Oh no! That's weird. I only sent one personal check for $1070, why wouldn't they accept 1000/70?

Every stay over 6 months will be considered that you abandoned your green card (if you don't have a special reason and therefor have been aloud to be gone longer) The reason is that a green card is for permanent residence and living in another country is not permanent residence then.
And yes it will also effect your citizenship, you will have to wait longer to apply.
This is what I think. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Yes it will. You may also jeopardise your green card by doing that.

I still haven't got a mail yet but yea that must be it!! Cos I sure didn't file them;;
Hoping nothing more✨

Late October filer joining
AOS send: 10/22
NOA, 3 different texts (never got emails): 10/30
Hard copy in mail: today 11/5

I think I know what my RFE now......
Since I'm a K1 n took medical exam before I came here,
I thought "I'm not require to file I-693" means I don't have to do anything so I didn't even file a copy or my exam to prove;;;
I hope that's it then I can just copy them n file it soon as I get a mail.

The passport stamp, credit card/bank statements, hotel and/or ATM receipts, etc. can be used. Basically things showing money spent at the time and place you claim to be during the visits. They understand about the lack of passport stamps for visiting between the US and Canada. Just make a note of that. Some people don't have any passport stamps from their visits and get approved.
Engagement rings are not required.

You are more than covered. all you need to start the process is proof that you have met within the last two years. And you already have that. It would not hurt to include his credit card statement if you used it for anything while there with you. I got a ticket for missing a payment at a toll booth while I was visiting, so I sent that in.

We don't have anything other than the 1 stamp in his passport which was from last weekend him coming up here and the plane ticket printed off from his e-mail (From when he flew to meet me for the first time a few months ago). I also can get a print-out from my credit card statement of the purchase of the plane ticket.
Other than that we don't really have much else for trip itineraries.
Not sure if there's any other things that could be used as proof?
Also I don't have an engagement ring yet because he has a specific one he wants to get me which is more than what he can afford right now. though I do have another ring that I wear everyday on that finger from him

It sounds like you have enough proof of meeting within the last 2 years. Especially the tickets to the aquarium along with pictures taken of y'all there if you have them with the sea creatures in background LoL. Trip itineraries- do you have them as well?

Hello everyone!
I just want to take a second to thank anyone who sticks around and actually reads this giant wall of text - Thank you thank you
I have been lurking this site for quite a few months now and finally have decided to join.
I wanted to get some advice from whomever has knowledge or shares this experience of filing for the K1 visa. My questions may already be in another forum so my apologies for that but I want to make sure I don't miss anything.
My fiance is from the US and I am Canadian. We are starting this whole process of filing the K1 visa and I find that there is an abundance of information online and in these forums but sometimes it can be a bit confusing.
Some of my concerns are that we haven't known each other for years and years like some couples. I worry that they may question this. We met in August of last year (On an MMORPG of all things) - We quickly became best friends and remained that way until March 2015 but we had already had feelings for each other since about November 2014 (Some circumstances prevented us from diving into a relationship) He proposed to me in September. Will this affect their decision?
My other concern is that he has been here to visit me several times (Averaging about twice a month for the last few months since he moved from Texas to Michigan) but we didn't think to get his passport stamped until recently. Even now he only has it stamped once going into Canada and didn't get it stamped returning. party foul....
Also he flew to Canada after I used my credit card to buy the plane ticket back when he lived in Texas and we have the ticket that can be printed from the e-mail but not the boarding pass (Didn't know the important of keeping these things at that point.)
Problem with that is that I am a dumb-dumb and accidentally put his name on the billing info but all of MY other information (Address etc) and then his info is entered as the passenger... so it clearly states that the ticket was bought for him to use but it says his name and my address for billing.....
We do not have phone bills as we communicate through Skype calls and Facebook chat. I was going to take screenshots of Skype call logs showing that we've stayed on calls for hours at a time multiple times and a screenshot of how many Facebook messages we have sent each other (Something crazy like 55,000) as well as actual Facebook conversations.
I also have tons of photos of us & photos of us with my friends/family but they will all have to be printed out and dates etc written on the back. We have a couple of Polaroid pictures too which i hope will help cos they wont question whether or not it was photo shopped.
We have receipts for gifts we've gotten each other and we have tickets from when we went to an aquarium (as well as pics) but our names aren't on the tickets...
Also would it help to have my mom and step dad write a letter of some sort? Or should we both write a better explaining our relationship as opposed to just him answering question 34?
We have many family and friends who can testify for us...
Anyway sorry for all the random information. I'm just really nervous about not having enough proof.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Jamie & Charlie

You will be just fine with what you have. And don't worry about the time you have been together a lot of people have been together less time and they get approved. You don't need letter from family and friends. You guys have enough evidens

went to biometrics appointment earlier today....
Appointment was at 11:00am and everything went so smooth so I was there probably about 30mins or less.
My RFE hasn't come in a mail box yet. Hope nothing serious....

Also completed early walk in biometrics appointment today. Sat in waiting room for approx 30mins waiting for number to be called then actual appointment took no more than 5 minutes. Finger prints and photograph plus a few details such as height, weight, eye color etc...

Yes. Extra fees. Extra hoops. I can afford those monetary inconveniences more than I can stand to be away from my partner.

Also its more expensive for many people as it can be hard for beneficiary to keep job, running around doing all the paperwork and when they do come over have to wait to get EAD before just TRYING to find a job let alone getting one. Theres an endless state of paperwork.
The K1 is a nonimmigrant visa w/ immigrant intent, then you come over in some fugue state. A conditional LPR, have to apply to be a permanent LPR, then you have renew /RoC only to turn around and hopefully apply for citizenship. Its a lot more paperwork and such.
Basically the K3/CR1 is frontloading more of that paperwork/process. Thats all there is to it.
Theres guides here and all over the interwebs that you could have made a conscious decision of the approach you took. The prioritization OP and others feel is misinformed.

True and because of my impatience I chose the extra hoops and fees so I can reside with my fiancé several months sooner than were he my husband. It was a calculated choice.

It's simple, they don't. Spouses get a greencard on entry. K1s have further hoops and fees to go through

This whole process needs to be changed its seems like 19th century.... since these days technology are very advance then why USCIS and NVC takes forever to do their work..... my wife made an info pass at local office where my case is on HOLD they asked her your husband is living illegal in US haahahaha i never been in US legal or illegal does not matter also once case is on process we can't get B1/B2 but K1 peoples at least can live with their spouses ....... really i wish someone in US govt should introduce the new whole process.

It's awful, but you have to be strong. My husband was denied, and I haven't seen him for a year. We are meeting in a neutral country for 3 weeks, waiting for our case to get back to USCIS. Try to meet your partner somewhere so too much time doesn't go by without seeing each other. Good luck.

my k1 visa process was exactly 6 month since the day we applied until I put a foot in US soil, yeah it was really fast but I didnt get my GC until a year later (I got my gc exactly on the 1st anniversary of my arrival). so it was basically a little over a year and half. You applied on february this year and you got approved very very quick compare to people waiting on a noa2 for 8-10 months. I f you case arrived at the nvc on august you should make some calls to see what's going on.
K1 Visas are faster because we are only applying for a visa not a greencard, is not because fiances are more important than spouses.

My husband and I have been apart for 4 years. Under different circumstances, but doesn't make it any easier. You will get through this.

Takes roughly a year so if you go in with that mindset it makes the wait a bit easier.

The only way to get an answer is to keep trying until you get through. Most people have more luck getting through as soon as they are open in the morning. Is your husband also trying to call. We were both taking turns calling to get through for updates. It's the government, so already a pain to deal with, but they don't just offer up information, you have to fight to get what you need.
If you have your case number, have you checked on CEAC to see if it still says "At NVC" or has 3 N/As?
https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx