Camlynn

This is just the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Thank you for your reply, but it just hurts my head to think that they can hold something against you that didn't even happen. It's like "you never served any jail time, but you're not eligible for this exception because you could've served 5 years". WHAT????????????

Completely insane.

I am a U.S. citizen, who has recently became engaged to a U.K. citizen. We are in the midst of preparing out K-1 packet. In the course of preparing said packet, we have been discussing my fiance's (beneficiary) criminal past. 

We have read a million different blogs, forum posts, government documents, etc, trying to determine his admissability to the U.S.

We are trying to figure out if he would be eligible for the Petty Crime Offense Exception.

Things we know: 1.) it was definitely a CIMT 2.) it has since been spent, appealed and completed (which I know probably means nothing) 3.) it does show on his police certificate, but no court records because it was over 10 years ago 4.) he served no jail time 5.) he was over 18

Things we don't know: 1.) the maximum penalty possible?????

We know that in order to fall under this petty crime exception, you have to have the following boxes ticked: 1.) only 1 CIMT conviction ever (yes), 2.) served no more than 6 months imprisonment (yes, he served nothing), and 3.) the maximum possible penalty was less than 1 year imprisonment (???)

We are unsure if this is the maximum penalty PERIOD or if this the the personal maximum that the judge sentenced you to??? Example: The maximum penalty is 5 years for this crime, period. Or the maximum penalty given to Johnny for his crime is 10 months imprisonment, regardless of the 5 year government umbrella maximum.

Is it the maximum blanket umbrella government statutory maximum OR do they take into considerating mitigating factors and use the graded down maximum that you PERSONALLY were given???

This is the BIGGEST question we have right now, because there are 2 very different sides to our coin at this moment in time. And I'm trying to stay calm and not spiral into depression, but we need an answer.

We've reached out to maybe 20 different lawyers and only gotten 3 responses back, one in the U.S. who basically told us to commit visa fraud and then one in the U.S. and one in the U.K. who hasn't gotten back to us yet. So, we're a little bit freaked out to say the least.

Can someone please help us decipher this???

Just had a quick question. On the I-129F form, there's a section that asks for "Address In The United States Where Your Beneficiary Intends To Live". 

We, of course, put my current residence, which is my mother's home where I currently reside. Therefore, before he moves here, I am going to move out and get an apartment just for us.

Would I/he file a change of address when I actually secure the new apartment? (Should be about 2-3 months before he actually comes here, during the 6 month visa validity period.) Or should we wait until he lands?

Just wondering WHEN we need to file the change of address? Within 10 days of him landing? Before he comes here?

Thanks, guys!

** This is all assuming everything goes smoothly and we get an approval, of course!

I'm so excited to finally be on this thread! I've been a long time stalker and finally get to participate!

We're still assembling our packet and will (hopefully) be mailing on January 24!!!

I never realized the amount of work that goes into assembling one of these packets and have tremendous amounts of respect for everyone who has ever filed one!

I can't wait to start talking to everyone here, from previous threads I've read through it seems like everyone is super helpful and experienced so I'm very happy I'm finally joining the community!

P.S. - I've began my timeline, but it's pretty sparse as of right now because we haven't mailed yet, but look forward to updating it as our journey begins!