cspence10

1 minute ago, xxlian said:

From https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html#11 

 

"The I-129F petition is valid for four months from the date of approval by USCIS. A consular officer can extend the validity of the petition if it expires before visa processing is completed."

 

So yes, your petition has expired by now.

Thanks

Hello all, 

I am hoping not to get completely flamed, as I did in my last post about a year ago but here goes...

My (ex-ish) Fiance and I I applied for a K-1 Visa last March(ish) time frame. We got NOA2 May 29th 2019. During that time period my then fiance, now ex/complicated situation, had second thoughts because of religious differences. Since then we have been on and off, and have been on again for the better part of 2020. I never called to cancel the K1 visa, and she has scheduled the appointment to do the interview (Cuidad Juarez) on two different occasions. My question is, since it has been over a year since we got NOA2, does that expire? Is it still possible to try to schedule the interview? I am asking not even because we are talking about marriage again, but I just want to see if that option is even there. I know that if we were able to do the interview, the question would for sure arise as to why it took so long to do it, and I am sure that a lot of people are going to comment and completely destroy me for asking such a dumb question when clearly we have no business getting married (sorry I have some PTSD from this forum from previous posts), but I just want to know, in theory, could the interview still be done, or is this k-1 a lost cause?

For what its worth, I explained to her the potential gravity of scheduling, and cancelling the appointments, and not going for such a long time, when she was making these decisions, so I am fully aware.

Thank you in advance

19 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

The Ciudad Juarez consulate -where all interviews are held for México- is very saturated, so when the case shows as "Ready" on the CEAC site, your fiancee can schedule her interview, and it will be 4-5 months ahead. 

Being such the case, she has all those months to travel, before the interview. And she can fill the DS-160 and schedule from any point on earth that has internet connection. 

Just make sure the NOA2 does not expire within that timeframe and if it does, despite being extended automatically, call them just to be on the safe side. 

 

On another note, Mexico is visa free in 132 countries -including the whole European Union- and e-visa or visa on arrival in a lot others. For instance, in the case of Brazil, if visiting, you as a US citizen would need a visa while her, as Mexican, wouldn't. 

Okay, I just want to make sure I’m understanding correctly. 

So when the case status is “ready” at Juarez and she can schedule her appointment, The first available appointment will be about 4-5 months? Or are you saying that the appointment can be scheduled within 4-5 months?

How long does the NOA2 take to expire? If the interview is scheduled, it can still expire while waiting for the interview?

I know you said it is usually renewed automatically I just didn’t know that and wanted to learn those facts. 

Thanks 

9 minutes ago, yuni_yuni said:

@cspence10,

 

i would not recommend she should wait  and do nothing before NOA2.

i agree if she need to enjoy life before gets married. 

but in what phase she would start the travelling before gets married &how long she want to travel?

after NOA2, you need to wait for the NVC process before the document is transferred to the beneficiary embassy.

NOA2 >> NVC usually takes 2W-4W,  then NVC to embassy usually also about 2 weeks, she have a lot of time to travel on this phase

then embassy will give you time for you to prepare all document required and medical check up, every embassy have their own rules about the time that they give for the process, so please see forum of the local embassy of your fiance.

she also have a choice to travelling after visa approved, the visa will be good for 6month after medical, so she can travel before enter the U.S

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow thanks for the in depth answer. 

I am definitely not recommending she sits around and waits, especially since she wants to do it so much. I just wanted to get that across in the case that you thought i was just telling her to stay put.

she wants to travel through au pair, which is like a website where you can pretty much be a nanny or help around the house in other counties. She wants to go now but cant find a family. She found a family in Brazil that wanted her to go between august and september. We filed in March and I was thinking that would be right around the time things start happening, 5/6 months. I just dont want her to be out of the country when we get NOA2, and I was kind of unsure about how long between NOA2 and NVC. Also being from Mexico she has some restrictions on countries, and she also doesnt have a lot of money to buy tickets or pay for visas, and they take longer, so if she was to start traveling in like may/june and traveled for like 2-3 months that would put her like august september october time frame, which makes me nervous.

What do you think? Now that you have some more specifics

Good evening all

As the title says, my fiancee wants to do some traveling before our visa is approved and she becomes a married woman. She wants to do some traveling alone. My question is, if she is in another country when we get NOA2, how much time would there be between NOA2 and the time when she makes her appointment for the interview and medical stuff (ball park guess please). My follow on question to that is, how long does she have to make the appointment once they notify her? Like if she doesnt make an appointment with the embassy within a certain amount of days will they throw away the request or put us at the back of the line? 

What do you guys recommend? I understand you will likely say that she should just wait because you never know, but traveling to her before she gets married is very important. 

Thanks

7 minutes ago, Captain Ewok said:

The estimates are the same as shown in your timeline. The are based on historical member approvals and tend to be correct within a week'ish on average -- but error slightly on conservative side. RFEs are even taken into considerstion.  There are cases where a specific case deviates from normal but that is not that common and often due to an atypical event. If a service center is experiencing a sudden slow down or speed up, that can effect the accuracy of the estimates until their processing times stabilize. 

 

A tool you should consider using (perhaps we should add to the email) is Igor's list. It shows you where you are in line to be approved for all members on the site. 

 

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/monthly_filers.php?cfl=

 

As always, encouraging folks to update their timelines will improve the estimated accuracies even more :-).

 

 

Wow thats awesome! Thank you for providing that information.

The email i got said that my k1 will be approved on a certain day, but I did not know if that meant the whole process or just the NOA1 or whatever. Thanks

2 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Ahhh. "estimated approval date" is much different then " have an I-129F approval date."

They rarely are accurate. A good grenade exercise, yes.

Ahh yeah, sorry, meant to put estimated approval date. Yeah I know what you mean.

Yeah I figured as such. Would almost feel better without estimates, especially if they are estimating too quick =(

2 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Be careful, you could be out before your in! Then let's see who is laughing.

😎🤩

Just now, Pinkrlion said:

It is a VJ TOS violation to tell others not to comment, you can ignore them or close the post.  

lol

4 minutes ago, SJordanS said:

I actually got the same thing. Its estimated and it estimated that I was supposed to get my NOA2 in February. I was to say it was based on what USCIS  "QUOTED" October filers like myself at that time and also based on the trend here on VJ as well. But wouldnt I be so lucky if it were true. But that date came and left sadly with no approval   still waiting...HOWEVER...at the time I filed, USCIS really WAS quoting 5 1/2 months to 7 months so otherwise VJ was right on. 

Thanks. Hopefully mine is decently accurate =/

2 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

VJ will not send you and email but USCIS will either send an email or paper copy  via snail mail when your I-129F is approved. I'd be leery of receiving something from VJ as it is not standard procedure to email an approval from them. Just saying.

It wasnt an email of approval. It was a "estimated approval date" prolly based on other filers. 

Today I got an email from Visa Journey saying I have an I-129F approval date (I am not going to put the date because you people will probably tell me I am stupid or something) but I am just wondering how accurate are those emails (obviously I know that they cannot be 100% accurate but I just am trying to figure out if they are in the same ball park) and do they refer to the whole process or just one part. 

Please refrain from any comments that do not address these questions. If you have an answer but feel it is  "The hard truth" I dont want it.

Thanks in advance =D

1 minute ago, Cryssiekins said:

@cspence10 I can tell you that no one here will ever assist in someone else committing fraud, and some of the comments that you found salty are not entirely directed at you.  I know first hand a lot of people don’t understand the intricacies of things, and that’s why it’s okay to ask, like you did, and accept the answers, which you seem to be doing.  You understand your idea isn’t possible, so now you move forward and decide what is best for what you and your fiancé want.  That’s what’s important to take from this.

 

Whichever way you choose, you will come to understand where some of these responses come from.  The reason for the high levels of scrutiny and slow process times is because other people didn’t ask, and carried on with something that was illegal, which, in turn, makes the process tougher for all of us. 

 

No one wants to be apart from their significant other, and everyone wants their wedding on their terms, but concessions need to be made.

 

A year from now you’ll be on here giving the same salty answers to someone who doesn’t quite know the full extent of what they’re in for   

 

Best of luck for whichever route you take.

Im from Binghamton, 

Cool to see a fellow NYer

Yeah I guess ppl are testy. Whatever. A simple "no doesnt work because its fraud" was perfect. I would have even have accepted (with anger but still would have accepted it) "duh thats stupid how could you not know thats fraud" because i honestly wasnt thinking fraud. I was thinking it would just be like "oh wrong visa, go back and fill out the other one". Literally in my head it was just that I was going to add more time by having to switch to the other visa. 

but people attacking my character telling me im trying to cheat the U.S. government, which im a military member soo..., was just like super unnecessary i felt. Especially since like 100 people already answered. I still dont understand why people are still commenting. I obviously got my answer so no need to try to jump in and throw a couple extra kicks.

9 minutes ago, SJordanS said:

Excellent. We are all trying to help you. Even the sarcastic sharp mouthed ones. People who come on this site will need thick skin. But we are cheaper than a Lawyer thats for sure.

P.S. 

I dont fly aeromexico... they lost my bags and almost made me miss my only flight out of mexico 😉

2 minutes ago, SJordanS said:

☝️THIS RIGHT HERE! @cspence10 so what do you plan on replying? ☝️

If you read any of my responses I think you can clearly see I am not going to follow through with that idea

8 minutes ago, stacyt said:

So when you fill out DS 160 for the K-1 interview, you will be answering the questions again, such as your marital status, have you been married before etc. If get married in august and say “no”, you’re committing a fraud. If you say “yes”, automatically denied. It’s this simple 

Yeah, I understand that now. As previously stated, I at no point intended to lie to anyone about anything. Nor would I intentionally try to commit fraud. When I was thinking about it, I was not thinking about having to answer that question again. That's why I asked for opinions. Thanks for your answer. I just was thinking we would get married in Mexico (continue to wait for the k1 visa since we are doing that anyway) and then when it was approved get married here, no harm done. Obviously I am not going to go through with that, despite what some strongly opinionated people may think lol

1 minute ago, aaron2020 said:

Oh brother.  

 

Marrying in August in Mexico means something to you.  You specifically mentioned that it was of significance.

 

So marrying now is not the same as marrying in August.

 

You want your cake and eat it too.  You want to marry in August in Mexico.  You know that if you do, she is no longer eligible to use the K-1 visa.  You want your cake of marrying in August in Mexico without having to file for a CR-1 and starting a new waiting time.  This is why you wanted to know how the US government would know about your marriage in Mexico.  How could you get away with hiding it so you can get the benefit of using the K-1.

 

Best of luck.  Rationalize all you want.  If you're wondering how the authority would know you did something, then you know you shouldn't be doing it.  Whether it's the US Government or your parents.  How would mom and dad know we did a bad thing?  Remember playing that game?

 

 

Lol yup. You figured me out. 

I would get married here August if the US govt would do anything productive and the visa finished in time.

But obviously, thanks to your extremely kind replies, I see it would be an issue, and I would not do it. 

I guess thats why we ask questions right? 😃 

26 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

If you get married, then your wife no longers qualifies for a K-1 fiance visa.  

 

There is no possible way for you to marry in Mexico in August and use the K-1 visa.  First, it would be visa fraud if she marries in Mexico and then uses the K-1 visa.  Second, it would be a gigantic mistake to use the K-1 visa and then return to Mexico in August.  The timeframe would not work out for her to get AP.

 

We're sure.  We're sure you would be committing visa fraud.  Good luck when your inability to appreciate the law bites you in the behind.  You know it's fraud to hide your marriage to the US Government when using a K-1 visa.  Seems like you were hoping for some assurance that the US Government wouldn't find out.

I think you need to decide how important it is to marry in Mexico in August versus being together in the US.  I think you need to decide if committing immigration fraud is worth looking over your shoulders for the rest of your lives knowing that even US citizenship can be stripped if there is immigration fraud.  

 

Quoting Clint Eastwood in my head.

Lol this reply literally blows my mind

Just now, cspence10 said:

Because the K1 is already submitted. And if I did not absolutely have to, why would I cancel the request and start all over after 5 months?

In my head ->

Married in Mexico 8/14

Visa gets approved whatever day

Married in the U.S.

Submit for AOS. 

 

No where was I trying to skip steps, what would even be the point of me trying to get married and hide it? That would literally just take longer. 

My reason for wanting to be married in August has everything to do with religion, and the way dates line up, and nothing to do with the US government or the visa process. 

And if that was the case, I would just get married ASAP. But I asked specifically for August. 

Just now, aaron2020 said:

Why were you concern with "how would the US Government know?"  Be real.  

Answered in previous reply

1 minute ago, aaron2020 said:

Then why were you concern with "How would the US Government know?"  If you were going to be completely honest and disclose everything, you shouldn't be concern with how would they know because you would tell them about the marriage in Mexico.  

 

LOL.  Indeed.  

Because the K1 is already submitted. And if I did not absolutely have to, why would I cancel the request and start all over after 5 months?

In my head ->

Married in Mexico 8/14

Visa gets approved whatever day

Married in the U.S.

Submit for AOS. 

No where was I trying to skip steps, what would even be the point of me trying to get married and hide it? That would literally just take longer. 

My reason for wanting to be married in August has everything to do with religion, and the way dates line up, and nothing to do with the US government or the visa process. 

1 minute ago, Ash.1101 said:

It's probably because people here all the time have engagement parties, and don't actually get married, but send pics and info of those parties and USCIS believes they are married. Those people get denied when they aren't even married.

It's rare to see someone just willing to get married in another country and then try to ride it out. It's not something here we see everyday.

Yeah well thanks for jumping to conclusions. Not sure why you would assume someone just wants to break the law instead of the fact I just want to be married to my girl anyway I can, as soon as possible.

24 minutes ago, JennaL said:

Yes, you would need to cancel the K1 and start over with a spousal visa. Having your wife enter the US on a K1 visa would be immigration fraud if you had previously gotten married.

I will say thank you to you, since you were the only person to answer the question without your hair catching on fire and jumping to conclusions lol

Thanks all for the responses. 

The point was to get married in both countries. Not to just get married in Mexico and then not get married and just submit for AOS. 

Lol you guys are off the wall and quick to jump to conclusions over a basic question. No one was trying to "hide" a marriage. Nor was I trying to commit fraud. It's a simple question of if I am married in Mexico, how does the U.S. recognize. A simple "it doesnt work" would suffice. Thank you

1 minute ago, aaron2020 said:

Homeboy was thinking about committing fraud.

 

He wanted to hide his marriage in Mexico, then use the K1 to marry in the US and submit only the US marriage certificate and not disclose the Mexican certificate. 

 

The mere idea of "How would the US Government know" is a pretty good indication of contemplating fraud.  No one who wants to follow the immigration process legally is thinking about hiding a foreign marriage certificate.  

LMAO ,, ur ridiculous. You guys sure know a lot about people based on a question. 

Hello all. 

I was wondering. My fiancee and I have a k1 visa in that we submitted 3/4 and we got NOA1 3/7 or 9 or something like that. I am wondering, if we get married in her home country (mexico) would we have to resubmit all of the paperwork? We want to get married in August, for some religious reasons and it would be our anniversary, and the K1 visa will likely not be done by then but it will be close I am sure. My question is, if we get married in Mexico, would we need to cancel this visa and submit a different one? I would imagine no because the U.S. would never know that we were married in Mexico I dont think, and we could still get married in the states. But im not sure. So what do you all think?

Thanks

Cedric

We got our NOA1 in the mail. I guess now is the long haul.

Yinebo, did you use the form for the notification ? We got our receipt a few days after delivery.. I used USPS though.