Luis Gutierrez

@Gomast Yeah, after all this time invested it's difficult aborting the process to start a new one. At this point what I'm starting to explore is the option of moving to Mexico with my Woman and waiting it out there. Who knows, maybe we just stay there and start a new life. I have dual citizenship (Mexican and US) so from the immigration point of view, I'm good to go. The biggest challenge would be finding a job that would allow me to work remotely - working on that as we speak

@panamerican24 Yeah , I also explored the writ of mandamus BUT my case was denied by two popular law firms on YouTube: Goldstein Immigration Lawyers and Hacking immigration law. They basically rejected the case because they stated that they have been unsuccessful with K1 cases recently. They were simply being honest so didn't want to take my money knowing that they will very likely lose. Waiting is the only option at this point. It's been since December 2021 that we submitted the DS-5535 - the biggest test of patience ever!

@Genzo10 I wish I knew the reason they issued the DS-5535. It was given to us after we sent in the required document that was requested via the 221g. Aside from that, it's my understanding that .5% of all immigrant applicants are issued that form. They also issue that form if you come from a country that they consider "shady".

I wish I could say that this K1 nightmare is over but it's not, we are still waiting for approval. It's been 7 + months since we submitted the DS-5535 and nothing's happened. The total K1 process to date has been well over TWO YEARS!!! I even had the office of my US Rep contact Bogota for status and all they received is the same ole scripted message blaming things on COVID and not committing to any time line. At this point I lost faith in the US immigration process. Life is too short to be in limbo., time to think of plan B. I wish you the best and hope your case gets resolved soon.