By the way, in the end we were approved, but after this while process took so long, and after the whole world changed around us, we never went forward with the rest of the process because we were not sure if it would be a good time to move to the US in the midst of the pandemic. So we will probably apply eventually but use another route, the marriage visa instead of K1. The idea of moving to the states and my fiance not being able to work for a long time before getting a work permit scared us a bit considering the economic conditions at the time. We applied in January 2020 before the pandemic spread and after things changed so much we just decided to wait and see. with K1, once you are approved the clock starts ticking you have a limited time to move to the states before it expires etc.