True_South

This likely happens a whole lot more than we hear about it on this forum. I vaguely remember a couple of cases in the pass that were along the lines of the OP. This is an extremely difficult and embarrassing situation. I admire the courage of the OP to come here and discuss his options. But it also makes me wonder if he did it to get the 
 
I want to share a phrase I learned that should help you decide on what to do.... "Don't light yourself on fire to keep someone else warm."
 
You may love her, desire her, and she has a lot of things you want in a wife. But she may not be for you. You can love someone without being with them. There is no governing, spiritual, or physical law that states you HAVE to marry someone because your love them. Some times people are not good for each other no matter how they feel about each other. I'm all for giving someone a chance if they make a mistake. But this may be something that is beyond restoration in my opinion.
 
Here are things to consider:
You will be responsible for her and the child, even if you two divorce later. It is in the affidavit that you will sign for her. The bio father may want to be in the child's life and could very well have the right to say whether of not the child can leave the country. Having a child is stressful for any relationship. You two would be going from young loving newlyweds to a full family with huge responsibility and trust issues. You will not have given your marriage enough time to develop. The baby will multiply your financial expenses 10 fold. You don't seem the know the true nature of your fiance and the biofather's relationship. From your follow up post it seems you have little information about him. She may had some serious feelings for him now. Obviously, she has some feelings with him if she produced a child with him. But it could very well be more than a fling. This situation will put an extremely negative variable in your relationship. Immigration issues, assimilation issues, and financial issues are already waiting to put a burden on your relationship. Now you have to deal with trust and uncertainty. To answer your question, it is possible for you to go through with the K1. But there may be some tough questions during the interview. If you are there during the interview (and I HIGHLY suggest you be at the interview if you move forward with this), she will need to be 100% truthful. The interview is not the time for surprises to pop up. And those officers may ask some really tough questions.
 
 
At 31 y/o, you have to realize that life is just now starting for you. Don't start it off on the wrong foot. You have a choice to direct the path you want to take. You can start a successful business or backpack around the world if you wanted to. You can still care for her and be there as a friend to her. 
 
If you do decide to continue... at least make the choice to delay the interview. Tell her you need some time before move forward. Give yourself a few months or even a year before finishing the process.
 
I truly wish you the best of luck. And if I knew you personally, I would have a case of whatever your favorite beverage waiting for you.

There's a thread specifically about LIN processing times, and the first post has a link to a Google Doc file with dates.
 

Nebraska, I think? Case number starts with LIN.

Got a movement sign - received a notification that my name was updated, so I guess somebody got around to my file. (Hopefully they are putting back the hyphen that they had dropped from my last name while issuing the original GC.)
 
Like the "fingerprints were taken" update, this one is also only available on the "old" web site, egov.uscis.gov, and not my.uscis.gov (the latter still shows "case received").

Did biometrics yesterday morning (they only took prints of two fingers, weird), and in the evening FINALLY  received an update text and email from USCIS. The case status now is "Initial Review". "During this step, USCIS initiates the background checks of the applicant/petitioner and identifies issues that may need to be addressed either during an interview or by asking the applicant/petitioner to submit additional information or documentation."
 
The case is only updated in the traditional dashboard (https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do). The "new site" hasn't updated since receipt notice.

Thanks! Yea, I love Informed Delivery. I'm just upset that if the letter got lost, I wouldn't have known that I was supposed to get it, because the online USCIS account is not showing any updates. They rely so much on traditional mail here, it's crazy 😕 
 
The letter was indeed my biometrics appointment notification, for December 23rd. The notice date is December 6, sent on December 11 (if I'm reading the stamp correctly), received December 14.

Thanks! Yea, I love Informed Delivery. I'm just upset that if the letter got lost, I wouldn't have known that I was supposed to get it, because the online USCIS account is not showing any updates. They rely so much on traditional mail here, it's crazy 😕 
 
The letter was indeed my biometrics appointment notification, for December 23rd. The notice date is December 6, sent on December 11 (if I'm reading the stamp correctly), received December 14.

My Informed Delivery dashboard shows I have a letter from USCIS coming, and no changes in my USCIS online account (checked both dashboards). Very annoying that it doesn't update 😕

Yea, I checked the apartment box, which unlocked the apartment number field (which, I think, why they couldn’t process my card, because usually I write my billing address as street number + name + apartment in the same line).
 
I think their forms only work with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is the only reason I keep that software on my Mac.

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Mine was 3 business days (6 calendar days) between "card ordered" on August 30th and "card mailed" on September 5th. Although in reality they mailed it on the 6th.

You haven't answered the question. The reason I ask is because the advice given here is provided altruistically, at no cost to you, by people who are going through or have recently been through the process who just want to help others to reach their goal. Please do not create fake questions. It wastes the time of the good people here who are trying to help and may also mean that genuine questions go unanswered.
 
In 2015 you claimed that you couldn't even enter the USA without a visa because you were refused under the VWP in 2014 under very bizarre circumstances (including false claims of fear of return, despite being from a VWP country). In fact, the reasons for your VWP refusal made a B-2 approval very unlikely. In order to become a USC through naturalization one must first be a permanent resident of the USA for a minimum of 3 years (if filing as the spouse of a USC), ordinarily it's 5 years. Either your previous threads were fabrications or this one is. Of all of them are. It is simply not possible to become a USC in the timeframe you have given. We are all very familiar with the process and timeframes. 
 
You also claimed in 2015 to have petitioned for an alien fiancée who got as far as interview stage and was subsequently placed in AP. This claim was made not 4 months after your claim that you were inadmissible to the USA. Again, it's just not possible for both claims to be true. 

So you're not applying for a CR-1 visa then, you're adjusting status from another type of visa? If so, then yes you can file for i-765 and it's for free. So you missed that as well. 
 
If you are adjusting status from a tourist/work/student visa, then these are the fees for you:
 
I-485 = $1140
I-130 = $535
Biometrics = $85
I-131 = $0 (optional)
I-765 = $0 (optional)
 
$1225 on one check (i-485 and biometrics) and $535 on one (i-130).