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Awesome thank you so much!

When we filed for 1-129f he was in New York. Before my interview with the embassy he moved to California and we sent in the address change through email. I got my approval and right before my POE we decided to go to New York instead of California. I haven't given my new address to anyone since my POE. 

2 minutes ago, Aviinashh said:

Are you talking about when you filed for I-129F before your file for K-1 visa?

2 minutes ago, Aviinashh said:

It's better you put in your new address and send off the package instead of putting in the current address and again changing  the address on the USCIS website. 

Forgot to specify that we decided to move at the last minute as in before the POE. My current address is the New York one. The USCIS had the California address right now.

Before moving my husdand (petitioner) was in California and I was supposed to move there with him. At the last minute we decided to move to New York instead. We should be sending the AOS package before the end of this month. How do I change my address? Do I do it before or just put the new address in the i-485 form?

On 6/2/2017 at 10:52 PM, TBoneTX said:

Don't know the specific answer, but if it's possible, get multiple copies of your marriage certificate, because you'll need them.

Thank you!

This is for anyone that eloped in the NYC outside of city hall. My fiancé and I currently are not living in the city so we cannot go and find out. The 311 number wasn't much help, she just read what was on the website.

I read that you can bring your signed licensed marriage to city hall before closing time the day of or on the next business day and get your marriage certificate on the spot instead of waiting after your officiant to send it back for you.

Anybody done this?

I did my interview on a Wednesday and got my passport that Friday. I live in Montreal.

20 hours ago, Coco8 said:

 

Maybe you can transfer the channel to your spouse. He/She can get the payments and put them as income. I am understanding you are already getting money without doing anything because of posts you had already made. 

 

There might be someway around this because it could be as if you had a business back home and you are getting income from that. I am not an accountant so maybe try looking into the IRS Q&A section. Online business are tricky because they don't have a physical place.

I will look into it, thank you!

Just to be sure, the 90-100 days to get the EAD is after you send the forms for AOS AFTER you get married, correct? It's not as soon as you enter under the k1 visa if I understand correctly.

5 hours ago, nightingalejules said:

Looking at your signature and timeline, I can see that you've waited an inordinately long time for your visa. That must be SOOOOO frustrating. Our CR1 process took us almost a year (and everything was totally in order - no RFEs or missing documents) and it felt like my life was on hold the whole time. 

That said, it's not worth the risk (or your time) to spend this much energy looking for loopholes. You knew going into the fiance(e) visa process that you wouldn't have work authorization when you arrived in the US. No matter how long it has taken, you undertook to follow the rules and that's what you'll have to do.

As somebody who makes a lot of promo material (videos, blog posts etc) I know they are time consuming to produce, and you always feel on the hook to produce new material with more frequency than really seems possible.

If you're interested in producing videos, why not do all the work of making them - several of them - and don't post them right away -  get a few "in the bank," so to speak. Refine your brand. And when you get your EAD, you'll have a bunch of content that you can start releasing, and be a little bit ahead.

Thank you so much for understanding, yes it definitely has been a journey!

Yes that was the plan! Thank you for the suggestion about waiting until I have an EAD to post them!

11 hours ago, BenjaminKeating said:

I wouldn't chance it. 

 

Can you really not wait 90-100 days for the EAD?

I will if I have too. I'm just a huge workaholic lol

10 hours ago, Coco8 said:

You can make videos and put them on youtube without advertisement or any payment. It is going to take a while to get enough viewership to get paid at all anyway.

 

10 hours ago, geowrian said:

Having a YouTube channel would be fine, but like noted above, you will need a subscriber base first and that takes time.

I have 9k subscribers right now on my channel. Not paid a lot because I don't upload often but I'm paid in Canadian dollars. So I guess I would have to stop those payments?

I've done some reasearch and found that there is a ''gray area'' when it comes to working for a foreign employer during the AOS process before you get the EAD.

However, I haven't found anything about self employement. Is that allowed or is it still considered illegal under immigration laws? What about starting an online business or a youtube channel?

11 hours ago, Dotagirlandboy said:

Since I work in a salon, I might suggest instead of doing Reception work (which is almost always a paid position which could be available to someone else) being a salon assistant, which is almost always unpaid as it is the closest thing to a true internship (usually students from the cosmetology school do it while they are in school). You would be assisting the actual hair stylist with running and getting their products, mixing, getting their clients coffee or water, etc; just be aware that some states (Like mine) require you to have a license to wash hair (which is what most hair stylist really want you to do)-usually easy to get and not so expensive, just really stupid. Good luck!

Yes I got my diploma here in 2007 so it will be easy to get my reciprocity in NY (where we're moving once I get my EAD) but from what I'm seeing on the website it's way stricter in California. It's not even worth it for me to start getting into it if I'm not staying there...I'll see what happens but thank you!

16 hours ago, JFH said:

Doesn't sound like it's a true internship. An internship is for the basis of training and if you've already worked in a salon I don't see what training they could be giving you. Also an intern cannot displace a current employee. Your situation sounds more like work than training. 

 

Volunteering in the true sense of the word is permitted - whereby you provide a charitable service with no expectation of anything in return. Animal shelters, church and community projects, for example. 

 

Just a general remark, not necessarily aimed at the OP: we we see this question regularly and I wonder why, with all the information in the guides and on the official government websites that make it clear you cannot work as a K-1 until you have your EAD or green card, people still pursue the K-1 path when work is important to them. 

Internship, volunteer, whatever they would want to call it. I was just asking because I wouldn't mind helping out at a salon without pay because I love my career that much.

I started my process in Spring 2015 and at the time the K1 was the best option. We 've been through a lot and if we would have known we would have definitely gotten married before the process and etc but unfortunately things happen. Either way everything is already paid and luckily the consulate never cancelled the paperwork even if we had our initial interview a year ago so we're not about to cancel everything now to start over. Every situation is different...

1 hour ago, LionessDeon said:

I know you stated you will miss the salon atmosphere, but have you considered volunteering to do hair at a women's shelter or nursing homes?  My hair stylist does that and finds it very rewarding. She said they greatly appreciate her services.

I will look into that!

52 minutes ago, f f said:

also make sure you get the proper certificates to work in a salon. since paying to take a course to get them is perfectly fine since you are paying them for the service.

 

good luck

Thank you I'm only looking into reception work in a salon. I don't want to do any hair since I will be moving a couple of months afterwards across the country.

1 hour ago, s + j said:

Submit your EAD application with an expedite request, but remember you can't do an expedite request if you don't have a pending job offer.

Thank you for the suggestion but I'm not really trying to get the EAD faster since I don't want to start building a clientele out there in California when I will be moving to NY in the near future.

I should get my K1 visa soon and I'm just getting prepared.

From my understanding you cannot be employed until you get the EAD but what about if you intern?  I love what I do (I'm a hairdresser) and can't imagine not being in a salon environment for 3+ months. I was thinking of asking a salon in the Bay Area to be a receptionist with no pay just to give me something to do. I will be moving to California at first since my fiancé is there for work and then moving to NY in 2018. I should actually get my EAD by the time we're in NY.

I know it's legal to volunteer but I've read some old posts here that said it isn't in your own field. Is it still true now? Or should I sign a paper with the salon saying it's just until my EAD?

TIA

1 hour ago, Limey said:

Yes, once you have your passport back with k1 in it, there is no problem with travelling anywhere other than the US. Obviously if you hit US shores, they are going to activate your k1 and you can't really leave without abandoning all you've worked for.

 

Perfect I wanted to be sure, thank you so much!!

I'm thinking about going to another country before I move to the states and can only go after I get the k1 visa in my passport. I'm guessing it will be possible as long as I don't layover in the states?

Am I right? TIA!

1 hour ago, zpdlxlfp said:

Hi all, 

Thank you for your answers. Do you guys got stamped from travel by land or were they all by air?

.Got stamped twice by air recently

Hello,

They used to not stamp at all but they started stamping during the holidays. Not sure if that's everyone or if it has anything to do with my visa. I got stamped when I entered by air with USCBP both times I traveled so far but not with CBSA.

On 2/18/2017 at 10:53 AM, Absolutely said:

No, unfortunately it is not possible. Once the visa is in your passport, you will enter America on your K1 and your I-94 status will state as much. If you tried it and left America again, USCIS will think you've abandoned the process. Your best bet is to visit before your interview and you can enter with your esta. Good luck with the visa process, time will fly by I'm sure!

On 2/18/2017 at 10:56 AM, alicekitty said:

In summary, you can visit up until your interview (when you surrender your passport). After you have your passport and K-1, you will have to enter the US under the K-1 visa. 

Good to know, I will wait then. Thank you!!

If everything goes right I should have my K1 visa in hand around May or June the latest. But i'm not planning on moving officially until August. I wanted to visit one last time in June.

Would that be possible with the visa in my passport? Should I mention it to the border patrol or wait until he asks me?

If it's better not to try I'll just wait until I move.. 

TIA

59 minutes ago, A'n'L said:

Alright, good luck!

thank you

9 minutes ago, A'n'L said:

However, just looked at your timeline. You might want to double-check with the embassy that they will allow you to continue the visa processing so late. Usually they cannot extend the validity of the i129f petition by more than a year.

We thought the same thing! I sent multiples emails throughout the year to ensure it was still valid and they said yes to not worry about it each time surprinsingly.

They asked me today to send in a new medical/police certificate, to update my DS160 (which expires this August) and evidence that we're still getting married. Once I send those in I'll have to go do another interview to get my visa.