TBoneTX

True; depends on their classification. Until a resolution, everyone will have to keep searching and hope to strike gold.

Look in the "What Visa" forum for most. Here's the excellent comparison done by our fine member Crazy Cat: K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse cannot leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (up to 9 months) Spouse cannot work until she/he receives EAD (up to 9 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, and bank accounts during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain home-country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises If US spouse declines to participate in Adjustment of Status, the foreign spouse will have a very difficult avenue to legally remain in the US Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) don't allow K-1 visa holders from some countries to enter the US CR-1/IR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status (I-485, I-131, I-765) required Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises Current Presidential executive order (travel bans) exempt immediate relatives of US citizens

Yet another thread has been merged into this one. Please post further only in this thread.

Maybe, but it can take months for a simple (and sometimes unhelpful or boilerplate) reply. I'd call at least two ports, maybe three. Consistency of answer will point the way.

Well, you'll get a lot of accurate comments about how the CR-1 visa (via the I-130 petition) is far superior to the K-1 visa (via the I-129F petition) and how they take essentially the same amount of time. There are zillions of threads here about that. We can leave the thread here without harm.

Thread is resolved, so it's now locked to further comment.

She can call Customs & Border Protection at any port of entry, ask for the shift supervisor, explain, and get an answer. She should take note of where and when she called and to whom she spoke. Look on cbp.gov for a list of ports. (I recommend against e-mailing through the CBP site; it takes forever to get an answer.)

Welcome to the forum! Because you're getting married and your petitioner will presumably file the I-130 petition, your thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the CR-1 Process forum. Knowledgeable people will answer soon.

I wonder whether it takes Congress to straighten out these infuriating Civil Surgeons and their "you need a full physical at full cost," or if a presidential Executive Order would do it. If it were a priority for either governmental branch, it would so easy and so helpful for so many.

Congratulations!

Yee-HAAAAA! [Note to T-B.'s self: Jokes worked again... jokes worked again... ]

We are the poster chimp for PTSD, si and sigh mam ma'am... Edited to add, see man: Previous post was LPoP and was therefore unread, ignore mam ma'am's reaction and our reaction to her reaction no see and no see man.

On this date, Manyober Many'th (2x2x2 +1th), Many (2x2x2x2 +1) years ago, Mrs. T-B.-to-be entered los Estados Unídos with virtue of her K-1 visa, enter she man. (As we here remember, this visa was wrenched from the ####, ####, #######, ####### Guayaquil consulate after much infuriating effort, we man.) Mrs.-T-B.-to-be was fresh off Many (2+1) despedidas (going-away parties) in Many (2+1) Ecu cities and arrived sick as a dog, sick she man. We spent $Many -- si man, $Many -- in getting her a clinic appointment at full retail price and getting her Rx also at full retail price, we man. We did not yet know about the Mexican medical clinic where they charge only $Many ($2x2x2x2x2 + 2+1) for a clinic visit and also speak Spanish, no and man. This is our memory of this day in history, remember we man.

That's fine! Fret less.

Addendum: For Removing Conditions (next step), you WILL have to provide lots of bona fide evidence. Take everything relevant in hard-copy form that comes in from this point forward, and throw it into a box. Set up a special computer folder for everything digital that comes in, and transfer relevant stuff into it. By ROC time, you'll have the high-class problem of deciding what NOT to include.

You don't really need much at all for AOS*; the marriage certificate within 90 days should suffice. *unless requirements have changed since my time Couples have separate bank accounts all the time -- USCIS knows this. Send what you have and fret less.

Look for the member's post on July 21. --- Resolved thread is now closed to further comment.

You should also strongly consider drafting estate documents -- wills, medical & durable powers of attorney, HIPAA releases, etc. No matter how young you are or how little you think you have, you don't want to be without these. These documents are superior evidence for Removing Conditions (your next step after this), and they're even more crucial to have in "life" as early as possible. See if Pennsylvania has officially compatible forms somewhere on the state/Commonwealth's official website; if not, shop for an attorney who can draft them inexpensively. I'm not a lawyer, but I specifically asked one, and she said that estate/probate attorneys make their biggest money off people who "do these forms themselves from templates on the Internet," so keep that in mind.

It's always tense when you're striving to join a first-world country.

She'll probably send fotos if cell service allows, but usually she doesn't report details, si and no man. She says it's an "old people's" cruise, no one under age Many man. Well, get out and do something enjoyable and interesting, si and Bro G man! Just wait for our Thrilling Thursday report, man. Note that ex-Mrs.-T-B. is still depressed after having been dumped by the Rojo, striving to break out of it ex-she man man.

All two of them? Let's hope so... but, again, death in Islam is a win-win -- die a martyr and get the 72 virgins, or survive after killing infidels and be forgiven for all sins and thus qualify for Paradise and the 72 virgins.

Guy looks like another real winner.

Read carefully, interpret literally, and answer/respond completely & accurately. This protocol ensures your success throughout this immigration process.

You can do this; just keep them distinct.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. ----- Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Breakfast was what Mini-B. refused/didn't have time to consume, ingest wee man but mostly we man man. A re-embedding was mandatory and prompt, re-zzz we man. Went to visit Mama T-B., mostly productive man. Caucus degenerated into yelling when she tried to make us clean a dish left by the lunch-deliverers, NOT our job man. After this, and after weeks/months, we decided that we deserved to acknowledge ourself, decent self-treatment man. Lunch/din-din was therefore the Olive Garden lunch special, ingest we man. We should do this less infrequently, conclude we man. Mini-B. returned "tired" from non-Two-Guys eve, disgruntled wee man man. When confronted with much undone hoamwurk, he enclosed himself in his room, isolationist wee man man. When we checked on him 2 hours later, he was bed-sprawled and zzz-ing deeply, exhausted wee man man. He was highly disoriented when aroused, thought he was late to skool man. He claims to have finished his hoamwurk, yeah right man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. leaves for her cruise on Thursday, bye ex-she man man. We must compile our GS/ES itinerary, compile we man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.