GeorgieB

Hi everyone!

Just thought I would give an update on this!

I sent off my i-751 packet on 12/4 and received a text notification that it had been received on 12/11. 

On 12/21, I received my NOA in the mail letting me know that the document was okay to be used as proof of residency and to travel for the next 24 months while they are processing the i-751. I guess this is an indication that they accepted my packet & I will not be getting deported! Very relieved about this!

For those of you who are interested, I did submit my packet with a cover letter apologizing that I was filing late (by about 11 weeks) and that 2021 had been a difficult year for me after being diagnosed with anxiety and depression. I did include a letter from my doctor that said it was reasonable for someone with that diagnosis to miss an important deadline like this.

Sending good luck to everyone going through the immigration process!

Thank you all very much for your input, I appreciate your thoughts and points of view. I will be sending off our petition in the next 24 hours and will be sure to give you an update on what the USCIS decides. 

Hey everyone,

Life got away from me and I just realized that I was supposed to file my I-175 form by the time my conditional residency expired on 9/18/21.  It's now 10 weeks past that date and I don't really have a 'good cause' reason, except that this year sucked and I was just so distracted with COVID and my work that I forgot to check the expiration date.

I am getting together all the documentation I need and will file the form in the next week. Has anyone had this same experience or am I the only silly one? I am scared that they will deny my condition removal!

Thank you for any words of wisdom on this.

Cheers,

Georgie

Hi all!

just wondering if anyone has any knowledge as to whether I can schedule my medical examination now, prior to receiving the instruction letter from the NVC? I have a case number and an invoice ID number from the NVC already, just not the physical email or letter yet.

I will be attending a doctor in Melbourne, Australia. The embassy processing my visa is Sydney, Australia.

Any advice is greatly appreciated, as always!

Hi everyone,

This may (likely) be a silly question, but I would be grateful for any advice you can give on whether it’s possible to apply for two visas at once, i.e., K1 & E3?

My boyfriend is American and although we have only known each other for a short time, we want to be together and are more than willing to go down the road of applying for a K1 visa, understanding that this currently takes on average 7-9 months for approval.  Being Australian, I am also potentially eligible for an E3 visa which only takes about 3-5 weeks to approve and would allow me to work in the states for 2 years. 

Ideally, I would like to go ahead with the K1 visa, but then am wondering whether if I received a job offer from an employer in the US during the K1 waiting period, would I be able to apply for the E3 visa also? Or instead of the K1? I do have concerns that the two visas are contradictory. The K1 obviously being the intent to marry with 90 days & stay in the US, whereas with the E3 I would have to prove that I am intending to return to Australia after 2 years.

We want to be with each other as soon as we possibly can, but I understand how complicated immigration can be and we want to get this right the first time.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,

Georgie