Gary and Alla

We can barely understand Brits when they speak English!

Russian and Ukrainian citizens (which she is) are required to register their address with the government. Not that it is a big deal but it seems someone is extorting money from her parents for the privilege. This is much more a personal issue with her parents than a government issue.
She mau be able to update her registration to her US address at the Russian consulate in the US. US immigration does not care and it makes no difference in her immigration process

No there is nothing "standard"
Document your relationship as well as possible. Each consulate makes their own decisions on the merits of each case.
Read the consulate reviews at this site for the consulate you will be using.

And now you know why I use a .45 and not a 9mm.

Your petition will be denied. If not the visa will be denied.
If you are not going to live here there is no need for a path to a green card/citizenship.
It is NOT illegal to get married/honeymoon on a B2 visa. NOT ILLEGAL. It is illegal to enter with a B2 visa with the INTENT to remain in the US. Get B2, get married, get out. No issues. The whole "destination wedding" industry counts on it. You think all those Japanese people getting married in Hawaii have fiancee visas? What about all the foreigners getting married in Las Vegas, the Poconos, even right here n Vermont. There are more Canadians gettinf married at "the Inn at Shelburne Farns" than Americans! Mostly because withn 2 hours drive Canadians outnumber us 6 ro 1.
What you really need to do is study the rules about visas and stop basing decisions on bad information

And the interviewer is not obligated to tutor you in the rules of visas. You applied for the WRONG visa. Denied. Not his fault and not his job to inform you what visa TO apply for. .
Apply for a B2, show adequate ties to her home country (such as YOU live there) Get the B2, come and get married have your honeymoon in CA and leave. Thank goodness the USA does not turn away the billions of foreign dollars we make every year as a honeymoon destination!
An I-129 is not a visa and USCIS does not issue visas. USCIS should have denied the petition and kept your fee for not reading the rules first, but they approved it. So what? It does not obligate anyone to issue a visa.
If they do not issue the visa it will be because you do not show sufficient ties to the country. Not their problem. If denied, plan on an alternate place for the wedding/honeymoon.

This is the internet. The price of admission is a computer. Treat answers accordingly. You are applying for a FIANCEE visa, In which consulate are you required to have children to qualify for a fiancee visa? Anyone saying so is wrong or in denial of other reasons they were rejected. You should also not extrapolate threads which say "I was denied because I am a 58 year old woman wanting to marry a 26 year old man from Morroco and they say our love is not genuine because I cannot have children" Without all the details...it does not apply to you.
Idiots are all around us, they walk among us and many of them work for government agencies...wait until you apply for the SSN or a drivers license if you don't believe me. Where I am from (the USA) any man over 18 with the necessary payment can get a vasectomy and judging from the number of clinics around here, a lot of men are.
I am taking a wild guess that there were other circumstances you aren't telling us but hey, this is an immigration site. Having a vasectomy does not affect your abiltiy to get a K-1. Period. No further discussion.
As noted above not living in the USA WILL affect the ability to get a K-1 UNLESS you are active duty military...I'm guessing you are not.

What exactly is the problem? You don't have children. So what? You will not be required to prove you do not have children (there will be none listed on your tax returns)
The US consulate could not possibly care less, neither does USCIS
Find something else to worry about.

Your petition will be denied. If not the visa will be denied.
If you are not going to live here there is no need for a path to a green card/citizenship.
It is NOT illegal to get married/honeymoon on a B2 visa. NOT ILLEGAL. It is illegal to enter with a B2 visa with the INTENT to remain in the US. Get B2, get married, get out. No issues. The whole "destination wedding" industry counts on it. You think all those Japanese people getting married in Hawaii have fiancee visas? What about all the foreigners getting married in Las Vegas, the Poconos, even right here n Vermont. There are more Canadians gettinf married at "the Inn at Shelburne Farns" than Americans! Mostly because withn 2 hours drive Canadians outnumber us 6 ro 1.
What you really need to do is study the rules about visas and stop basing decisions on bad information

And the interviewer is not obligated to tutor you in the rules of visas. You applied for the WRONG visa. Denied. Not his fault and not his job to inform you what visa TO apply for. .
Apply for a B2, show adequate ties to her home country (such as YOU live there) Get the B2, come and get married have your honeymoon in CA and leave. Thank goodness the USA does not turn away the billions of foreign dollars we make every year as a honeymoon destination!
An I-129 is not a visa and USCIS does not issue visas. USCIS should have denied the petition and kept your fee for not reading the rules first, but they approved it. So what? It does not obligate anyone to issue a visa.
If they do not issue the visa it will be because you do not show sufficient ties to the country. Not their problem. If denied, plan on an alternate place for the wedding/honeymoon.

Your petition will be denied. If not the visa will be denied.
If you are not going to live here there is no need for a path to a green card/citizenship.
It is NOT illegal to get married/honeymoon on a B2 visa. NOT ILLEGAL. It is illegal to enter with a B2 visa with the INTENT to remain in the US. Get B2, get married, get out. No issues. The whole "destination wedding" industry counts on it. You think all those Japanese people getting married in Hawaii have fiancee visas? What about all the foreigners getting married in Las Vegas, the Poconos, even right here n Vermont. There are more Canadians gettinf married at "the Inn at Shelburne Farns" than Americans! Mostly because withn 2 hours drive Canadians outnumber us 6 ro 1.
What you really need to do is study the rules about visas and stop basing decisions on bad information

This is the internet. The price of admission is a computer. Treat answers accordingly. You are applying for a FIANCEE visa, In which consulate are you required to have children to qualify for a fiancee visa? Anyone saying so is wrong or in denial of other reasons they were rejected. You should also not extrapolate threads which say "I was denied because I am a 58 year old woman wanting to marry a 26 year old man from Morroco and they say our love is not genuine because I cannot have children" Without all the details...it does not apply to you.
Idiots are all around us, they walk among us and many of them work for government agencies...wait until you apply for the SSN or a drivers license if you don't believe me. Where I am from (the USA) any man over 18 with the necessary payment can get a vasectomy and judging from the number of clinics around here, a lot of men are.
I am taking a wild guess that there were other circumstances you aren't telling us but hey, this is an immigration site. Having a vasectomy does not affect your abiltiy to get a K-1. Period. No further discussion.
As noted above not living in the USA WILL affect the ability to get a K-1 UNLESS you are active duty military...I'm guessing you are not.

What exactly is the problem? You don't have children. So what? You will not be required to prove you do not have children (there will be none listed on your tax returns)
The US consulate could not possibly care less, neither does USCIS
Find something else to worry about.

And the interviewer is not obligated to tutor you in the rules of visas. You applied for the WRONG visa. Denied. Not his fault and not his job to inform you what visa TO apply for. .
Apply for a B2, show adequate ties to her home country (such as YOU live there) Get the B2, come and get married have your honeymoon in CA and leave. Thank goodness the USA does not turn away the billions of foreign dollars we make every year as a honeymoon destination!
An I-129 is not a visa and USCIS does not issue visas. USCIS should have denied the petition and kept your fee for not reading the rules first, but they approved it. So what? It does not obligate anyone to issue a visa.
If they do not issue the visa it will be because you do not show sufficient ties to the country. Not their problem. If denied, plan on an alternate place for the wedding/honeymoon.

Your petition will be denied. If not the visa will be denied.
If you are not going to live here there is no need for a path to a green card/citizenship.
It is NOT illegal to get married/honeymoon on a B2 visa. NOT ILLEGAL. It is illegal to enter with a B2 visa with the INTENT to remain in the US. Get B2, get married, get out. No issues. The whole "destination wedding" industry counts on it. You think all those Japanese people getting married in Hawaii have fiancee visas? What about all the foreigners getting married in Las Vegas, the Poconos, even right here n Vermont. There are more Canadians gettinf married at "the Inn at Shelburne Farns" than Americans! Mostly because withn 2 hours drive Canadians outnumber us 6 ro 1.
What you really need to do is study the rules about visas and stop basing decisions on bad information

This is the internet. The price of admission is a computer. Treat answers accordingly. You are applying for a FIANCEE visa, In which consulate are you required to have children to qualify for a fiancee visa? Anyone saying so is wrong or in denial of other reasons they were rejected. You should also not extrapolate threads which say "I was denied because I am a 58 year old woman wanting to marry a 26 year old man from Morroco and they say our love is not genuine because I cannot have children" Without all the details...it does not apply to you.
Idiots are all around us, they walk among us and many of them work for government agencies...wait until you apply for the SSN or a drivers license if you don't believe me. Where I am from (the USA) any man over 18 with the necessary payment can get a vasectomy and judging from the number of clinics around here, a lot of men are.
I am taking a wild guess that there were other circumstances you aren't telling us but hey, this is an immigration site. Having a vasectomy does not affect your abiltiy to get a K-1. Period. No further discussion.
As noted above not living in the USA WILL affect the ability to get a K-1 UNLESS you are active duty military...I'm guessing you are not.

1. My .45 weighs 25 ounces.
2. It is attached to my belt in a pancake holster with a belt loop between the slots so it doesn't move.
3. Drop your drawers, do your business and pull them up. No issue. I do it every day.
My doctor says if I stop doing it, to let her know.

And the interviewer is not obligated to tutor you in the rules of visas. You applied for the WRONG visa. Denied. Not his fault and not his job to inform you what visa TO apply for. .
Apply for a B2, show adequate ties to her home country (such as YOU live there) Get the B2, come and get married have your honeymoon in CA and leave. Thank goodness the USA does not turn away the billions of foreign dollars we make every year as a honeymoon destination!
An I-129 is not a visa and USCIS does not issue visas. USCIS should have denied the petition and kept your fee for not reading the rules first, but they approved it. So what? It does not obligate anyone to issue a visa.
If they do not issue the visa it will be because you do not show sufficient ties to the country. Not their problem. If denied, plan on an alternate place for the wedding/honeymoon.

Your petition will be denied. If not the visa will be denied.
If you are not going to live here there is no need for a path to a green card/citizenship.
It is NOT illegal to get married/honeymoon on a B2 visa. NOT ILLEGAL. It is illegal to enter with a B2 visa with the INTENT to remain in the US. Get B2, get married, get out. No issues. The whole "destination wedding" industry counts on it. You think all those Japanese people getting married in Hawaii have fiancee visas? What about all the foreigners getting married in Las Vegas, the Poconos, even right here n Vermont. There are more Canadians gettinf married at "the Inn at Shelburne Farns" than Americans! Mostly because withn 2 hours drive Canadians outnumber us 6 ro 1.
What you really need to do is study the rules about visas and stop basing decisions on bad information

US domicile is required.
Good luck.

USCIS is correct. Since you did not get married he has no status to protect with an advanced parole. This is why, among other things, it is necessary to get married ASAP, even if it is just civil ceremony (followed later by a big ceremony) AND file for AOS.
Once you have filed for AOS and have the receipt (NOA1) you could have gone to the local office and obtained an emergency AP. Absent the marriage and filingof AOS you will have to repeat the K-1 process.
Good news. It is being handled much more quickly now.
We obtained a emergency AP for one of our sons so he could return to Russia for school, BUT we filed his AOS immediately on his arrival (k-2 to follow)
No Senator or Congressman can help you. There is nothing to help. The K-1 grants NO immigration status, it is a single entry visa and unless followed by a marriage and filing of adjustment, it is nothing but a glorified tourist visa.
You will NOT be denied because he went back. Not an issue. You WILL have to request a waiver since it will be your 2nd petition within a two year period...even though it is for the same person. Simply write a letter explaining the situation and end it with "I respectuflly request a waiver of the IMBRA limitations on approved petitions within a two year period" It will be approved. Be sure to check the waiver request box on the I-129f and attach the letter.
For other K-1 applicants. DO NOT delay your wedding. There is no reason you cannot get married within ONE WEEK of the beneficiary's arrival and get the AOS ball rolling. Waiting only delays their benefits and privileges. Do a civil wedding then plan something bigger if you like

USCIS is correct. Since you did not get married he has no status to protect with an advanced parole. This is why, among other things, it is necessary to get married ASAP, even if it is just civil ceremony (followed later by a big ceremony) AND file for AOS.
Once you have filed for AOS and have the receipt (NOA1) you could have gone to the local office and obtained an emergency AP. Absent the marriage and filingof AOS you will have to repeat the K-1 process.
Good news. It is being handled much more quickly now.
We obtained a emergency AP for one of our sons so he could return to Russia for school, BUT we filed his AOS immediately on his arrival (k-2 to follow)
No Senator or Congressman can help you. There is nothing to help. The K-1 grants NO immigration status, it is a single entry visa and unless followed by a marriage and filing of adjustment, it is nothing but a glorified tourist visa.
You will NOT be denied because he went back. Not an issue. You WILL have to request a waiver since it will be your 2nd petition within a two year period...even though it is for the same person. Simply write a letter explaining the situation and end it with "I respectuflly request a waiver of the IMBRA limitations on approved petitions within a two year period" It will be approved. Be sure to check the waiver request box on the I-129f and attach the letter.
For other K-1 applicants. DO NOT delay your wedding. There is no reason you cannot get married within ONE WEEK of the beneficiary's arrival and get the AOS ball rolling. Waiting only delays their benefits and privileges. Do a civil wedding then plan something bigger if you like

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You have more posts than anyone in this thread. We can tell you don't care.It is probably unnecessary to post so many times that you don't care

USCIS is correct. Since you did not get married he has no status to protect with an advanced parole. This is why, among other things, it is necessary to get married ASAP, even if it is just civil ceremony (followed later by a big ceremony) AND file for AOS.
Once you have filed for AOS and have the receipt (NOA1) you could have gone to the local office and obtained an emergency AP. Absent the marriage and filingof AOS you will have to repeat the K-1 process.
Good news. It is being handled much more quickly now.
We obtained a emergency AP for one of our sons so he could return to Russia for school, BUT we filed his AOS immediately on his arrival (k-2 to follow)
No Senator or Congressman can help you. There is nothing to help. The K-1 grants NO immigration status, it is a single entry visa and unless followed by a marriage and filing of adjustment, it is nothing but a glorified tourist visa.
You will NOT be denied because he went back. Not an issue. You WILL have to request a waiver since it will be your 2nd petition within a two year period...even though it is for the same person. Simply write a letter explaining the situation and end it with "I respectuflly request a waiver of the IMBRA limitations on approved petitions within a two year period" It will be approved. Be sure to check the waiver request box on the I-129f and attach the letter.
For other K-1 applicants. DO NOT delay your wedding. There is no reason you cannot get married within ONE WEEK of the beneficiary's arrival and get the AOS ball rolling. Waiting only delays their benefits and privileges. Do a civil wedding then plan something bigger if you like

They do have a process.
Once AOS is filed he has a "status", until then he does not. This is one of the disadvantages of the K-1. There are advantages and disadvantages of each tyoe of visa. Most people ask how long it takes and choose the K-1 because "it is faster".
They don;t care about paperwork...you will pay for it.