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2 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Check the edition of your forms, redo any that we’re incorrect and resubmit cover letter and evidance etc should be fine to refill as was

So does that mean we can re-use the previous cover letter, check, I-539A, and scanned documents or do we need to re-print and re-sign those as well to match the new signed date of the corrected I-539 form?  My only worry is they reject it because the new form's signature date won't match that of what we used last time.

Hey everyone,

I sent in an application to USCIS for requesting to extend the tourist visas for my parents due to Covid-19.  We just received the application back with everything still attached from before and an I-797 form stating that it was rejected due to using an outdated I-539 form.

My question is, do we need to re-do everything? Meaning, a brand new I-539A form, a new cover letter, a new check, or can we keep all those the same and just include the fixed I-539 form?  Since the dates on all the documents from our first submission are from last month, I just want to make sure they don't reject again because of dates not matching or something.

Thank you in advance!

One last question 

The "Expiration Date" on the K-1 visa, is that the date she must enter the US by, or is that the date we need to get the marriage certificate by?  I'm asking because we'd like to get married in June but her visa expires in May.

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Second last question 

How much time do we have to get the certificate after receiving the marriage license?  Is it 90 days?  I.e., could we get the license in March and have the ceremony in June?

6 minutes ago, hasheesha said:

It depends on what you mean by "for show". Legally speaking, yes it will be. Religiously speaking, that is up to you. 

 

Churches do these things all the time so you should not have a problem there. You can talk to the churches pastor to clear things up now.

 

Yeah, by show I just mean since we'd already be married the pastor isn't really wedding us, therefore making the ceremony more of a formality with friends/families rather than the actual day we got married.

17 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

Correct.

 

If you proceed with your plan, your fiancee will be out of status after 90 days and is deportable until you marry and file for AOS.  Furthermore, you would need to pay for the I-130 to file for her AOS.

Wait...so does that mean it's technically possible as long as she's not deported?  Or even if we were to attempt to submit the certificate she would be rejected?

10 minutes ago, hasheesha said:

Yeah that would not work. You could have her come in March/April instead and do the traditional wedding come June. Or you could get married in court March/April and do a traditional Church ceremony in June.

 

If I were to go with the latter, would the church ceremony just be for show since technically we already got married in court?  And if so, do churches typically mind if they're wedding a couple that's already married?

1 minute ago, hasheesha said:

Yup A marriage license is a piece of paper that authorizes you to get married and a marriage certificate is a document that proves you are married.
Typically, couples obtain a marriage license, hold the wedding ceremony, and then have the person who performed the ceremony file a marriage certificate in the appropriate county office within a few days. (This may be the office of the county clerk, recorder or registrar, depending on where you live.) The married couple will be sent a certified copy of the marriage certificate within a few weeks after the marriage ceremony.

So our plan was for her to arrive in the US in Feb, get our license from city hall in March, and have a traditional church wedding (pastor, organist, etc...) in June...but based on what you're saying, that wouldn't work because June would be more than the 90 days of her original entry, right?

1 minute ago, hasheesha said:

I think the OP meant marriage certificate rather than a marriage license. If that is the case then the certificate should be enough. You could go to court, get married and get a certificate and hold a ceremony later.

Is there a difference between certificate and license?

The rule for the k1 visa states that you must "marry" within 90 days of entry into the US.  Does "marry" mean get the license, or does it mean both the license and the actual ceremony?

In case it depends on my location, I live in San Francisco, California.