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I just sent back a big packet in response to an i751 RFE, and we basically sent back everything they said *could* be used as evidence. I sent a letter explaining why my husband is not on the lease, (the landlord wanted to raise the rent), including correspondence between me and my landlord, send all the financial documents we could (with all the pages, e.g. previously we sent tax return transcripts which they said wasn't good enough, so I sent 300+ pages of three years of tax returns, with schedules and attachments -- which is what they asked for), sent 6 affidavits, wrote up our wills and advanced health care directives and sent those. I had previously sent joint health insurance when he as a dependent on my insurance. That's now changed and I'm a dependent on his insurance, so we sent new documentation showing that.  We sent travel documents, utility bills, phone bills, etc. 

Why would you need a visa if you have a greencard?

5 hours ago, stacyt said:

my fiance visa took exactly 8 months from the say of NOA-1 to the day I'm boarding the plane (next Wednesday), 10 is more like considering RFE, long embassy wait times or issues at NVC. If the process goes smoothly it takes about 8.

It was 10 months for us with nor RFEs or other issues.

23 hours ago, northwest-boys said:

Hopefully this is in the correct forum, I apologize if not.

 

My fiance' and I are currently going through the K-1 Visa process. My fiance' is going to have his medical exam and interview with the embassy soon, but we are trying to get a head start on preparing for the next steps!

 

We had talked about it and liked the idea of choosing a new last name together, not using either of our current last names. I've researched the process of changing a last name for the beneficiary via the marriage license, but I also believe that only applies if he wants to change his last name to whatever mine is at the time of completing the marriage license.

 

Would the best way to go about it be for me to legally change my name prior to us getting married? Or are there some other options we're not thinking of? We would truly appreciate the help!

My fiancé and I both changed our names to a new, hyphenated name. We were able to do it through the marriage license in Los Angeles county - I guess it would depend on which county issues your license.  My husband then used his new name on the AOS, and since you include the marriage license anyway, the legal proof of name change was included.

45 minutes ago, acpoulios said:

Hello everyone! My fiancé and I are currently waiting on his K1 visa. On September 10th, the status in the NVC website was issued. How long does it usually take to actually receive the visa and passport? We’ve been hearing different things so just wanted to hear about some real life experiences. Thanks! 

It was about a week for us.

8 hours ago, Alenx said:

Hi Visajourneyers,

 

so we are about to file the AOS application for me. I'm from Germany and got married to my wife in New Mexico on August 17 on a K1 Visa. After the recent USCIS policy change the officers aren't really required to send RFEs anymore if the initial evidence is insufficient and can deny it right away, so we got a little paranoid. My question is: does anybody have experience with a "split" ceremony, meaning a civil, official one with only a few people while on K1 (to make our lives easier in terms of planning), then having a bigger celebration ceremony with all the relatives later? Is this common for other K1-Visa people? Do you think it will seem odd to the officer (like were only getting married for formal reasons)? What did you guys do? I'm asking because we are thinking about including a written explanation as to why we're doing it this way. Do you think it's necessary, particularly to make sure that the "initial" evidence is "sufficient"? I know this may sound like overthinking, but then this explanation could look weird either, like we really have a reason to explain ourselves like that. It took us a year to get the K1 visa and we were apart for 8 months for financial reasons, so at this point its really stressing us out. Any shared experience would be much appreciated.

 

Apart from that: Congratulations to everyone who has been through this! And love to anyone who's doing it right now.

That's what we did. It's totally common. Many people want a big wedding with family and friends, but it's impossible to plan with the K-1. The civil ceremony then bigger ceremony later was actually what our lawyer advised.

17 hours ago, Teemo said:

It's about 3-5 months on average to get EAD. Took me 4 months exactly earlier this year

It was 3-5. Now it's 4-6 months.

On 7/24/2018 at 6:45 AM, Trinab80 said:

Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to introduce to you.....MR. & MRS. WHITMORE!!!!!!!

 

WE ARE OFFICIALLY MARRIED!!!! (7/22/2018)

 

(Our Big Wedding Celebration is slated for March 3, 2019)

 

 

 

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! 

On 7/13/2018 at 11:31 AM, Trinab80 said:

Hey everyone!!!!

 

I know it's been a while since you've heard from me but I haven't forgotten any of you!!! Reni and I are doing GREAT AND BEAUTIFULLY as it has been 3 weeks since his arrival. He gets along with my son extremely and surprisingly awesome because my son usually doesn't warm up to anyone for a while but you would have thought he's been around Reni the whole duration of our relationship so for me that is definitely reassuring and a blessing for us as a family.

 

This morning, Reni and I went to the Marriage Bureau/courthouse and picked up our marriage license and he and I will have a small, intimate ceremony Sunday, 7/22. Hopefully, we will be filing the AOS on 7/31/2018 but definitely no later than 8/3/2018. Truly happy Reni's mom is here in the US for work and she will be able to attend and see her son get married and meet my mom as well!!! Reni and I have decided we will have our "wedding" in March 2019 as that would be our 3 year anniversary of being in a relationship.

 

Hope all of you are doing well with your spouses! I know this thread will soon parish off as many of us are most likely in the AOS forum. Just wanted to say hey and that I miss talking to you all!!!!!

 

Much love and respect,

 

Trina

Yaaaaayyyyy!!!!! So happy for you! It was such a long wait! 

7 hours ago, Leigh&Antonio said:

Yes it is an I-129 Fiance Visa, I had forgotten their legal term of K1Visa.  Thank you.   However, if they could do less time in the past then they could do it again if ....... (hiring takes place).  Or is it because Trump came into office and everyone Panicked.  jjj  I was just hoping he would be here by Christmas, I always wanted to get married in December. 

Yes, a lot of Green Card holders decided they better hurry up and get citizenship, and that caused a backlog that rippled through everything.

4 hours ago, Unidentified said:

Marriage fraud is a serious thing. Just saying. 

Also, entering the country on an ESTA with an intent to marry is visa fraud.

17 hours ago, Zumbadaddy said:

I keep receiving updates like this.

We sent in our K1 application on

2/28... RECEIVED 3/1

 

Based on timeline data, your I129f may be adjudicated between September 11, 2018 and September 15, 2018*. 

 

We are hoping to plan our wedding for the 2nd week of January but don't want to reserve anything until the K1 approval... from what I'm told..after that its the medical exam and interview and that should go pretty fast once the K1 is approved.

 

Opinions on this?

Agree with everyone here. Even after our K1 was approved it took USCIS over 6 weeks to send it to the NVC. There's just no way of knowing. We had a lovely civil ceremony on the beach when my husband got here, and then a bigger wedding ceremony and reception four months later.

On 2/9/2018 at 8:22 AM, Melodica256 said:

Medical on Monday, Interview booked for Feb 23rd - when should I expect to receive my documents? I'm not booking flights, but I want to plan! I was imagining the weekend of the 3rd of March (appx)

My fiancés interview was Jan 29, he received his visa on Feb 6.

We're getting married in California. We can change our names via the marriage license.

My fiancé arrived in the US on Feb. 9, we are planning on getting married on Feb. 18 and both changing our names. Does he need to get an SSN before the wedding for some reason? i.e., Does the SSN have to be issues originally with the same name that's on the K-1?

Thanks!

11 hours ago, Melodica256 said:

has anyone called and let them know that the CEAC tracker is down?

I sent an email to tech support yesterday.

54 minutes ago, Noemi27 said:

how can i track my visa after the approval?

Same CEAC link.https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

1 hour ago, britishandusa said:

Lol this morning, my fiance literally received a packet from the London embassy just as I was reading this. Thank you though! Looks like we have everything now!

Yay! Great!

1 minute ago, Trinab80 said:

I've contacted them, my Senator and the Ombudsman. I'm waiting on a response. 

I can't believe you're going through all of this still. It's beyond ridiculous and frustrating. You're still in my prayers. I'm mostly coming back on this board these days to make sure I'm here to celebrate with you when you FINALLY get approved! (And you will.)

7 hours ago, Trinab80 said:

Apparently it did. Me and @Maria1989 both got an email back stating they would be delayed. We got the email a week ago. 

 

I tried to put in another inquiry with USCIS but I have to wait 30 days from my last inquiry response  which was January 10th. I call USCIS once a week now especially since the processing chart updated this week saying they're processing cases as of June 27th. The only thing I'm told is my case is at the final stage of this process and should be reviewed very soon.

 

Now, I'm waiting on my Senator to help although I'm not holding my breath with that!!!

Did you already contact your Congressional Rep? I had a much faster response from them. I never even got a response from my Senator until after our case reached the embassy.

11 hours ago, sachaerin76 said:

On the day of our appointment my husband called to see if they had and they said it was being bundled that day to be sent. Then when he called them on the 29th January they said that it had been sent and was signed of and valid for 6 months. They also said that even though it had been sent over the US embassy wasn’t picking them up and had created a delay for the people who interviewed on the first couple of days it was open. But they said it should be processed soon.  The ais site says he is in interview status and the ceac just says AP. 

Good luck to you! Keep me posted. I really just want to be able to book our move and flights and didn’t realize we’d be in AP for almost 2 weeks. 

We moved to "Issued" today. I think you should go ahead and email the embassy.

14 hours ago, sachaerin76 said:

We had our interview on Wednesday 18th January and are still in AP. We were approved on the day pending receipt of his medical. Spoke to Knightsbridge and they said that the Embassy is backlogged and have delays because of the move and since our interview happened on the second day they were open they weren't logging the medicals. We are desperately awaiting the status to change to Issued so we can start booking our move. Keep us posted! 

Also, did Knightsbridge confirm they had sent your medical? We asked for an email when they did, because they didn't send it the first time when they said they would.

14 hours ago, sachaerin76 said:

We had our interview on Wednesday 18th January and are still in AP. We were approved on the day pending receipt of his medical. Spoke to Knightsbridge and they said that the Embassy is backlogged and have delays because of the move and since our interview happened on the second day they were open they weren't logging the medicals. We are desperately awaiting the status to change to Issued so we can start booking our move. Keep us posted! 

Good luck to us both! Our status went back to AP and today changed from Immigrant to Nonimmigrant on the CEAC tracker today, so it's progressing through the system at least.

3 hours ago, alik said:

I am curious if all of you who already had an interview, went it with some sort of communication log?  We talk 100% over FaceTime and it is somewhat a pain to provide as an evidence. 

I just wonder what you guys have done for yourselves. Thanks! 

We printed our FaceTime log using iExplorer, and had a bunch of other evidence that we had communicated and seen each other after we submitted the petition. The CO in London didn't ask for any of it.

12 hours ago, britishandusa said:

My fiance has his interview on Feb 13th. He still hasn't receive an email or letter from London Embassy saying they have his case (our case is ready though!). Do we need this email or letter to bring to his interview?

You need the DS-160 confirmation with the barcode and the confirmation/instructions from the appointment website. What you do need for the medical, though, is something from the NVC or the embassy that says your petition was approved AND that has the case number (we had the letter from NVC, I don't think we ever got anything from the embassy other than an email to my fiancé after the DS-160 that directed him to the interview appointment website (we printed that, too).