I&A2017

Yes you need to mention the first time you met. 
 
Since you've had 2 applications within 2 years then yes,  you do need a waiver. 
 
On another note, why did your fiance have to think about it? Not to be a buzzkill, but shouldn't she know she wants to marry you? Especially before you go through all this very expensive process. 
Also, why did she apply for a tourist visa? Is she desperate to get into the country? Or was she just wanting to see if she liked America? Just think about these things. 

We hope all will receive good news soon

3 years like Naes said and Well first NOA2 

August 8th filer here, i honestly hope i can get a notice beginning of Feb .. ugh

Hi I hope your process will be fast 
Here you will find  the timeline for the process according the VJ members  
I hope this can help you
 
http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=&op3=5&op5=&op6=All

This is how I feel, admin free to remove this post if it not suitable for this website. However, I just want to share how I feel. I know that some of the VJ members feel like they are superior enough because of the rank that they have. Something like "newbie, junior member, senior member, gold member, platinum member" until sometimes they forgot one thing. They forgot that they are started from newbie until what they are now. They forgot about all kind of "silly" question that they asked when they first started. They forgot how unknowledgeable they are when they first join this website and starting this journey. I'm not saying that every VJ member is like that. However, believe me, every time I saw a post on this site asking a question, there few "senior" members who be like nagging, complaining, and sometimes even classified the question "silly" or "stupid" question. Please, kindly respect others post. It is fine if let say OP asking for advise, and you feel like they are done a wrong thing and want to voice out your opinion or advise to them. However, please don't be too harsh.. Especially if the person who is asking the question is the newbie who just started this journey or who just curious whether what they are doing is right or wrong, who is just curious whether what they are facing is normal or not. Please... 

For example, when people were asking a question regarding guidance on the process. Instead of nagging and complaining a lot, it is much better if you can just reply by giving them a link to the guides. If people asking about they are submitting their petition in July, but still didn't get NOA2 yet and they at the same time asking whether it is normal to wait that long. Instead of expressing how annoyed you feel about the question, it is nicer and easier if you can just give a link to July Filer's forum and stated how long it takes now. 

I always believe that you make life easier for others, your life will be much easier too. You make other members journey easier, your journey will be easier too. I'm really sorry if this post offends some of the members. Good luck with your visa journey everyone! Have a great weekend ahead! 

This video totally bummed me out. I mean, it's obvious to think this administration has a lot to do with the slowdown, but now it feels personal. This guy makes it sound like uscis will start denying petitions left and right. My fiance and I are both living abroad (I applied from colombia...anyone else applying from abroad?), so although I'm lucky enough to be with my fiance, I've been here for nearly 4 years and I'm ready to go home! If he is denied, I feel like I can't even go back home to my family and friends.
 
 

I have been so depressed lately that I have not even been able to think about wedding plans or anything.  Now that they are on July and there is hope that NVC might be speeding up a bit, I am feeling so much more willing to start thinking about those things again.  I can't set a wedding date because I want to get married within the first week (we have been waiting too long already), but now I can shop with my daughter for an outfit and call the tea room and the court house to plan the logistics for whenever the date will be.  I would like to have an afternoon tea party with all the cute little sandwiches and ask about whether we should have a cupcake display, a small cake, or cookies, or what people usually do.  That tea room in Rhode Island gets five stars.  My fiance is Egyptian and he thought that idea was so silly and he thought the word quiche was pronounced the same as quickie.  It was hilarious!  It is awesome to have some excitement again!  I also want to get flowers for my mother and daughter even if it is just a courthouse.  I won't have any.  I only plan to have my parents and my three children.  I hope all of our dreams come true (I mean all of us on this forum no matter what month we filed and for what visa). 

7 years is not too much / we have a bigger age difference
documents you need will come in intructions from immigration
there are 2 criminal investigations but do not do these until told as 1 is only good for 90 days
you will need a medical exam and instructions from immigration will give u a list of doctors to choose from
your financee should have sent all the needed documents but they can say "bring an original of any they choose example is birth certificate"
most important to be confident when you go into interview
to answer the questions quickly and honestly
do not elaborate (meanes do not go into long explanation of your answers)
embassy takes very seriously so do not smile
what they want to see is serious and loving relationship so do not be a moroccan,  tell them you love and care about this woman

OP - I see some others have already directed you to the November NOA2 thread, which is about those who received NOA2 around the same time you did and are currently awaiting NVC. Based on my understanding of the current drag in processing, and your NOA2 date, I wouldn't get too nervous just yet. It's slowed down quite a bit for the NVC part, for some reason. We received our NOA2 on December 1 and I told myself I'm giving it until the beginning of February before I start making some calls and being a bit noisy about it. You can find a lot of helpful info on the thread the others have posted before me.
 
And don't apologize for asking questions - this forum site is HUGE and it can be very difficult to find what you are looking for, or figure out where you need to be. The first time I came here and posted, I posted a random new post just like you did, asking all my questions, and had some people come in and help direct me to where I need to be. It's normal. Some are just super frustrated (well, we all are), more than usual, because of the way things have bogged down so much. It ain't personal, and there are TONS of people here who will be super helpful throughout your journey.
 
Best of luck to you! We are in the same NVC boat right now!  

It is 6 to 8 weeks for USCIS to send the files to NVC.  After it gets there, wait 2 weeks and call trying to get your tracking number.
 
People are sometimes a little stressed here and USCIS is one of the big causes.  Please feel free to ask away.  We are all here to help.

I know you're annoyed with the amount of questions, but you could possibly be a little more helpful than snapping at someone who is looking for updates - just like you.

She can apply, but it's pretty rare to obtain a tourist visa during the process. She would need to be able to show strong ties to return home, which is difficult when you are mid-process of planning to immigrate to the US.
If somebody already had one, using it to visit during the process is not uncommon.

I never understand why people don't Google these questions first. 
 

OP, your words really resonate with me because I find myself in a vaguely similar situation and I can fully empathise with the rollercoaster of emotions you're experiencing.
 
My husband and I currently share a house with his mother and younger sister and although I was well aware this would be the living situation before I moved out here, I was unprepared with just how hard it was going to make things. The house we live in isn't really suitable for sharing; it's too small and lacks any sort of space or privacy. My stepson is at our house every day as well, so evenings are really hard for me as the noise reaches an almost unbearable level for me. I spend a lot of my time in our bedroom, and often feel as though I am living in someone else's home. I've struggled since moving here with the lack of control I feel like I have over my life at the moment. I have moments of feeling resentment for everything I gave up; a well paying job, a car, independence, family, friends, home comforts, my own home and space.
 
I finally started working just before Christmas, and received my greencard not long after. It has made a huge difference to my outlook, and it does make it a little easier. I now have something that is mine, separate from my house which was starting to feel like a prison because I had nothing out with it. I feel like I'm regaining my sense of independence and self worth, I'm making friends and have something to apply myself to. Hopefully when you have the ability to work, it'll help you feel less lost.
 
It's freakin' hard starting out new, marriage has its challenges and combining that with being in a new country without friends and family for support, it can be an overwhelming and daunting road ahead. You can do it! Please, please, please feel free to PM me if you want to talk, I totally understand how you feel and what you are going through. I honestly feel like I want to reach out and hug you .
 
Chin up. You got this!
 

Hi everyone. I just had my naturalization interview today, maybe some fellow Bostonians would be interested. 
I filed online around mid October 2017, and they scheduled my interview to be on Jan 8, 2018. This is way faster than I expected. 
My interview was scheduled at 10:30 at JFK building, and I live in a suburb that's about 45 mins away. We left home around 9 and got stuck in traffic for a looooong time, I almost had a panic attack in the car lol.
My husband dropped me off at the building at 10:40 and then went to park the car. Long story short, it was 10:50 when I finally checked in for my interview at the front desk.
I was praying they'd still accept me and thank goodness the lady at the front desk said it should be ok. 
At about 11:05, an IO came out and called my name.
I went into his office, and he told me to put down my bags and then swore me in. 
After I sat down, he looked at me extremely seriously and said "You're late, this isn't good." I apologized and got slightly shaky, AHHHHH I wish I had taken the commuter rail T_T.
The officer seemed slightly annoyed with me but then sighed and said "Ok let's begin your interview."
He asked to see my green card, but not my passport. While clicking on his computer he started the civiv questions.
Ok I can't really remember what they are, but I got 2 wrong.... My nerves were killing me. 
The two I got wrong. 1. How many people are there in the House of Representatives? The correct answer is 435, but I don't know why I said 437. 
2. We elect our representatives for how many years? This is so easy, it's 2. My brain was jammed at that time for some reason and I said 6 (probably thinking about senators...)
Anyway I got the rest correct so we moved on to the next section.
He asked me to write down the sentence he read out, which was "Washington was the first president."
After I got that right, he started to warm up a little. He asked if I studied here because my English sounded native like, and I told him I got my Master's degree from xxxx University. 
He seemed to like that and said good school. Then he started asking me some of those yes or no security questions. I think he only asked about 5 questions.
After that he confirmed with me how I wanted to change my name, and asked me to sign the name change petition. We talked a little bit about how taking your husband's name isn't common in my home country. 
The whole interview was short, but still took approx. 30 mins I'd say. But most of the time it was just me sitting there listening to him type lol.
In the end, he asked if I got any extra documents for him. I gave him the deed of our house with both my husband's and my name, and then he asked for the 2016 tax return document. He took these 2 things and said "This is good enough." 
And then he typed some more and gave me a piece of paper saying I've been recommended for approval! 
Overall, it was a very easy interview. Just don't be late!!!

I suspect we're not really telling you something you don't know by saying that we see a lot of red flags in your relationship with both this woman and her son.  While I admire your heart to push through the hard times, it is also important to not leave wisdom in the sidelines.
 
If you're wanting to give it another shot, I recommend the tourists visa or spending time in her country/any country and figure things out.  
 
I am praying that you will be lead by truth and wisdom like never before. 

I want to start of by saying I have been in your shoes, and I made the mistake of getting married to a man, who used me to get here, and the moment he had his citizenship, and had passed the 5 year mark, he promptly told me he didn't want to be married to me anymore. I went through the stress and heartbreak and emotional and financial loss.
 
I have gone through all the messages, and all the classic signs. When you love someone you take the time to let them know your thinking about them, when you love someone you take advantage of being able to spend more time with them. when she didn't want to spend the extra week with you, that should have raised the biggest red flag you know.
 
When it comes to her son, if he is hitting you and smiling and you can tell it isn't a game, that he is being abusive to you now, and you haven't married his mom yet, and she fails to discipline him, another gigantic red flag. I do not believe it has anything to do with being able to communicate him, he is spoiled and not lacks respect.
 
I have sever trust issues when it comes to relationships, my current husband now, he knows this and understands this, also a high level of anxiety, but he supports me and we talk every day, he has often begged me to stay in his country longer, but do to needing my job to support us, and in life, I couldn't take anymore time off, we text every day, we facetime as often as we can and I call him every 2-3 days just to hear his voice, he will call me and hang up, its cheaper for me to call him on my cell phone plan, so I call back, and he tells me he calls just to tell me he loves me. Those are signs that they love you. 
 
Avoiding you, and telling you they are too busy, these are bad signs.

I found the below information about that the processing time for the Citizenship has doubled. 
 
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Immigrants-Applying-for-US-Citizenship-Are-Having-to-Wait-Longer-457029143.html
 
"
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials, however, say they're trying to fix the backlog.
"To address the increased processing times, USCIS is allocating additional employee overtime and recruiting to fill vacancies across the country," the agency said in a statement to KPCC."
 
Interesting to know that the officials know the issues and are working on it. K1 visa processing time has increased too and I hope it will speed up this month...   It is very frustrating  not be able to make plans....

You asked this question the other day and I gave you an honest answer...that your timeline is unlikely to happen. These people gave you the same answer. 
 
Not liking our answers is fine, but repeatedly asking the same question isn't going to get you different answers, sorry 

This is wrong information.
 
this only applies to vj timeline. Uscis uses the received date. Because that is when your file shows as "filed" in their system.

Day 209. Happy New Year to all. 

It's this kind of thing that annoys me. She used a USC for immigration benefit. As soon as she got her citizenship she divorced him and is going to re-marry her original husband to bring him here. That was the plan all along. Why didn't she bring the child with her when she came on a K-1? Because there was never any intention to build a family life with the USC husband. 
 
She can marry when she is legally free to marry (if there is a waiting period following divorce in her state of residence then she will need to wait that long after the divorce  before marrying again). She can petition as soon as they are legally re-married. Whether the visa will be approved or not is a whole other story. 
 
Which country is this? 

If the embassy is repeatedly giving us 221gs and we feel we have supplied adequate information and there is not additional information to supply who do I contact to escalate the situation.    congressman ?   I'm not sure the correct recourse but it certainly feels like we are being picked on and it's destroying our relationship we are moments from throwing in the towel .    Travel is NOT an option for financial and family reasons

The process for K-1 is long, I think now the processing time for receive NOA2 is 5 or 6 months, then you have good time, . There are many cases and Uscis is delayed. 
 
I hope you receive good news soon