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4 minutes ago, K1visaHopeful said:

If you've already applied and been approved for for K1 and K2 VisaS (plural) why would he need to...

 

It's a very long story. To make a long story short, his kids don't have their IDs and passports yet. This is something my fiance has been working on for years. He's been making progress on this lately, but it might still take several months to complete. 

3 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

And USCIS will grant an AP once he comes to the US and files for adjustment but as it was mentioned, it can take months and it’s not unheard of some waiting a year. 

Thanks for the answer! I know we can try to expedite it, but it seems like that's a gamble. I've heard that it's unlikely to be expedited for that reason. 

17 minutes ago, powerpuff said:

You don’t need to put any reason and where it asks for travel plans you would put TBD.

 

*** Topic moved from AOS K1 forum to Working & Traveling during US Immigration forum where AP questions are discussed ***

 

I think I need to re-word the question or explain a little bit more. My fiance would need to travel back to his country within a few months of coming here on his K1 visa so that he can work on getting the children's passports(It's a long story, but he's been working on getting their IDs and passports for years now.) So that they can come to the US with him on K2 visas. This would need to happen within a year from when my fiance gets his K1 visa. Right now, my fiance can send in his passport and get his K1 visa anytime. We're trying to get the issue with the kids passports settled first so that they can all travel together, but it's taking a long time.

28 minutes ago, OldUser said:

1) It may take many months to receive AP

2) Why not just marry, file I-130 and consular process?

 

K-1 and AOS are primarily for those who want to come to the US and go through immigration while living in the US. It's more expensive, more restrictive in terms of travel than CR-1 / IR-1

What do you mean by consular process? What's that? 

We've already applied for the K1 visa in September 2021. He's already had his interview and the visas are just being held up by some of the paperwork for his kids. 

My fiance is thinking of coming on his K1 visa and getting married and then filing for AP to be able to go back and work on the paperwork for his children so he can bring them to the US with him. Is this feasible? Will the USCIS grant the AP for this reason?

My fiance had his interview in KL. He never received anything in the mail beforehand. He received a similar email. Just answer the questions they ask. If the case is ready, you can go ahead and schedule your medical and interview. To be honest, I'm not even sure what "the packet" refers to. I've heard it mentioned many times in the forums. The closest we ever received was this email. 

15 hours ago, Redro said:

According to your timeline, you received the K1 visa and the interview was May 2023. 

Where is your partner now? 

Do you want to abandon the the K1 and adjustment of status or does your partner need to remain in Malaysia for some reason? 

Yes, the interview was in May. He was giving verbal approval pending a couple things he needs to submit, one of them being paperwork for his children which looks like it may take months or years to get. So we are contemplating options. 

If I were to marry my fiance and live with him in his country while waiting for the spousal visa, would there be any possible way for us to sponsor ourselves, or would we for sure need a joint sponsor? 

35 minutes ago, spikes746 said:

I entered the US in August 2020, the vaccine wasn't available till Jan 2021 and the travel restriction till after that.

 

I am unsure if the vaccine requirement for entry to the US may or may not still affect those entering on K1.

 

The good news is that the state of emergency has ended and HR185 is in the US congress to remove the restriction.

Thanks for your reply! Yes, hopefully they remove the restriction soon. 

On 1/13/2023 at 3:52 PM, spikes746 said:

I just wanted to write up a quick report of my experience applying for a vaccine exemption on religious grounds as when I was filing it in early 2021 there was little to no information on personal experiences with this particular waiver.

 

I filed I-601 simply by completing the provided lines for explanation with a summary of my religious beliefs and why, in no uncertain terms, getting a vaccination would be a contradiction of my religious convictions.

 

I also had as many friends and family as I could, write signed and dated letters attesting to the fact that they know me to hold this conviction/belief and sent those along with my I-601 filing.

 

I was filing for AOS and not K1 and so did not go through the waiver in a embassy interview process.

 

I heard nothing on my I-601, other than a notice of receipt, until my AOS interview. At the very end of my interview, my interviewer brought up the subject matter of the I-601. He said that I had been in the Army and so as he was prior military knows that I must have got lots of vaccines (I did before I came to faith in God) and so it seemed like a tough sell to him. I told him that on my medical records from the Army that I provided with my AOS medical paperwork, there is record of me declining a vaccine after the date I came to faith in God. He said that was good enough for him and approved my I-601.

I know that is not a lot of information and so if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

How did you enter the US without being vaxxed for COVID? Also, if you entered on a K1 visa, how did you get past the requirement to show proof of COVID vaccination before the medical check up? 

My fiance resided in the Philippines for over six months many years ago. How can he get a certificate of good conduct that he needs for his interview? Can he just go to the Philippine embassy in his country? 

On 2/10/2023 at 6:25 AM, Poppy65100 said:

Have you guys heard anymore on this? I’ve got a feeling USA will be following the UK and withdrawing the mandate. 

I read that there's a measure that passed through the House to end this requirement for non citizens to have the COVID vaccine to enter the country. Not sure when it'll happen exactly.

So then the petitioner would need to bring or mail the necessary documents to the beneficiary instead of just scanning them?

For the interview, is it necessary to bring any original documents, or can they be copies? For example, the NOA2, divorce certificate, birth certificate, tax transcripts, etc..

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

You go home

No recourse? No chance to appeal?

What is the worst that can possibly happen if someone who is applying for AOS from a K1 visa has the waiver for vaccines denied? 

I'm asking this theoretically because we're not to that stage yet. But I'm worrying about this so trying to calm my fears. 

2 hours ago, breadlover408 said:

Still early! My NOA1 was early 2021 and I only got approved yesterday. So, in the span of 11 months, 8 months since biometrics. 

Are you talking about adjustment of status? I'm talking about the K1 visa. We're still waiting for noa2.

1 hour ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

The two answers are more or less the same:  awaiting adjudication/case assign to an officer and is being reviewed.

 

"Correspondence soon"  is based on USCIS time, sort of the reverse of the scene from Star Trek 2:  "hours seem like days, days seem like weeks".  For USCIS, their "days" tend to be weeks and "weeks" tend to be months.

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for your answer!

2 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Is your petition outside normal processing time?

Our NOA1 is September 13 2021. We'll be outside "normal processing time" on February 1st. 

I've sent two inquires to the USCIS myself the wording on the responses I got basically said my case was waiting adjudication. I just got a response from the inquiry my senator did for me, and the wording on that one sounds more hopeful. It said that our case has been assigned to an officer and it's being reviewed and to expect correspondence soon. Does this mean that our case is making progress, or do they just give better sounding responses to congressional inquires?

On 1/13/2023 at 3:52 PM, spikes746 said:

I just wanted to write up a quick report of my experience applying for a vaccine exemption on religious grounds as when I was filing it in early 2021 there was little to no information on personal experiences with this particular waiver.

 

I filed I-601 simply by completing the provided lines for explanation with a summary of my religious beliefs and why, in no uncertain terms, getting a vaccination would be a contradiction of my religious convictions.

 

I also had as many friends and family as I could, write signed and dated letters attesting to the fact that they know me to hold this conviction/belief and sent those along with my I-601 filing.

 

I was filing for AOS and not K1 and so did not go through the waiver in a embassy interview process.

 

I heard nothing on my I-601, other than a notice of receipt, until my AOS interview. At the very end of my interview, my interviewer brought up the subject matter of the I-601. He said that I had been in the Army and so as he was prior military knows that I must have got lots of vaccines (I did before I came to faith in God) and so it seemed like a tough sell to him. I told him that on my medical records from the Army that I provided with my AOS medical paperwork, there is record of me declining a vaccine after the date I came to faith in God. He said that was good enough for him and approved my I-601.

I know that is not a lot of information and so if anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask.

Thank you so much for sharing your experience!!!  

2 hours ago, Y00per said:

Can anyone confirm?
I think I see they processed some in the 133300 batch today?!

I just did a scan of 133000-133499. I saw 2 approvals and 1 RFE sent today. 

2 hours ago, Anna Hessler said:

You can run a programming script like Elson George and I do. Or you can run the numbers by hand. Is there a certain range you were wondering about? I can pull it from my spreadsheet for now. 

Where do you get the programming script?

I scanned most of September and counted about 84 approvals with today's and tomorrow's dates with most activity focused on mid September. One thing I don't understand though is why some cases are marked approved with tomorrow's date. I've seen this on other days too. Does anyone know why? 

On 11/19/2022 at 2:57 AM, mw & rg k1 said:

Weekly Update (Nov 18th, 2022)

As usual, no real activity, for all of December Filers this week.  My scan observed:

     3 Withdrawals:
     3 Expedite Denials
     1 Approval 😲 (Surprise and congratulations  👏 DEC 13-17 range / WAC2290028xxx)

 

Also ran the unopened case script to see where activity is at USCIS.
This is the 3rd week in a a row where the bulk of new opened cases has moved towards the end of year by one week.
It appears USCIS is into opening September cases now even though there are still a considerable number of untouched cases in August.

     Week:    Was:     Now:    Delta:
     08/06    64         63             1
     08/13    122       83           39
     08/20    243      171         72
     08/27    442      344         98
     09/03    612      359         253   (Most this week)
     09/10    559      407         152
     09/17    740      712          28
     09/24    724      717           7
 

Observations suggest: 
1) October will start seeing a few cases opened sometime next week.   

2) December 1-3 receipt date may see a few cases opened  in 10-11 weeks (Late January)

 

 

Did you factor in the slowdowns for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays coming up?