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So i Had my i751 interview past week. My US husband was called first by a very intimidating officer. We were the first couple of the day. Several others couples showed up and they where called by more "easy" officers that have them interviewed for less than 10 minutes in some cases. Here meanwhile i was waiting for more than 40 minutes until the officer came out to call me. He had me for another almost 40 minutes asking all kind of questions and matching my stories with my husband's. He ended being very friendly and told us he was satisfied with the interview but they have to do security checks and etc etc and that i will get an answer or if he needs more evidence will let me know. And here i am already 8 days and waiting. My case changed the same day to "Initial Review".
I guess i have to keep playing this lovely waiting game again...

We had the exact same experience!
Filed our I-751 on Nov. 3, 2020, and it was sent to the YSC. I then filed my N-400 online exactly a year later on Nov. 2, 2021. I got a letter dated Dec. 14, 2021, saying that our I-751 was transferred to the NBC to "speed up processing." No updates ever since, and I am not sure what this means. I guess that, since we both filed our N-400 recently, it might have something to do with it.
 
I did not send a copy of our I-751 receipt with the N-400. The online form simply didn't ask for a receipt of it, just for pictures of my green card. It didn't occur to me to send a copy of the I-751 NOA until a few days later, but it was too late. However, can't they see in the system that one has a pending I-751???
 
Finally, this is not true, and I'm from South America, not some fancy European country. I worked as a primary care physician there in our universal health care system for years. Appointments with me were often same- or next-day. The most someone would wait was 5 days, or they could choose another doctor in our practice who had sooner availability. Appointments with specialists were a few weeks or months out, depending on my judgement of the urgency of their condition. Same for elective procedures. All of that with an awful and corrupt government bureaucracy; I think America could do better. However, this is beside the topic of this forum.

USCIS can see everything using only your A### ### ### number so don’t worry 😉.
It is always good to add your receipt so that they can see that you are aware of both cases and that you expect a response soon.
The fact that uscis has transferred your case is a good sign that they are processing your N400 but in order to adjudicate this case they need to approve and close I-751.
 
 

I just did. This topic has discussed ad nauseam here, and no one has ever had any problem by having done it (that I have been able to see in all the years following posts on this website). The good thing about filling online is that you can submit more evidence by simply uploading it to your case. Another positive in my case is that I got 2% cash back with my credit card 😁

Lemme see if I get this straight. He is talking about embassies and student visas being denied because of lack of ties (let alone a B visa), and the post shows it is about a spousal visa. Doesn't it mean that his wife still lives overseas? If that is the case, he cannot include her in his taxes as she is not a resident of the U.S. for tax purposes. You can't add a person who's not a resident and lives overseas as a dependent on any kind of insurance. Same goes for authorized users of credit cards.
 
OP, is this your case?

I feel my American husband used me to get access to socialized medicine and Mediterranean weather in his retirement years. 
 
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It's always sad when someone is not honest in a relationship, but it's in no way exclusive to international relationships (distance and rushing to get together can mask flaws though). 
 
Due diligence is something that ultimately falls on each of us.  I'm not sure you'd really want the government to judge your relationships more than they already do; if they did, some might end up with a sentence of being single forever.
 
Best of luck feeling better soon. 

Hey thanks for the advice I decided to go with the signature. I sent it by Priority Mail Express next day delivery guaranteed. It cost me like 60 bucks total 0_0, but now is not the time to try to save some money. GC expires on January 23rd, 2021 I hope it gets there this week with all what is going on.

If they give you a receipt number, does it not mean your application was filed correctly?
 
I put “N/A” EVERYWHERE in our application. Each blank space has one. I became obsessed with it after reading about the people who had their apps rejected because they left blank space which didn’t apply to them. Yet just today we got our receipt number, and they said our check will be cashed.

An update for you all November filers!
 
I just hung up with an USCIS agent and our petition was processed last Friday (Dec. 11, 2020), but our check hasn’t been cashed (it’ll probably take a few days because banks, I guess). They received our application on Nov. 4, 2020, so it took them around 37 days to process. From what I read from all of you, it’s taking around 5-6 weeks for them to process apps at this point, and it’ll probably be a few more days after that to receive the NOAs.

That is incorrect. This is a state issue
In California for instance, if your GC is valid when you get a license, you get the same as everyone else. Expires on your birthday, not GC date
So always follow your state guidelines when it comes to things that are state specific like a license

I Live in Florida too, it’s wasn’t a confusion, all Florida residents get a 10 year Driver License  independent of if you are a citizen or a resident. 

The USCIS Green Card, Conditional or Not, will always give full validity driving license in California. The USCIS Pink/Red card Employment Authorization Card will give you limited term license.
 
Reason: Conditional or not, Green Card is just proof of LPR status, not status itself. Lost Green Card, Expired, Damaged might get you in trouble while travelling internationally, but only an Immigration Judge will & can revoke the LPR Status. Otherwise, till Judge revokes, you are an LPR. Limited ones are people whose status expires, often their SSN Card will have restrictions wording.
 
Green Full, Red Limited.
 
Source: I work in CA DMV.

depends if the OP made enough to file or not.  Sounds like most of their stay has been on the generosity of others.

They only problem I see with a spousal visa is the affidavit of support. You'll need to show US based income or have a cosponsor. 

De nada! Por último, te aconsejo que lleve los documentos del proceso de visado, como los formularios "notice of action" y hasta el registro civil del hijo por medio del cual obtuvo el visado. Nunca está de más llevarlos por si acaso.
De todas formas, tengo entendido que en caso de las visas IR, cuando llenaron el formulario, hay una opción para que la tarjeta de seguridad social le llegue automáticamente, sin necesidad de ir a pedir una. En todo caso, no les quita nada ir a la oficina e indagar.
Éxitos!

This is sort of hail mary advice but you might consider going through some personal intensive psychotherapy to explore what your underlying fears are. Intensive = multiple times per week. You might find that you're short changing this woman due to your own insecurities. Even if the result is that she does return home, the therapy could set you on a better course for what you want to do next.

Gracias corazón. On packet 3/4 nothing is mentioned. They just confirmed my interview and send me the list of documents I need to provide plus the list of doctors. My medical is next week and one of the drs died,so we have been warned that may take longer to get results. Usually takes 2 weeks. We got a new car so is hard for us to afford new holidays, our meeting was + 6k dollars last year and we should meet somewhere else. US citizens can't enter Venezuela and a tourist visa is a mission impossible even for someone like me who has a great income. Btw, I just checked your consulate review and is amazing!!  I've decided to go to my interview 🙃 on my original date. Que sea lo que Dios quiera 🙏🙏🙏 

You are right, form I-134 is not legally binding, but that doesn't mean the government won't try to collect their money. Have you not ever heard of the IRS trying to collect money from someone they were not supposed to because of a "technicality"? It usually just takes a tax lawyer to yell at them on the phone and remind them about the rules, but the government will always try, believe me. Specially now with this president.
And hers would be an 'irregular' situation. If they marry but don't adjust her status, she would just be "out" of status. She would not be undocumented because she entered the US legally and should they marry within 90 days, she would have accomplished the purpose of her visa. And she has the potential green card available to her (if they ever decide to adjust status).

Same in Colombia: they open their schedule two months at a time, and they won't open the second month until the first month is almost all booked. I got the packet 3/4 in October, 2017, and I just kept rescheduling every month, until March, 2018. The website we use in Colombia for scheduling interviews mentions that you can reschedule as many times as you need for up to one year after payment (for DS-160 interviews; one year after NOA2 for K-1, obviously).
At least try to contact them; you got nothing to lose. I used the email on their website for the US embassy in Bogota, and they answered me within a few days with a very specific response. After all, I just asked a very specific topic: do I need to ask for an extension for a K-1 notice of action approval that is expiring soon? Take a look at your packet 3/4 and the email (or physical letter) they sent you to see if it mentions anything about how long you have (mine did). Remember to put your "case number" (it starts with three letters; BGT for Colombia, I imagine something starting with C for Venezuela), full names and birth dates of both you and your fiancé in the email.
In any case, you should relax and just keep all your paperwork in order.
Congrats on your engagement, btw. Te deseo éxitos!

Well, keep in mind that the expiry date on the NOA2 is not a hard date. You usually have one year after the date on the NOA2 for you to schedule and attend the interview. I can tell because at the US embassy in Bogota, they outright tell you in the emailed packet 3/4 that you have one year after the date of approval to attend your interview. I even contacted them (emailed the embassy) to make sure I didn't have to ask for an extension or anything, and their reply was that I didn't have to do anything. Maybe is very similar in Venezuela but obviously you should make sure by contacting them.
I can tell because my then fiancé and I also worked and couldn't make our company-approved holidays coincide. He finally traveled to Colombia for the interview which was scheduled for March 2018, and our NOA2 had expired the previous month, in February. So, you could contact the embassy in Caracas, ask for the specifics in whether you can and how to ask for an extension, and schedule the interview after July or August.
If you can't do that, well, just take a lot of evidence to your interview: pictures of the two of you, screenshots of chats, skyping sessions, phone records, passport stamps and plane tickets, hotel invoices, etc. You can make it a thick packet if you want.

You are right, form I-134 is not legally binding, but that doesn't mean the government won't try to collect their money. Have you not ever heard of the IRS trying to collect money from someone they were not supposed to because of a "technicality"? It usually just takes a tax lawyer to yell at them on the phone and remind them about the rules, but the government will always try, believe me. Specially now with this president.
And hers would be an 'irregular' situation. If they marry but don't adjust her status, she would just be "out" of status. She would not be undocumented because she entered the US legally and should they marry within 90 days, she would have accomplished the purpose of her visa. And she has the potential green card available to her (if they ever decide to adjust status).

You are right, form I-134 is not legally binding, but that doesn't mean the government won't try to collect their money. Have you not ever heard of the IRS trying to collect money from someone they were not supposed to because of a "technicality"? It usually just takes a tax lawyer to yell at them on the phone and remind them about the rules, but the government will always try, believe me. Specially now with this president.
And hers would be an 'irregular' situation. If they marry but don't adjust her status, she would just be "out" of status. She would not be undocumented because she entered the US legally and should they marry within 90 days, she would have accomplished the purpose of her visa. And she has the potential green card available to her (if they ever decide to adjust status).

PirateLiker - your posts are all heading into the same direction. You are struggling with making a commitment.
 
Both options are making her an illegal immigrant.
 
What you are considering is unethical und simply beyond fair to her. You would make her totally dependent on you in financial terms and in every other way as well. Consider this: She had a job in the Ukraine and a place she called home. You both went through the K1 process and she made all the structural concessions needed to make this relationship work or at least give it a chance. She came over. She is trying to adjust to your way of handling the relationship.
 
Divorce can happen. But a happy marriage could happen as well.
 
Let me tell you this: I am a German citizen and married a USC in California. If things should ever go wrong, I screwed myself as I am earning just as much as he does but have no financial obligations such as child support or alimony to an ex-spouse. I used to be a single mom and any potential alimony could financially "destroy" me and my kids or seriously impact any financial freedom we have. However, I love him. He loves me. We are both committed to make this relationship work. If I would continue to think about everything that could or could not go wrong, where would we end up? And as I had mentioned before, even him and I struggled early on in our marriage. Despite multiple years in the US before, I struggled initially to adjust but thankfully, I have a husband who is very understanding and had my back. In my case, and because of my husbands support in every way, a divorce would mean that I would support him financially through alimony in a worst case scenario. And guess what, that is okay for me.
 
Your fiancee sounds like she has her stuff together. See it from a different perspective perhaps: if you support her, and she can kickstart a professional future in the US - you both win. She may be your best "investment" you ever had. One of my friends had such a hard working and financially sound wife that upon their divorce, she paid out so much of their mutual savings that he had a nice cushion to fall back on. And yes, both of them are still friends and on talking term. You can't control every outcome of a relationship but at some point just be willing to make that commitment to each other and simply have trust. If you can't, then let her go back home and be fair to her. Pay for her expenses she had to upfront. Give her enough to restart her life back home. But please don't let her hang dry. 
 

And this is why k visa is a visa from hell. Beneficiary totally dependent on petitioner who may do exactly what you’re doing. 
 
If you won’t sign I-864 she won’t be a legal documented resident. Either let her know you’re destroying her future and pay for her ticket home or get married, file AOS and sign the damn I-864 form! 

Ok, I just read all these new messages. The first step to ask for a fiancée is to file form I-129F with ALL the documentation regarding your fiancée and yourself (copies of passports from BOTH of you and a bunch of evidence of your relationship and your tax returns and paycheck stubs, other forms, etc.); it is usually a thick packet. It can only be done from the US (with a few exceeptions for military personnel stationed abroad, I think) by the petitioner (you). You are the one required to fill out and sign all the paperwork. I actually had to travel to my (then) fiancé in Florida and spend a few weeks there with him gathering all the paperwork and filing. Along with that, you also submit a payment (a check) to USCIS. My point is that whole process is supposed to be done by you alone. And you’re the one to get ALL the NOAs. If your fiancée said she did it all herself from Colombia, you might’ve been scammed.
Also, when trying to get any information regarding your case from the Colombian embassy, you must submit your NVC case number and names and birth dates of both of you. It’s all on the government’s website and on the embassy’s website.