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Hello,
I have been looking at how to get across from the UK to the USA (specifically California) after receiving my visa (hopefully in the next couple of weeks).
What is the deal with one-way flights and the scandalous fares?! I would book a return, since it's cheaper, but not go on the return leg, but I have read that this may cause issues: namely, the airline may come back and sue me for breaching the agreement; or they may charge me for that flight should I travel with them in future. There are other complications possible, but there is also the possibilty that the airline may not take action.
So, for anyone who has travelled once receiving their visa, may I please ask how you did it, and whether a return flight is recommended, despite not taking the return journey?
Thank you.
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Hello,
I booked my K-1 interview for London Embassy back on the 2nd of June to take place on the 1st of July.
However, on the 18th of June, I received a letter from London Embassy stating that they are in receipt of my approved petition in support of my K-1 visa application, and it gives the link for instructions on preparing and scheduling my appointment.
This is, apart from the date, the extact same letter I received back in February 2020, just before the Embassy closed due to the pandemic.
It may be because it's a default letter sent or something after the restarting the review of application processes, etc. and it's been such a long time and my application was automatically resumed or revived or whatever? Or it was sent in error and I shouldn't take too much notice (but I'll bring it along with me anyway)? Or, more concerning, is that this was sent instead of a confirmation letter for my appointment that I'm still awaiting to come through the post/e-mail inbox?
Has anyone else received a second such letter before? I've contacted the Embassy, but I'm yet to get a reply.
Thanks again.
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Thank you all for your help in this. The reviews of London and accounts of those who have been through it have really helped and given a great insight, too.
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1 minute ago, payxibka said:
What's to explain? Follow link. Scroll and click on current edition date.
I’m hoping there is nothing to explain and they know this and I’ll show them the page if they raise questions. I’m hoping those interviewing me will not be so pedantic on stuff like this. I have heard London is easy going, so I’m sure it’s going to be fine!
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18 minutes ago, payxibka said:
They go by the edition date in bottom left corner. OMB expiration is meaningless.
Thanks. The date provided is 13 February 2019. Since I will be handing this into the officials at my interview, I hope my explanation of this will be understood and accepted!
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Thank you for the information. I have also noticed that the most recent form I could find on the USCIS website “expires” on the 28 February 2021, according to the version details in the top-right corner of the form… was this the same form you used?
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Thank you. It does seem that I-134 is the form for the interview, but it really is not made clear on any official website I can find.
I understand it can be e-mailed and thus it can be a dry signature by the petitioner?
From what I have read, what supporting documents are needed include payslips (all covering the previous 12 months or just the most recent?); the most recent tax return form; and anything else?
Thanks again.
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Hello,
I've an interview for my K-1 in London coming up and on my document checklist that I was sent by the embassy, they require I bring along an affidavit of support Form I-864. However, I thought that form was for adjustment of status and that I-134 was for K-1? I was also told by an immigration lawyer (of a very respected immigration law firm in the US) that an affidavit of support is not a requirement for K-1 (though it is often submitted) - which seems sense to hold truth, since K-1 is for marriage to a US citizen in the US and does not give right to permanent residency, only as a way for adjustment of status to permanent residency, etc. (i.e. there is the possibility of married couples through K-1 not staying in the US, but moving back to the beneficiary's home country straight after). I cannot see why an affidavit of support is a requirement for the interview stage, especially before another affidavit of support is required at the stage of adjustment of status.
As my fiancée, the US citizen petitioner, is not yet an immediate relative or spouse, the wording that they give seems to be for other K visas, spouse visas and immediate family visas: "submitted for immediate relative and family-based applicants". The link to the page, in which this is found, is the following: Appointment Notification | U.S. Embassy & Consulates in the United Kingdom (usembassy.gov) - this is also the page stating that Form I-864 is required (there is no mention of Form I-134).
So, could anyone please clarify which it is for the K-1 interview: I-864? I-134? Or neither?
Thank you for your time and assistance!
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Hello,
I've been trying to contact the London Embassy via their online contact form on their website.
However, I'm not able to find it anymore, and searching doesn't seem to come up with anything.
Does anybody know whether they have taken it offline or have moved it elsewhere, please? It seems sneakily done, and there doesn't seem to be a message to say that they've removed the page.
Thanks!
EDIT: Scrap that. I'm sorry. I did eventually find it in the end... so this post can be deleted now. Thank you anyway.
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I called up NVC and they told me that they have memos from embassies about this issue, and they say that such petitions are still active. As I suspected, the CEAC status update is done on an automatic (unchecked?) basis.
The lawyers representing plaintiffs in Milligan v Pompeo seem to be aware of this (according to their weekly live videos) and may motion to the DoS to get these incorrect statuses sorted. I have a call with a US immigration lawyer based in the UK next week who used to work at the London embassy and he may have contacts still and send word to them to rectify and/or get word on the actual situation with this. So I hope to have some direct answer from the embassy. The answer from NVC is somewhat reassuring, albeit it is an indirect answer coming from the embassy, but it’d be a better feeling to get something straight from the embassy.
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It does seem reassuring that the embassy gave that reply. Hopefully in the next couple of days, we will hear back from them also. I’m sure there are more than just us out there, so maybe it will urge the embassy to do something. The embassy website does seem to suggest that all is needed is the new letter of intent in case of “expiry”.
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Hello,
We are in the same boat. The London embassy closed days after receiving the letter and completing the DS-160 and couldn’t get any appointments scheduled.
However, the CEAC status says expired exactly as above, but no communication was forthcoming beforehand.
I have sent an email to the embassy, but it’s not as if they provide frequent updates!
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Hello.
i have just come across this topic. We also have the same issue, however, we have not received anything from the embassy more than their statement on the 12 month extension, despite trying to contact them. Is this message of expiry on the CEAC status page one of those automated updated that was overlooked by admin and unconnected to the process at the embassy? Our documents are at the embassy in London, but I don’t know if they have access to the CEAC status updates.
What is concerning is that the CEAC status message said that they apparently informed us that they will cancel and destroy our petition documents - this is worrying in that we received no such communication and if the services aren’t being resumed, would they have actually destroyed stuff?
We are hoping it’s an admin issue about the CEAC expiration status, and that it materially doesn’t affect things and that our petitions can be reinstated and resumed when normality returns.
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Hello,
The embassy in London received our petition in February 2020, however, according to CEAC currently, we “have been notified that [our] registration for an immigrant visa [K-1] was cancelled, and any petition approved on [our] behalf was also cancelled.”
They go on and state: “we informed you that your application might be reinstate if, within one year, you could establish that your failure to pursue your immigrant visa application was due to circumstances beyond your control.”
And apparently, since we failed to do so, the record of our registration and any petition approved on our behalf and all supporting documents have been destroyed.
However, no such communication has been sent to us and the circumstances beyond our control were the closure and delay caused by COVID. There was an automatic 12 month extension, which would be over by now, and so in such a case the embassy webpage states that the petition can be resumed once services are back to normal and that all we need to to is to provide a new letter of intent to marry at my interview when scheduled.
Does anyone else have such a message on their CEAC status, and was any communication received? The statement that they claim to have informed us and destroyed our documents is alarming and stressing, but I hope that this message is an automated one and the embassy have kept hold of our documents, particularly if the embassy is separate from CEAC. The problem is that it is near impossible to get through to the London embassy.
Any advice on this issue will be gratefully appreciated.
Thank you,
Aaron.
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Hello,
This is a question to those who know whether it is possible to have two different visa applications underway in different countries.
To be more specific: I have a K-1 visa underway for marriage in the US, but would my fiancée be able to file a marriage visa for us to get married in the UK, and see which comes first?
Thank you!
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Hello,
We have an application for a K1 underway for London. I’m yet to schedule an interview and a medical, but I’d have to do so by May before the petition expires. Would we be able to request an extension to this should this situation goes beyond that and the embassy is still closed for interviews? Or may it even be granted automatically?
Thank you.
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Hello,
I have received through the post from the US Embassy London a letter stating that they have received our approved petition in support of the K-1 visa application. They then refer to the London US Embassy portal "Applying For the Visa" for detailed instructions on preparing for my visa interview and scheduling the appointment.
Could anyone point me in the right direction to the next steps, please? I have read about the DS-160, but I need a DS application number, which I do not have. How am I to get one? Is this done through the CEAC website - and on that website, is the K-1 classed as an Immigrant or Non-Immigrant Visa (there always seems to be some confusion on this point in some stages)?
I believe that the documents required is straightforward. There is the recommendation/almost-requirement of Form I-134 (Affadavit Of Support), which is fine. And a new ACRO police certificate is required. But the biggest headache seems to be registering for couriers, this DS-160 in order for scheduling the medical and interview.
We thank you for your help in this!
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Thank you. We have sent emails and made calls and the NVC is working with USCIS to figure out what’s going on, but that was over two weeks ago. It’s getting urgent now, because we fear that our application might be terminated. We are at least after some reassurance that it will be extended until they tell us what the situation is. As for copies, there are two exact replica copies of what was sent, so if we do have to go back, it won’t be too disastrous.
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Hello,
We have received our NOA2 on 24 July 2019.
However, NVC have not yet received it, and they are currently working with USCIS to figure out where it is.
Would I need to request for an extension of the I-797, which is due to expire soon? And if so, how might I go about this? I sent an e-mail to the embassy in London, but I have also read somewhere that this may be done automatically. Should we need to worry too much, considering that they might have messed up somewhere and delayed it? We shouldn't have to be worried that our application be binned if they say that we didn't want to continue with this process, as during this time we have tried to find out what the status and progress have been.
Thank you in advance for your help!
Aaron and Claribel.
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On 9/17/2019 at 9:53 AM, Hank_ said:
Yes you can.
E-mail: NVCInquiry@state.gov
Subject line: USCIS Receipt number from your I-797 Notice of Action (NOA)
Body of email: "Requesting case file number" (plus include below required information)
REQUIRED SECURITY INFORMATION:
(You are required to provide the following security information with each inquiry to receive a case specific response):
* USCIS Receipt Number from your NOA-2 (Place in the subject line of the e-mail).
* Petitioner's name and date of birth.
* Beneficiary's name and date of birth.K-1 are processed like an immigrant visa, but are NOT immigrant visas, so they fall into a completely different class of their own.
K-1 visa: 1-603-334-0888 Operator assistance is available Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 9:00 PM (Eastern Time) .
What to Prepare Before Calling:
You will need the following information before you call:
– Name and date of birth of the beneficiary
– Name and date of birth of the petitioner
– Receipt number from your NOA-2I have just called NVC and they gave another e-mail address to find out where the process is.
Our NOA2 is dated 24 July 2019 and we are still waiting a response by NVC. I called them and was told that it can take a while because reasons. However, the e-mail address provided was nvcresearch@state.gov rather than NVC inquiry. I asked whether it was different from the NVC inquiry, and the lady said yes, as it’s a different department apparently. She didn’t go into much detail as to the differences, but maybe they deal with different streams of people asking what is going on?
The subject and body of the e-mail should consist of what has been quoted above.
So I hope that helps. I’m going to give it a try now!
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Thank you. So to confirm, I do not need to have my fiancée’s US passport (the actual original passport, and not a photocopy) or birth certificate with me at all for the interview?
Photocopies of her passport and her birth certificate were provided in the package for the application, but as it stated that originals may need providing, do I really need to have her passport and stuff with me? She will be in the USA without her passport as I would be having it in the UK, and that wouldn’t make sense!
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Hello all. My fiancée has received the NOA2 and I, the beneficiary, am awaiting a letter from NVC for my interview.
Would anyone please provide information on what documents I need to provide? Do they need to be the originals of the copies included in the information/evidence package we provided? Does this mean I need to possess my fiancée’s birth certificate and passport? Or just copies of them?
Thanks so much for any help.
Aaron.
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Just now, panamerican said:
I'm really not sure, but I took the extra step and put each passport photo in a separate bag and labeled the bags with our names so they did not fall loose in the package like you said. My guess is that this can be overlooked as a simple mistake and probably is not grounds for denial assuming everything else is OK. There should be plenty of other evidence in the packet to identify who is who. Then again, this is government and rules are rules. If you get an RFE, don't sweat it as from what I understand, this means you are on the way to approval and just need to clear up some things.
Do yourself a favor, don't spend time stressing about this since you already sent it. I spent a lot of time stressing everything after I sent it only to get approved within 4 months. I think your mistake is so minor that it won't matter. Good luck.
Thank you so much for the reassurance and wishes!
I have seen that the cases for a straight denial have a high threshold, and this is the only error that we can think of doing. I have also seen that RFE letters have been sent to those who have missed a signature in a form, which seems a bit more of a serious issue than the photographs.
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Just now, panamerican said:
We signed and dated the back, but did not print our names so technically we didn't follow directions. No RFE. Your's were blank on the back?
Thank you for your reply.
Yes. We replaced passport photos because the other ones were a bit older. So there's nothing on the back.
There's concern that we may get an RFE letter, but hopefully that will be the worst case. Surely, this is no cause for an outright denial? I have read in other places that the names, etc. are for reasons if the photographs get loose from the packet. We have included scanned passport pages, so we can still be identified that way.
Sending belongings to the US
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This is interesting. I do not know why I hadn’t thought of shipping stuff by ship! I suppose this would also be cheaper, though not as quick? May I please ask which courier or service you used?