Hunkydory97

I talked to and met with two immigration attorneys before I started my process and neither one knew their ### from a hole in the ground. I would take their projection of doom with a grain of salt. I would like to think that we all know what we're up against at this point without needing a lawyer to tell us.
 
We went with the K-1 and the last thing I'd want to hear is some lawyer telling me what a mistake it was, while scratching a check for the pleasure. It seems like they are giving opinion based advice on a subject with no reference, and it doesn't sound like good advice to me.
 
As much as it sucks, and believe me I'm not happy, all we can do is wait and hope that things get moving as soon as possible. 
 
Our NOA2 expired last month by the way. I called the NVC and they said it would be automatically reinstated and I don't need to do anything else at this point. We'll see if this holds true.

I actually saw that it was filled out, so as far as I could see you did right. 

Hello everyone,
reading the forums I know I’m not alone in feeling frustrated on how K-1 are being handled. I’ve spoken to attorneys and I basically have been told by all of them a k-1 is a wrong choice. Have any of y’all decided to just ditch the k-1 and go to your fiancé country? As that’s what I’m considering doing but, if I do that would it impact  us in the future if we obviously went the spousal route years later.
 

If you are in the position to go live with your fiance - I would consider it.  You can leave the K1 in place and if you feel like getting married then withdraw it.  Having a withdrawn K1 isn't much of an impact other than listing in on the I-130.
 
We didn't do a K1 as decided we wanted to marry and be together wherever that was. We didn't want to do LDR any longer. Based on my job I could pretty much be anywhere.  We ended up living in Mexico so I didn't have to be far from my other business interests.  We were able to be together much more than if I was based in the Philippines and being in Mexico really helped us financially.  We kind of lucked into our timeline as we weren't really planning on going back to the US that fast.
 
Have a conversation, especially about finances, and do what works best for the two you.

We are not questioning you as yours is complete. Thank you.

Hello everyone,
reading the forums I know I’m not alone in feeling frustrated on how K-1 are being handled. I’ve spoken to attorneys and I basically have been told by all of them a k-1 is a wrong choice. Have any of y’all decided to just ditch the k-1 and go to your fiancé country? As that’s what I’m considering doing but, if I do that would it impact  us in the future if we obviously went the spousal route years later.
 

My favorites so far is 
“so that means you can go on 90 day fiancé and get paid” 😂 
“why can’t he just get a tourism visa and wait out the process in America” 
 
I question the stupidity of people. This process is lengthy but, it isn’t hard unless you make it hard. 

My favorites so far is 
“so that means you can go on 90 day fiancé and get paid” 😂 
“why can’t he just get a tourism visa and wait out the process in America” 
 
I question the stupidity of people. This process is lengthy but, it isn’t hard unless you make it hard. 

I mean different people have different circumstances..... I get the CR1 has big advantages, especially during the pandemic, but the amount of K1 bashing I see on this site can be discouraging 

Per the following document, must at least have a pending I-485: https://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/documents/verifyingLawfulPresence.pdf Page 3 "Applicants for adjustment of status"
 
Even with that document as a reference, some applicants have encountered resistance from uninformed DPS employees:
 
Here is a success story:
 

Sadly you’re in denial about her being sexual with another man. Maybe when the shock and hurt wears off the logical will hit. No matter how much you love the woman she didn’t respect the relationship as she wouldn’t be pregnant with a child not yours. Logically I would hit the road it wouldn’t be worth all the trouble good luck! 

Honestly I filed for the K-1 after 1 visit which happened after 1 year of dating. I heard the whole spousal visa was better for certain reasons. However, I could not be in my fiancée country for the length of time it would require to get married plus I have children of my own so I couldn’t just leave them for months while I’m having the time of my life overseas. Plus he does not have a passport so traveling here obviously isn’t an option. NO ONE knows your situation and what’s best for your relationship but, you two. 
this forum it’s easy to feel down about it but, honestly all visas are in limbo and waiting time.
if your relationship is strong it can handle this challenge in my opinion . Good luck ❤️

Honestly I filed for the K-1 after 1 visit which happened after 1 year of dating. I heard the whole spousal visa was better for certain reasons. However, I could not be in my fiancée country for the length of time it would require to get married plus I have children of my own so I couldn’t just leave them for months while I’m having the time of my life overseas. Plus he does not have a passport so traveling here obviously isn’t an option. NO ONE knows your situation and what’s best for your relationship but, you two. 
this forum it’s easy to feel down about it but, honestly all visas are in limbo and waiting time.
if your relationship is strong it can handle this challenge in my opinion . Good luck ❤️

Sadly you’re in denial about her being sexual with another man. Maybe when the shock and hurt wears off the logical will hit. No matter how much you love the woman she didn’t respect the relationship as she wouldn’t be pregnant with a child not yours. Logically I would hit the road it wouldn’t be worth all the trouble good luck! 

Sadly you’re in denial about her being sexual with another man. Maybe when the shock and hurt wears off the logical will hit. No matter how much you love the woman she didn’t respect the relationship as she wouldn’t be pregnant with a child not yours. Logically I would hit the road it wouldn’t be worth all the trouble good luck! 

And you believe the bolded? It's more like she found out late that she's pregnant but couldn't terminate at that point. So the best thing was to cook up a story before you came to Russia that "she should be grateful about the pregnancy." Trust me, you and her will get pregnant again and it'll be termed "a miracle."
 
I bet you the initial plan was to hide it from you, not mention the kid anywhere, migrate to US then either:
 
1. divorce and go back to get the kid or on 25th Dec be like
2. "Hurray. I have a kid, you know. His name is Dimitri. That's your 2021 X-mass present, babe. "
 
However, they only came clean because somehow they may have found out those plans lead to a dead end if the child isn't mentioned NOW on the K-1 process. We've seen people who hid their kids and wives, married US citizens, then divorced to go bring the aforementioned. However, USCIS hits them with reality and they come on VJ asking how to remedy the situation.
 
I guarantee you that if the 2 plans mentioned above would work, you would have gone to Russia to find a well maintained 'gym' body. She would have silently given birth, given the kid to family or the guy for keeps and hit the gym ASAP before your arrival. You would have been so happy she maintained herself for you while you were away, not knowing the dirt behind the curtains.
 
First of all, how do you go around not using condom? This was not accidental. They knew what they were doing. 

I'd say that her cheating on him will also lead to trust issues, and not telling him until close to her due date is the cherry on top. 

This is heartbreaking. I can see why she choose to keep the child. However, the lack of respect (not telling you) that would lead to significant trust issues. If she can hide / lie about that imagine what else she could if you marry her. You will end up even more hurt run as it’s still early. 

~~moved to process and procedures from progress reports~~
 
You will need a passport for the DS-160.  You will have to wait for the passport if the beneficiary does not have one yet.