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Depending on the advice from your lawyer and if he can get the RFE eliminated, I would respond to the RFE with the same information/evidence you provided for your I864.  There are many stories of people getting RFE's for material that was already provided.
 
Good Luck! 

The processing times at USCIS for the I129F can vary widely (8-16 months) depending on which service center gets your petition.  Once that is complete and approved, then the petition is sent to the National Visa Center which is part of the Department of State, and they will route it to the appropriate consulate (anywhere from 1  to 4 months).  Then you are at the mercy of the consulate and their workload which can also be several months before the actual visa interview.  Yes, even a K1 can take 12-24 months from petition to visa issuance and US entry.
 
Good Luck!

Unless you can prove domestic abuse there is no way to obtain your GC.
Please fill out your VJ timeline.

I agree with almost everything you wrote including considering Hungary and Spain as countries to target for the Schengen, but I've read several posts that it doesn't take several months. I know of a couple men with Russian fiancé's who got a Hungarian Schengen within 2-3 weeks. They all used a service and were located in either St. Petersburg or Moscow. I don't know about the availability of such services elsewhere in Russia.

All consulates are authorized to accept DCF, at their discretion....with exceptional circumstances. 

A mandamus forces a decision, not necessarily an approval. If your case is still stuck in background checks, USCIS may just choose to deny it...

it will help others answer your question.  
https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=450122

It is usually sole custody or a letter from the other parent. It should be clear that he gives the mother permission to take (child's name DOB) to move to the US to live.

Getting a 2nd opinion (at least) is so important. My dad was misdiagnosed for almost 10 years, was put on meds for said disease (steroid type meds) and it turns out later after he got 2nd opinions at a more serious research hospital (in another town) they told him he never had this disease. Unfortunately his disease was never truly diagnosed ("idiopathic" - so they simply don't understand or know the cause) but the fact he took useless meds for almost a decade still infuriates me. 

Medical malpractice. Hopefully she sues. And also learns to do 2nd, 3rd opinion before accepting a diagnosis/starting something as harsh as chemo. 

@K1visak2 it has been about a month and a half for us. from previous advice i got from others on the forum, it seems like us embassy in poland is doing this to almost every russian fiancee.

the polish website https://pl.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas-fiancee-visa/case-status/?_ga=2.259673613.648768127.1712750814-153925293.1710862596 says that most cases take 60 days for administrative processing, but based on what @rikko has experienced it could be much much longer.

If the moderators wish to move this to CEHST, I am fine with that.  
 
Robbery, fatal shooting revealed as elaborate visa fraud scheme
 
Police believe the motive was to leverage their status as crime victims to apply for a U nonimmigrant visa, known as a “U visa.”
 
Investigations revealed that the robbery was part of a larger scheme involving insurance and immigration fraud. The charging documents indicate that not only was the robbery staged, but several other similar incidents occurred across the area, implicating multiple individuals, including store clerks.
 
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/04/06/robbery-fatal-shooting-revealed-as-elaborate-visa-fraud-scheme/

I just wanna chime in that if you guys apply for a multi-entry Schengen they can give you single-entry instead, so plan accordingly. In our case we applied for a multi-entry Spanish Schengen, were given a single-entry (which messed up our timeline to get to Warsaw) and were able to transfer to Jerusalem saying we could not legally get to Warsaw. 

For those who are seeking CR/IR visas, I think consulates are more likely to accept your transfer than K1 cases.
 
This morning, I received notification from the Thailand consulate that they are accepting my wife's and my stepdaughter's CR1/CR2 transfer request from Warsaw. They responded in 3 days. Only 2 days before, an American with a Russian fiance' was rejected by the same consulate.
 
I am by no means telling K1 cases to not try. What I am saying is if you are CR/IR cases, don't be discouraged by news that a K1 case was rejected.

Unfortunately it is a big deal to USCIS and DoS. You're now considered "too married" for the K-1 as others have said. Your next step should be getting actually married (with a court doc or other official civil doc) and then start over with the I-130. Submit the civil/court marriage certificate as proof. 

Unfortunately it is a big deal to USCIS and DoS. You're now considered "too married" for the K-1 as others have said. Your next step should be getting actually married (with a court doc or other official civil doc) and then start over with the I-130. Submit the civil/court marriage certificate as proof. 

You must never, ever LIE or hide the truth.  It will be discovered, sooner or later, and you will pay.
You should proactively withdraw the I-129F petition and start over with an I-130 petition.

Throughout the VJ forum, there runs the all-too-common issue of being "too married to qualify as single."  You'll need to file the I-130 petition.

This is correct.  Sorry, but the rules are firm.  You'll need to start from the beginning with an I-130 petition.

Thread is moved from the K-1 Case Progress subforum to the Russia/Ukraine/Belarus regional forum, where related situations are often discussed.

Applying for a B2 is your only option if you want to have any chance of visiting. History of overstay and a USC significant other are major obstacles, especially the overstay as you have violated the terms and conditions of your VWP.
 
It is unfortunate to have lost the privilege of being able to travel visa free, however such are the consequences of overstay, even if it’s a day long.
 
If B2 is denied then he will have to petition you to immigrate or you can petition him to live in the Netherlands. I don’t see another option.

Unfortunately, B2 will be your only option and with a history of overstay (even one day counts), it will be an uphill battle.  But it never hurts to try.  
 

open a schengen for hungary, that's what i did for my wife, we currently live in st.petersburg, there is a visa center that helps you get the docs, got our approval within 10/14 business days, then we went to our interview in poland..

hello all,
i would like to say that i was in your shoes just recently, but, i have gotten the visa for my wife (russian citizen) did the interview in
warsaw poland, i also tried to move the interview to another country but, no avail.. so, i opened up a schengen visa for my wife for hungary, for two weeks,
they gave us the schengen visa within two weeks (from st.petersburg visa center) we had the interview within a week or around 8 days after receiving the schengen visa, (just letting you
know how close all the dates were, and mind you my wife is pregnant about 2 months in..) we went to budapest hungary, stayed there for a few nights then went to poland by car. (also can go by bus, no checks on borders, i drove in a rental car, and no borders/no checks, do not worry) came to poland a day before the interview, and went to the interview the next day, my wife had the interview with a translator, apparently we didn't have like 2 docs they wanted... (i fault the uscs for this as they asked for a w2, while i didn't work any w2 in the past 3 years, so, i didn't send them) and they wanted my wives document for name change.. (weird) my wife returned from the interview, and told me they needed more docs.. so i sent them within an hour (1099's and name change).. they told her they would look into the docs and send us an email to return.. (we were short on time, with schengen visa and just by my booking dates/plans for poland, this was tuesday) i didn't wait for the EMAIL, as i know these guys DO NOT CARE FOR MY WIVES URGENT NEED OF A VISA TO THE US, i returned with my wife to the consulate the next morning, the day before (tuesday) when they told my wife they need extra docs, they also gave her a pink paper basically letting the people at the consulate door that she would return, they accepted her back in, and NOT ME, as i wanted to explain some things to these (dorks) the door lady didn't let me in... mind you i am the husband, sponsor, and petitioner.. so much for being a citizen.. and having any rights.. my wife went inside went to a window to complete the interview this lady spoke russian, so, no need for a translator, my wife told her, and gave her the requested docs (as we printed them out as well) and she LOOKED at the yesterday submitted docs (just pointing out that they would have taken all week to send us an email to return back, and by that time my wives schengen might have already been invalid for all they cared..) she took my wives passport and basically within a day or two the passport was ready.. we picked it up at the pickup location they suggest.. (it's a bit of a drive) but, got the visa, everything went according to plan, ask away would love to help

That could be a mistake.  If the visas expire, the consulate has the sole discretion to re-issue the visas if they could not travel due to circumstances beyond their control.  Otherwise, the entire process would have to be repeated.  An alternative is for them to travel to the US, "activate" their legal status, then immediately return to home country to tie up loose ends.