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This is a forum where people can post their questions they think are worth addressing, and you all as users can either ignore or help. But some chose to be bitter. This is not helping neither me nor you or anybody else who is browsing. 

Everyone who is waiting wants to shorten the time and get things done quicker, there is nothing wrong with that. I can't understand your passive aggressiveness. Unless you have gone through the long process and instead of giving someone a hand or point at the right direction, you chose to be doing this so that everyone else 'suffers' the same way.

No, I am not desperate, this is exactly why I will stop posting on this forum.

8 minutes ago, Unlockable said:

Actually, the grounds for sever financial issues with the USC can work against you. One of the main requirements for petitioning people is for the petitioner (US citizen) must show that they make enough to support the immigrant. There is minimal salary guidelines and affidavits of support the US must sign. As well as send in evidence of employment and previous years tax returns.

 

Also, there is no guarantee that the immigrant will be able to work immediately when they arrive in the US.

 

You can see how a claim of finance usually doesn't work.

Thank you Unlockable, this seems logical to me. I heard there is other ways to expedite- such as the spouse being in the military or humanitarian reasons. Do you know what are the details for this? 

Anyone knows in which cases can the spouse visa process be expedited? I know of one: due to financial circumstances of the USC. 

It really depends on your relationship with your mother and how much you are willing to do everything for her. If she is still able and capable to to learn to drive, I'd force her to learn for her own sake. That way she can at least go to a store if she is bored, or go just drive around, meet people, go to school, whatever she finds interesting. If you have time, or your kids/ neighbors/ friends then get their help to teach her basic English, so she is at least comfortable to get out of the house on her own. Find out what people her age do in your area, maybe some sports or camping, picnicking, cooking, pottery classes or whatever, and sign her up. Go there with her a couple times until she makes some friends and then she is on her own. 

I think there is a little of your fault int here too, when you immigrated with your mother, you should have known that older people adapt slower, or don't adapt at all. So years ago, you and your husband should have helped her to learn the language and drive. Maybe by now she would even have a part-time job just to get out of the house. I can see why it can be draining but you are responsible for her now, unless you want to give her to a care house or something. 

"applying" for a lottery does not mean "applying" for visa. If he filled out a visa application, submitted it, paid for it and etc. then you should yes. If not then not.

17 minutes ago, NuestraUnion said:

Yes, I see your concern. When you apply for another visa you will have to state what happened with the K1. There is a recent thread where a person's daughter got denied a tourist visa because immigration has on record she has a K1 file open. It sounds like an error or a case of stolen identity but it goes to show the troubles of having multiple visa applications out.

 

Try to do the best you can to get the ex to cancel it. If that doesn't work then just explain as much as possible what happened in future visa apps.

 

 

Thank you. A stupid question-  would they give me any information (over the phone) wether or not the petition has been cancelled although I am not the petitioner? And do they send any proof of cancellation?

The petitioner is not handling this on a mature level, I am not sure if he will ever respond to me saying that the work is done and or contact me if cancellation paperwork/action whatever it is has been received. 

Just now, NuestraUnion said:

As the beneficiary, you can't cancel the petition. At this stage, the petition belongs to the US citizen who is petitioning you. That is why they are called petitioners. He will have to be the one to cancel it. If you contact immigration, all you can do is inform them that you two are no longer together. Otherwise, you can forget about it and it will eventually expire.

 

Unfortunately, there is a risk of it affecting another K1 visa if you happen to find another mate that applies for you in the immediate future. But if enough time has passed, it shouldn't be a problem.

Thank you, sorry I was not clear by 'requested cancellation" I meant I asked my petitioner to do so because I know only he can. He does not contact me or responds thus I do not know if he did it. 

I could forget about it, but in the near future I may have to apply for a different type of visa, and this question unresolved would not be a good thing for my other application. 

Hi everyone, I requested cancellation of 129F (I was the beneficiary) and have been checking the online status, which still remains the same - "we have received your petition... " and etc. My ex fiance does not get in contact to update me if he ever cancelled it and if so then when ( he is that nice). Can/should I call to get the update from USCIS? Do we (particularly the petitioner) get any written notification of the cancellation and/or and e-mail? 

I need to know the status because I am planning a visit for my friends wedding soon and want to be clear to the immigration officer if he/she has a question. Also, when I apply for a different type of visa in the future I want to know what my chances are, and how to handle this bitter case with immigration authorities/COs. Thank you all for advise. 

never thought i would write this, life is so unpredictable... Wishing everyone patience in their visa journey.

11 hours ago, Jan Adamowicz said:

I came to America on a tourist Visa when i was 3 15 years ago. After the visa expired we stayed in America due to Family issues. We tried to become citizens in that time with no advancement in our case. My mom got remarried in the time when I was around 12. She then applied to become a citizen with her new husband. This was 6-7 years ago. Since then our case has not made any improvements with the marriage being called fake and not real even though it was but they just grew apart and got stressed due to immigration issues. For around 2 years nothing has progressed with our case at all. I feel like I am being punished even though I didn't decide to come and my whole life has basically been made here and I constantly feel like I am going to end up deported. It is a constant struggle where it feels like were about to make progress on our case and then it comes to a dead stop once again, not making any progress. I also assume I am going to have to file for citizenship alone now due to me being 18. I am on DACA at the moment but I can't stay on DACA forever. I don't know if it's better to go back home to Europe and take a 10 year ban and try to become a citizen from there, or if I should stay and hope. If I have to leave id rather do it sooner rather than later, especially with me going to college in 3 months and not being able to take out any loans or any financial aid to help me pay for college. I have lost all hope and don't know what to do anymore

Do you have a European passport?

52 minutes ago, AmandaandChayne said:

Hey Aprilette family, how are you all?

 

Just thought I would check processing times ( been trying not to ) and they seem to be slowing down!! Our NOA1 was 25th April and NOA2 is now predicted for 26th October to 2nd November

 

Got my driving theory test in 8 days and I'm not ready!! 21 days til I visit my fiancé but he may have to work at least 90 hours that week unless his scheduler performs miracles.

 

Hoping you are all well?

Yes, sound like these days processing times have slowed down, and now it is almost 10-12 months...  I know there is nothing we can do but wait. My fiance's schedule is messed up and we can't make any plans to meet somewhere. 

6 hours ago, KeratNY said:

You do not need to submit a form saying you are using it. You just need it to re-enter the country (and to show to carrier that you are admissible to US)

 

It recently took me 4 months to get my AP and others on this forum are reporting similar amount of time for the most part. 

Thank you. That's fairly short, considering K-1 requires to get married within the first 3 months, so not that someone should be in a rush to leave the country that early. But I understand, when there is an emergency it's out of one's control. 

1 minute ago, Talako said:

Just be aware that in some field offices, GC processing and approval has gone faster than EAD and AP approvals.  We got the GC before the other two.  Luck of the draw I guess.

oh interesting! So, in that case the person would still need an advance parole to leave and return or having a green card is enough?

I though green card is the last document you receive after everything 

12 minutes ago, Paul & Mallory said:

Apply for Advanced Parole. You can apply at the same time you submit your AOS forms, and it's no cost when you do it at the same time. You also do not have to have a reason to apply for AP; it isn't like an expedition request where you have to validate why. AP can take around 3 to 4 months, on average, opposed to AOS which can take twice that.

Now it makes more sense, for some reason I thought there has to be a solid reason. So, basically I can travel outside of US as long as I have an AP even though the AOS is still being processed.

1 minute ago, Going through said:

You could always apply for Advanced Parole and submit that application at the same time---that would allow you to travel/re-enter the US (without the presumption of automatically abandoning your application) while your AOS is pending.

Thank you. Would a honeymoon trip be a sufficient reason for advanced parole request? Some stories also say that advance parole would also take 4-6 months to process. I am clueless, so any info would be very helpful,.

Hi All.  I know that every case is individual and etc. But we are planning an overseas honeymoon once we cross that bridge, and I was wondering how long on average it takes to process all steps- AOS, getting a work permit, green cards and etc. before you are able to leave the country legally and come back legally without a headache? 

Somewhere I read it takes 10-12 moths for AOS and receiving a green card, which would mean I'd have to stay stateside for at least a year before we take our honeymoon trip? somewhere it said 3-4 months. It is confusing. 

The thing is, this would affect our plans for the nearest future which is why I am concerned. Thank you!

26 minutes ago, KBA said:

Yes...no RFE. The only delay we know of seems to be related to security checks which I’ve been told have been pending since January 

Hope you hear back soon  That's almost as long as CR1 visa... It's crazy.

8 hours ago, KBA said:

I wouldn’t worry since you’re probably not far  outside of normal processing times...we have been waiting 320 days (and still nothing despite plenty of inquiries and contacting my congresswoman) so don’t worry just yet! 

You been waiting this long for K-1?? Have you guys received RFE or anything that delayed the process?

18 minutes ago, Naes said:

So they gave you your wac and it is received, but you didn't get the hard copy. They must also say there, if you don't get your hard copy by ... date you should contact them.

So, contact them

Thanks so much for guiding Naes! I really appreciate it, I just checked with my fiance - he has seen that case status that's why he contacted them, and their answer was 'you ll get a response from us within 30 days".

21 minutes ago, Naes said:

Go to uscis website. Go to check status. Put your wac number. Start with WAC1890... and put the full number

 

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do

Oh Lord, here it says our case was received on march 28th and that they have sent the receipt of how they will process the case.  I am kinda confused

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

no, your noa1 date won't change. so no it won't add to your wait.

it does not freeze the process because you already received your number. 

 

when something is wrong, yes it will just be rejected. when you go to USCIS website what does it show? if it says case received then your case is received on the date it says, and nothing will change that.

Thank you, Naes. How do we check that? When I enter the case number it redirects me to a different page with processing times. 

Hi all! We received our text message on April 4 that our case has been received, but the physical copy has not made it to us yet. USCIS website recommended to call if the NOA1 is not received by April 27 so we did, and their answer was '"you will get a response from us within 30 days".  my fiance thinks it means that we got 30 more days added to our waiting period... is that possible? 

Generally, when NOA1 is not received or is late does it freeze the process? 

We had no address change, and also from my understanding, when something is wrong with the application they just send the package back and don't send a text that the case is received. Am I right? 

Than you so much for help!

A question- ugh, what if the NOA1 has not been delivered yet? Case # check says should have been with us by April 27th... Any reasons it's late?? And will I need a copy of NOA1 at some point?

Thanks! 

10 hours ago, MariaRosaria said:

I wish you good luck. We just starting we sent the form today forgetting the apply the passport pictures. Do somebody know what we can do to fix it or some? Thanks I m a lil panic

They will send you an RFE and request passport photos. It's a must for the package. it's fixable, but may delay your case. Good luck! 

I would not try to understand anyone being this aggressive towards his wife, no matter what culture or background the person is. Love is universal, and so are signs of respect. You deserve love and respect, and not tolerating an always angry husband, who threatens to throw you out of the window. Sorry this happened, but all you can do at this point is to not let it grow into something bigger and more dangerous. Divorce if you are not happy. 

I am with you too. We are almost in the busy season  Have not received our hard copy of NOA1 yet.