Sassou75

Hey SASSOU,
The proxy marriage is not yet accepted by USCIS. Don't go that way.
 I know about the same day marriage in Maryland. You do not need to be a resident of MD.
It is really celebrated in 2 days. First day for Marriage license and the second day for celebration.
Travel should be open soon.
Let me know if you need more info

Wishing you and your Love the very best. 

Approved today at our Interview! I'll write a detailed post at a later point, but so glad our journey has ended (well, mostly)! 

Patient is the key word especially in this time .. thank you 😊 

Sounds like another WebWed setup...especially since the Utah county was mentioned.
 
No, this will not work for US immigration purposes unless you subsequently consummate the marriage prior to filing. So you're adding complexity and requirements and not able to start a day sooner on the process. Not worth it.
 
INA 101 https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim
Whether it is a "proxy" marriage or only a "virtual" marriage doesn't matter. You must be in the physical presence of each other.

Good to hear good news !! It worth trying sometimes now the big part is coming but lucky you the dcf process is faster ! 

Official guidance from the US embassy in France on exceptional circumstances for direct consular filing --
https://fr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/family-employment-immigration/exceptional-circumstances/
 

Purchased airline tickets for the end of sep. super excitedddd ❤️
hope everyone has a great day 🤓
 
 

I got the visas and CFO counselling certificates (Philippines requirement to travel) for my Wife and son. I booked the tickets this morning. My family will be here Sunday the 13th. Our NOA1 date was only 12/4/19 so we were really lucky. Just about 9 months for the whole process.
 
Thank you to everyone on VJ. Thanks for this thread. YOU WILL GET THERE SOON! 

The embassy received the medical exam results and we were officially approved today! This all happened in the middle of the night for me, so I was unintentionally waking up every hour just to check the status on NVC. Luckily, it only took about 3 hours before it finally said "Issued"! The last wait is for my husband's passport to be returned. I cannot believe that after almost 4 years of long distance (and a tumultuous 2020 with COVID-19 messing up everyone's plans), we will finally be living in the same country. No more airport goodbyes, bad internet connections, or dreading when each visit will end!
 
Anyway, I just wanted to thank everyone on VJ. The immigration process is long and daunting, but it was so nice to have a community of people who are knowledgeable, supportive and helpful! I wish everyone on here the best of luck. I know that we will all be reunited with our loved ones soon!

Got DQ today 
Alhumdulillah we were one of those lucky cases that was getting very quick attention from NVC
PD: 1st October, 2019
Approval: 4th June, 2020
NVC case number: 24th July, 2020 (We were ioe case but it took way longer thn normal for us to get our NVC case number)
1st submission: 19th August (late at night)
Nvc reviewed document: 20th August (early in morning) - They asked for proper birth certificate
2nd submission: 25th August (same birth certificate with an attorney letter to find the actual cause of document rejection)
NVC reviewed: 25th August (within 2 hours)
3rd and final submission: 28 August (with new birth certificate)
NVC accepted and got DQ: 28th August (within 30 minutes after submission)
Now waiting for Islamabad embassy to open....
 

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

This is just the kinda good news we need to hear to stay encouraged.. Thanks😊

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

There is always a light at the end stay strong and don’t loose hope everyone 🙂

So I’m going to tell how the whole check-in, boarding and Immigration went. When I arrived to the KLM check-in desks in Madrid airport the lady asked me what I was going to do in Mexico City. I said I was going to visit a friend (which is true I guess because I’m staying with a family friend) and she said I can’t travel because that’s a “leisure” trip. I told her the borders in Mexico were open to tourism and she didn’t believe me and she kept saying “Well that could change in a day or even hours”. When I explained to her that I was traveling to the US from Mexico City she had me show her my K1 visa and the confirmation email for my flight to the US. She had me waiting about 20 minutes while she asked like 5 colleagues and researched it online because she clearly was clueless about the borders in Mexico (great professionalism). Finally after 20 minutes of literally thinking I was going to have to Uber back home she came back and told me I can go and gave me my boarding pass. I had to fill in a health questionnaire as well during check-in. When it was time to board there was again people asking everyone what they were doing in Mexico. This man didn’t want to let me board because (AGAIN) he was saying Mexico isn’t open for tourism. I then told him I wasn’t going for tourism and showed him my K1 visa on my passport and that I was just flying to the US from Mexico. I had to show him my flight to the US for him to let me board. When I finally sat on the plane I truly couldn’t believe it ahahah. When I landed in Amsterdam for my layover that was a breeze compared to Madrid. I got no questions asked during passport control besides “Where are you headed?”. Once I landed in Mexico City that was a whole different story. I waited in line for Immigration and I got sent for a secondary check. I told them what I was going to do this trip and it seemed like they knew about the “2 week” quarantine for europeans because I was actually not the only one coming for that purpose in my flight. He asked me if I intended to adjust status once I got to the US with my visa and I said “Uuhh.. I guess? but months later”. After all these questions I got sent into a room full of what seemed to be all the foreigners that were in my flight... We were mostly all from Europe. And I met this other Irish girl and British guy who were doing exactly like me. They both had work visas and were just traveling to Mexico to quarantine. We weren’t allowed to have our phones out and they made us fill a really long form about what we were going to do in Mexico and who we were staying with and what activities we were planning on doing. People from that room were getting called into an even smaller room for a short interview. And this wasn’t based on who arrived into the room first... This was based on how complex your case was... So I was freaking out a little because I was called in about 2 hours later. Once I went in I got told to sit down and this lady came and started asking me (again) what I was going to do here in Mexico so I explained to her that I was just staying at a friends house to quarantine and be able to fly to the US. I also told her my fiancé was coming on the 18th. She looked at my visa and asked me to show her my flight to the US. She then told me I could go back to the waiting room. About 5 minutes later I got called and I left the waiting room back into the immigration desk outside and a man stamped my passport and told me “Welcome to Mexico” and I honestly couldn’t believe it because I saw quite a few people getting refused entry. After that I went to get my baggage and left without any other problem. This wasn’t a pleasant experience at all especially when you’ve been awake for 24h and all that is going through your head is “Am I gonna have to sleep at the airport until I can get a flight back home?”. I’m just glad this is all over. Still got the hardest part though... which is entering the US. But after going through all this I’m not even scared anymore...
 
Note that the two other people who had work visas to enter the US were still in the waiting room when I left (and they actually arrived earlier than I did). I really hope they got into Mexico without a problem... I don’t know if having a K1 visa worked in my favor or not. That I will never know. But there shouldn’t be a difference hopefully.

We submitted our applications around late January and just had our interview this Monday and wanted to share our experience. Once again I really think it depends a lot on who you get for your interview. The only supporting documents we submitted was utility bills, health ins, and marriage certificate. We were a bit worried because we didn't submit lease agreement or bank statement but everything went fine and our case was approved and it showed the new card in production the morning after the interview. We didn't think it was gonna be this easy so we are very thankful for that but this goes to show you how easy it can be for some people and not for some. Don't overthink and worry too much. btw we submitted our applications after overstaying on esta for about 2 years. Good luck everybody. 

I entered the US using ESTA / VWP. I was already married to my husband when I arrived, and just came for a visit while we were waiting for the spousal visa process to move forward. Shortly after I arrived, my husband asked me to stay and after much thought I agreed and we filed for AOS. 
 
As a minimum you're going to need your birth cert, passport, marriage cert, his birth cert or passport, three years of his tax/income records, passport photos, any evidence of previous divorces for either of you, or name changes for either of you, the list goes on and on. It takes a little time to put together but the good news is they want copies of everything, not originals, so you can have family scan docs and email to you and then mail them afterwards. 
 
Others have stated it's best to file before you are out of status but I recognise that will be a tough thing to do. Once I had all my docs together it took me maybe ten hours to put my packet together in a way I was happy with. If there is any way you can get it filed before you are out of status, do it. 
 
Read all the instructions carefully, and post here if you have any questions at all. 
 
It'll take about a week to get your NOA1, after you file. I carry a copy of mine with me at all times since it is the only thing I have that proves I am not in the country illegally. 
 
Very best of luck to you, and congratulations! 

I know many of you are wondering about the k1 visa if they are allowed into the country now the ban is in effect. I will let you know my fiancée is currently on a flight right now to come to the USA. She is expected to arrive in about 9 hours from now. I would greatly appreciate people’s prayers that this would go smoothly and I hope to report good news to you all. 

I hope they'll discuss LPR spouses as well. We do our part for the economy, pay taxes to fund government, military and such, but get excluded from re-uniting with our spouses...

Hi All, I have a flight booked from LHR-EWR-DEN on Sunday under an IV and I am the Spouse of a US Citizen. Would anyone like me to document what happens on immigration if you are also looking into going? I am travelling on an IR1 and emigrating for the first time. United Airlines says I can board etc.... and may be subject to additional health screening. I was hoping an update on Monday might help anyone thinking of heading out there soon.
 
Additional - I'll also let you know if I successfully emigrate, if not, I will also update. I thought it might be helpful to all CR1/IR1 holders waiting to go.