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@Ayrak You can check with similar Pakistan Visa Timelines at https://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=Pakistan

@SafaNaweed The US embassy in Pakistan is not responsible for how you get there. Yes, the K1 beneficiary is responsible for any travel visa, which for your case is a procedure between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The fees and procedures for the US embassy are the DS-160 and the UStraveldocs https://www.ustraveldocs.com/pk/en/ And don't forget to allocate time for the medicals. https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Pakistan&cty=Islamabad You can maybe follow the Pakistan forums to see if they may be of help? https://www.visajourney.com/portals/index.php?country=Pakistan Unfortunately, there are not many cases like your's and contacting an immigration attorney may help?

@Hopelessincanada Other K 1 applicants have reported the "denied" status while their applications are undergoing further review. And their statuses will change to "approved" later. So just hang in there. Moving forward. Always send with verifiable receipts or confirmations (signed receipts, tracking number, etc.). Personally, I like using FedEx. There are only a few points in the process with controllable feedback notifications and paying a few extra dollars is worth the peace of mind.

@top_secret Also, the Philippines Report of Marriage does not list any name change, unlike our US marriage certificate where it lists "...who wishes to use the name...after marriage". How does the Filipina spouse declare the name change with the passport application if there is no name change on the Report of Marriage?

We filed for the Report of Marriage with the Philippines Embassy since our marriage was in the US. The Philippines Embassy sent back 4 copies signed and stamped by the Philippines Consulate and the National Statistician and Civil Registrar General, Philippines Statistics Authority. I assume those are the PSA copies? Or do we have to order the PSA copies separately?

Any supporting evidences are fine as long as they show you can meet the minimum requirements for your household number. If not, then need a joint sponsor. See the I-134 instructions for supporting evidence. https://www.uscis.gov/i-134 I personally included a bank reference letter showing the total sum of deposits and total sum of withdrawals over the past 12 months. You can also list assets like home(s), 401K, Roth IRA, etc. Or if you have foreign bank account(s), include a copy of your latest FinCen FBAR. Etc. Again, the I-134 doesn't have to be definitive of your whole net worth since it is for the consulate. But the I-864 needs to be more definitive since it is for the USCIS. Many of the I-134 supporting evidence can be repeated for the I-864 since there are no guarantees that anyone at USCIS sees the I-134 after the consulate processed the K1 visa. So make extra copies of all your supporting financial evidences.

Kumusta po, the Philippines Embassy at DC will be coming to our US city for consular outreach. https://philippineembassy-dc.org/consular-outreach-missions-may-to-august-2024/ My Filipina spouse would like to get a new passport with her marriage name. https://philippineembassy-dc.org/e-passport-renewal/ We already have our Report Of Marriage. Has anyone ever experienced renewing their Philippines passport with name change at the Philippines Embassy in the US? How long is the process? How long will they hold the old passport because our original K1 visa is in it? Are there suggestions or tips and pointers to make the process more smooth? Thanks in advance.

Yes. For the K1, the consulates will look at both the AGI and demonstrable income. The three years of return transcripts for the I-134 are more to show the consulate that you have been filing your taxes regularly and don't owe the IRS some large sum. The demonstrable income from your current employment determines your ability to support the K1 beneficiary going through the process to the AOS. So include however many months of payslips as part of your I-134 up to the K1 interview. The consulates can use both or any other provided financial evidence to decide if the K1 beneficiary is at risk of becoming a public charge. The actual legally enforceable affidavit of support is the I-864 which is included as part of the I-485 Adjustment of Status after the K1 beneficiary gets married. So theoretically by then, the US citizen spouse should have more financial evidence to show support.

@rks_emelander Your past Foreign Earned Income Exclusion should not matter as long as you have been filing your taxes, and can download your IRS return transcripts. How you will support your K1 beneficiary with your current income (foreign or resident) will need to be proven in the I-134 with the K1 and the I-864 with the AOS. Edit: Also, if you plan to bring the K1 beneficiary to the US to live but you will be apart living abroad after marriage may raise some suspicion. So best be able to explain your strategy of how you plan to support and live together in a bona fide relationship.

@Nathan Alden, Sr. Since you are already married via Utah online, you can disregard the I-129F and start with the CR1/IR1 process. https://www.visajourney.com/guides/ir1-spouse-visa/ Also keep the Philippines marriage name change separate from the USCIS petition. USCIS will recognize the Utah marriage certificate name change if listed. Instead of listing all your questions in one post, my recommendation is to ask individual specific questions to the proper forum as you go thru the process. Then, link to those threads in your Profile->About Me page as your bookmark reference. You can look at our Profile to get an idea of how we did it.

Use the Return transcripts. Please fill out your Timeline as suggested. Thanks.

Depending on the country, medical facility and the consulate, the procedure may differ in that some medical facilities can transmit the results or DS-3025 electronically to the consulate and some can not. In either case, it's a good idea to specifically request a copy of the DS-3025 for yourself and physically pick it up before the interview. In our case, it actually came in handy when we later got the I-693 medical in the US where the Civil Surgeon needed to see a copy. But theoretically, another copy of the DS-3025 is put in the sealed brown envelope along with the passport on the outside by the consulate that is later given to the K1 beneficiary to hand over to the CBP at the Port-Of-Entry.

If you look at our Profile->Immigration Info->Our Story, our overseas medical took 3 weeks for the test results to come back and sent to the consulate in Taiwan. We anticipated some wait time and scheduled the K1 interview after picking up the results. I never heard about collecting the test results on the same day of the interview since some interviews are early mornings. I have read some cases when the interview is before the medical and the medical has to be submitted before approval, but I don't think those are the norm. The overseas medical DS-3025 does have a 6-month validity from the date it is performed--not the date of results pick-up for the K1 interview, and a 1-year validity to filing the I-485 AOS.

In general, the lower the passport index, then the lower the chances or more proof of non-immigration intent is required of the applicant. https://www.passportindex.org/ Philippines passport is ranked 62, while the US is ranked 8 and Japan passport is ranked 7. So if you are applying with the Philippines passport, then you will need to show proof of strong ties to your home country or Japan (with your permanent residence) and that you have no intention to immigrate or to work while on the tourist visa.

In the Profile dashboard, there are the 3 tabs: Activity, About Me, Images. How do I add pics to the Images tab?

Did all the cards look the same after the initial removal of DHS Authorization restriction from the 2-year green card?

Thanks! That is better than having to go to the SSO a couple of extra times.

Update the SSO with the 10-year green card or Certificate of Naturalization even though the restriction has been removed with the 2-year green card. What are the risks of not doing that because the SSN and the SS card will be the same?

Greetings all, We are K1-to-AOS and soon-to-be ROC filers. It took us a couple of trips to the SSO to remove the "VALID FOR WORK ONLY WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION" with the 2-year green card. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/821529-ssn-removing-dhs-authorization/ Now that we got the new Social Security card without the restriction, if we get the 10-year green card from the ROC or if we get the N-400 naturalization, do we need to update the SS card again with those documents? Will the SS card still look the same? What are some potential risks if we do NOT update the SS card with the 10-year green card or the naturalization certificate? Thanks in advance for any response.

If you look at our Profile or Timeline, we had something similar at the Atlanta Field Office during the Great Request for I-693 Courtesy Email of March 2023. https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/798091-request-for-form-i-693-courtesy-email/ At that time the Atlanta FO estimated I-485 AOS processing time was over 36 months because the evidence suggested the Atlanta FO stopped processing in December 2022. So before the FO started back up processing, they apparently sent out a mass Request for I-693 Courtesy Email in March 2023, to all those who did not have an I-693 on file regardless if they had a proper overseas medical DS-3025 or not. Now there was a great debate among the Atlanta AOS filers then whether to go thru with the I-693 or not or wait for the I-693 RFE. About a week before the I-693 drop-off to the Atlanta FO in April 2023, the FO sent out a "We have taken an action on your case" email to seemingly everyone in the AOS queue, but the USCIS Case Status stayed on "Case Is Being Actively Reviewed by USCIS". About a week later, it seemed everyone got AOS approved without interview regardless if they dropped off an I-693 or not. So for us, from the "We have taken an action on your case" email to AOS approval showing up in our USCIS Case Status was about 2 weeks. The "We have taken an action..." notification was maybe USCIS internally prepping to formulate a decision like someone may have actually looked at your case, or they selected a few clicks on your case, etc. So the best advice is to be patient--some change may be coming up in your USCIS Case Status.