Derek Scheyer

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

I'm finding conflict in the forums. We need not fight.
 
Per DS-160; an official government document, page 23 it clearly states: Immediate Relatives means fiancé/fiancée, spouse (husband/wife), child (son/daughter), or sibling (brother/sister).
 
This makes K1 visa mission critical. 
 
K1 visa was created in 1970 to make it easier for service men to marry foreign nationals. Not all couples can marry under a CR1 visa due to the foreign nationals laws, religious laws, same-sex laws, just to name a few.
 
K1 is mission critical!
 
 

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Most of us doing a k1 would already be married if it wasnt for covid. So you can pretty much think of them as our spouse.

Except its not even about thinking long term or the big picture with this situation.
 
Literally nobody seen a pandemic coming and the ensuing travel bans. Obviously there are pros and cons with filing K1 vs IR1/CR1. Nobody would have lumped in Covid-19 with those cons in 2019 because it didn't exist. Obviously now, tragically, we know being a USC's spouse is the better option. We can talk consequences all we want but the reality is we couldn't prepare or consider this when starting our petition back in August, otherwise we would have made a better decision. Unfortunately we're not psychics. 

Because everyone saw a pandemic coming when filing for K1 huh? There's also people who were simply not able to marry. My fiancé was working for the DOS and could not marry because of his contract, so we applied for the K1. 
We're already aware that K1's aren't deemed mission critical and that's what we're fighting for. In the end the goal is to be with our loved ones, just like you. Please keep the negativity to yourself.

For some of us the k1 was a better route due to multiple circumstances. All I'm saying is there's no reason it shouldn't be mission critical also. Most if not all of us would already be married if the process didn't take so long.

For some of us the k1 was a better route due to multiple circumstances. All I'm saying is there's no reason it shouldn't be mission critical also. Most if not all of us would already be married if the process didn't take so long.