Smarties24

No RFE thankfully

Hi all, I don’t post much on here but that’s mostly because any questions I’ve had I’ve been able to search for and found the answers I’ve been looking for without needing to start a new thread. I’m the beneficiary and our I-130 was approved yesterday, submitted online 3/3/23. I’ve updated my timeline to help others and will continue to update it as we progress. This post is purely just to say Thank You to everyone who has unknowingly been able to help 🙏 On to the next stage 😄

Thank you

Thank you!

Hi guys, just a quick question. Tried searching to save asking what is probably a simple question but they keywords bring far too many threads to find what I need. I am the beneficiary, we submitted our I-130 petition in March, I have had just had to replace my passport as it was expiring. Would it be best to send the USCIS an update with my new passport number now or wait until the I-130 is reviewed. If it was being reviewed anytime soon I’d just leave leave it but it’s not likely to be looked at this year so wondered if it was better to update them now. Thanks

We just submitted ours online. Received NOA1 3 days later

Hi all, I am new to the forum and I have searched finding a similar question to my own but I didn’t want to hijack the OP’s thread as it is still going. So I apologise upfront for asking a question that has probably been asked 100 times over that everyone is sick of 😂 To give you the background, I am the beneficiary, living in the UK and my fiancée is the US citizen. We are pretty much ready to submit our I-129F to the USCIS and start the process for a K1 visa. Having read a lot on here it seems that this is no longer the fastest or the best route to go down. From what I can tell the I-130 forms are being processed at a similar pace as the I-129F’s but we know there is still a long way to go after that. The USCIS are saying that the I-129F is currently being processed on average in 13 months, it is then an average of 88 days before the interview at US embassy in London, followed by the 7+ months wait for the EAD after arriving and submitting the AOS. As I mentioned, my Fiancée is the US citizen and she lives in the US but obviously we are not yet married hence looking at the K1. I have another flight booked to stay with her for 2 weeks over thanksgiving. Would it be best to continue with the K1 application journey, likely to be sent out next week, or get married on my visit in November and then submit an I-130 and go down the IR-1 route, baring in mind it will be 5 months before I do travel there. Would it even be possible to marry whilst there on a tourist visa? I would ensure that I have enough proof to show that I would be retuning to the UK, tenancy agreement, letters from my employer, return flight tickets and financial commitments here etc. Our intention is just like everyone else, to be together as soon as possible. The thought of not being able to work for 7+ months scares the life out of me or rather the hair I’ll be pulling out. Again I want to apologise for asking something a lot of people are probably sick of answering, I’m just trying not to hijack other threads and confuse people as I am myself. I appreciate any responses.