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10 hours ago, Melc said:
I can confirm that I just had my normal, non-emergency, IR-1 interview today and was approved.
The other people all seemed to be there as either spouses or children of USCs.
So routine visa services have resumed for those categories as least, it seems.
How will you enter into the US with the travel ban still in place?
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1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:
I believe some consulates have started processing spousal visas, IFRC.
Yes but that is not routine visa services which have stopped under the executive order from March. i imagine that EE will need to be lifted.
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3 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:
As for the embassies and openings :
It has been stated that each country and the US embassy in it will open when that country's government has deemed it ok so it will be a country to country issue
Where has this been stated? Maybe for embassies to open for non routine services. Otherwise wouldn't NZ or other countries with low or no covid cases be processing k1s? No one is from my understanding. Sounds like that executive order from March would need to be lifted.
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When routine services resume, would it be on a country to country basis or across the board? The proclamation to stop them was across the board so I'm assuming that, combined with lifting of travel restrictions, will cause them to resume?
Also, why are we still blocking the UK/Europe from entering the US when we have so much more community spread? The fact we haven't lifted these restrictions and there hasn't even been a discussion about it, makes me think this is just an excuse to stop immigration. What are we waiting for? For the USA to have covid under control? With how things are going, that could be next year? It's very strange to me, for example, travel between Mexico and the US is allowed and not between UK and the US.
When do people think, things will resume? Does anyone actually think that the August appointments won't be cancelled? It's so difficult to plan life having no idea.
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Saw this article today that bans europe from the EU. My first impression is that this does not apply to countries outside the schengen zone but then i saw this:
QuoteBritain, despite having left the E.U., is still being considered part of the bloc until year’s end, and so was not part of the discussion over outside visitors.
A detailed guide of criteria shared among diplomats and reviewed this week by The New York Times said that the list should include only countries with a “comparable or better epidemiological situation as the average in the E.U.+ area,” and that the data from those countries must be credible and demonstrate a robust system for containing the virus.
The term “E.U.+” refers to the European Union plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, which do not belong to the E.U. but are normally part of its open-borders zone.
Are we allowed in with 2 week quarantine or not now?
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1 hour ago, Ross Warden said:
Hey guys,
I suppose it's nice and also not nice seeing other people have to go through this. My last visit to the US to see my partner was Feb and we are both pulling our hair out waiting for the visa processing to get going again.
With regards to your flight you have booked it seems that only BA is running the service we need from chicago to london then London to glasgow. Does anyone know how we can avoid passing through immigration and having to spend the 14day isolation down their. BA just keep saying it will be ok if she stays airside but how do we make sure of that. We obviously want to hold off so she can catch the domestic flight and pass through in glasgow.
Anyone who has been or is coming to the uk soon and knows how these restrictions are implemented any insight would be greatly appreciated.
I am also looking at the flight from DC -> London -> Glasgow. You would quarantine at your final destination, not London. Suggest you go over the rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-travellers-exempt-from-uk-border-rules
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2 hours ago, Jessica & Karl said:
March was last time for us, but Jess has a flight to visit me in the UK in a couple of weeks. 🥳
After reading how many of you have had much much longer apart than us, we feel very fortunate now that it's "only" been 3 ish months. Let's all hope this travel ban stuff and K1 processing gets sorted soon!
On a side note, have any of you had to cancel wedding arrangements? We have one booked for 24th October, did you have to forfeit deposits? Did insurance cover it? Trying to have our options in place *just in case*.
Nice, I'm pretty hesitant to fly over to the UK 😕
We always planned to elope so we haven't spent anything. I think our only cost will be the marriage license. We are doing a "self uniting marriage" in DC so won't even need a officiant. Really glad now, as I can't deal with any more stress!
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6 minutes ago, arae said:
Look at TravelGov twitter. It's the official account for U.S. Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs. Numerous people have asked if K1s are impacted. The account stopped short of saying "K1 is not impacted" but they DID say "the Proclamation does not address K1 visas."
Read into it what you will. I have my thoughts about that answer.
I'm starting to think this is being done purposefully.
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Someone just got an email from the London embassy saying it is included in the EO
Since it's not clarified in the actual EO, it will be left up to interpretation, I guess.
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1 hour ago, Jonny_43 said:
Not sure what to do next. My interview was scheduled March 18, wedding set for September 26th. Current interview set for July 9th, but like many others, that's the third one I am waiting for to be cancelled. Sadly it isn't looking good from this response. We can only hope that they amend the EO, that I believe they review every 2 weeks (think I saw that somewhere), to allow the K1 visa to become exempt from the EO.
Personally, if I had any proper wedding planned, I'd cancel for an elopement at this point or something small that's easily flexible. We're planning a "self uniting marriage" in DC. You can always do a bigger celebration later when things are normal again.
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1 hour ago, Jonny_43 said:
Hi everyone,
I finally received a slightly more clear (though it's not good news) email response from the embassy in London.
They have quoted the update from the embassy website ( https://uk.usembassy.gov/information-for-nonimmigrant-visa-applicants-following-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/ ) but as you see the've added the words "including K1" ... I was hoping the K1 would be allowed after the travel ban was lifted, but this makes it seem as though the K1 is included in the list of visas not being issued until Dec 31 due to the Presidential Proclamation ...
Not sure what to do next. My interview was scheduled March 18, wedding set for September 26th. Current interview set for July 9th, but like many others, that's the third one I am waiting for to be cancelled. Sadly it isn't looking good from this response. We can only hope that they amend the EO, that I believe they review every 2 weeks (think I saw that somewhere), to allow the K1 visa to become exempt from the EO.
Damn, we're screwed. This doesn't change how I currently feel about the situation though. Our k1 interviews are postponed indefinitely. Any scheduled interview is a just a somewhat meaningless placeholder at this point.
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2 hours ago, TinyRapunzel said:
August last year was sadly the last time I saw him. This has all been stressing us out, not to mention to my new line of work means I can't travel at the moment. Here's to hoping something works out soon and we'll all get to be with our future spouses!
Wow that's a long time.
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1 minute ago, goldhex said:
Exactly, it's means that at the moment we're only relying on the impact of a global pandemic lessening rather than the whims of a certain politician (I know which one I'd rather rely on! Ha
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I hope so. It still seems discouraging to single out the k1 as not a routine service, though. I don't see why it should be treated any different than the spousal if it does not fall under the PP.
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50 minutes ago, goldhex said:
A positive update on the US Embassy London website for K1s
How is it positive? Because they don't mention the PP?
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Does anyone know if a British person would have issues getting into the US after spending a few weeks in Mexico? It says they can only not enter the US if they been in one of the banned countries in the past 2 weeks. Since our k1 visa process is suspended we are trying to have him come visit me in the US.
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1 minute ago, tris&kris said:
Well you should be honest with your intentions to the CBP officer. You don’t have to declare you’re a K1 right off the bat but you should say you’re there to visit fiancé. And they may ask for proof that you’re planning to return such as return flights, letter from job, car payment, etc.
They only asked my fiancé for his return flight and he was through within a few minutes
Yea we definitely always go the honest route. Has worked fine so far in both countries. Is there something somewhere that says you aren't supposed to visit while waiting for the k1 visa?
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3 minutes ago, tris&kris said:
Oh true we were thinking of Mexico too. Good idea. Always iffy to enter on a ESTA as a K1 but it’s worth a try. My fiancé didn’t have any issues last time and he stayed for 80 days.
How would they even know? Is it not allowed? We applied in September and he came to visit me in Nov for a couple weeks last year.
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2 minutes ago, tris&kris said:
February for us too. We are thinking of planning an August vacation to a place that allows both US and UK tourists. Leading candidate right now is the Bahamas
Nice, we were thinking of Mexico as an alternative. Was also thinking that if we meet in Mexico and we stay there for 2 weeks then he could technically come into the US since he will not have been in one of the banned countries in the past 2 weeks.
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When did you last see your fiancé/fiancée? For me it was February. Our March and July interview was cancelled. I'm not super hopeful our August appointment will come through or that the US will drop the travel ban anytime soon. Instead of hoping for the interview, I'm thinking of heading over to the UK for a couple months and just going through with the 2 week quarantine.
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29 minutes ago, Ah96 said:
Yep same here, although I went back on the appointment booking system about an hour ago and a date for july 6th and 13th were available to book ! Mega head spin.
I would probably just book an August one if possible.. Otherwise the July ones get cancelled and you'll be stuck with an appointment in September or something. Though I doubt the August k1 interviews are going to go through anyway.
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36 minutes ago, goldhex said:
Just received this interesting email, anyone else?
I was pretty suspicious this would be the case considering they mention the presidential proclamation under "Will my immigrant or fiancé(e) visa case expire?/Can I continue with the application process?"
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3 minutes ago, Ah96 said:
Lol hopefully this is the final reschedule ! Glad to finally have the ball rolling albeit rather slowly. My initial interview was 27th March so you can imagine the frustration getting that cancelled from just a week or so out 🤣
Ours was March 17th, less than 24 hour notice. and we were only able to get an August 13th date. Which I'm not holding my breath for either. Would be nice if they rescheduled in order but probably too difficult.
July Interview Dates Open for London
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Oh right. Okay that gives me less hope that they will process k1s since the travel ban does apply to fiances