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Also, looking back on the letter, it sounds as if you also did not provide USCIS with: Properly completed I-864 (reads as if you missed pages, did not sign, and perhaps to do with you incorrectly attempting to sponsor a K2 separate from the K1). Your own most recent federal tax return and proof of income. Your own documentation evidencing your status, as joint sponsor, either as LPR or citizen.

It's an understandable mistake, you spend weeks or months looking over the same forms and documents, it's easy to not see the smallest errors. USCIS are human beings with common sense, but things have to be literal for them. That's why it's really important to quadruple check everything before submitting. Your I-94 alone confirms your entry and exit into the US, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. It's not as if you said you travelled in March but the flights said October, it's just 2 days. It would be advisable to expect an RFE asking for clarification, or evidence of you two meeting, but it should be simple enough to clear up with a revision to your supporting docs and maybe an amended letter confirming exact dates and explaining your oversight. Or maybe you won't get one, you'll just have to wait. I'm confident that you won't get denied for this particular issue.

It's her that is petitioning both herself and her son for AOS. Her son is her dependent, so therefore they are not separable in this context. You can't have 1 person sponsor one, and another sponsor for their dependent. You, as joint sponsor, should be evidencing that you can support the intending immigrant family unit (both mother *and* son). There is no motion to file as the mistake is your own, not USCIS. She will need to refile for AOS, EAD and AP as they have all now been denied.

So you didn't overstay in the UK, you overstayed in the EU? But you stayed with your family in Prague? So they overstayed too? Or are in Prague, meaning your "home country" is where? Very confusing portrayal of events. You will have to get your story straight in case your travel history is questioned.

Assuming you're the beneficiary, since you mention *your* K1 interview. Where did you go after leaving the UK? Did you travel to the US with your fiance? The overstay itself won't impact things, but the fact that you can travel on tourist visas for 6+ months at a time may raise questions. If you plan on staying in the US now for any length of time, it may appear that you are trying to live in other countries while claiming to be a tourist.

This is a really new thing so there may not be much personal experience of this specific to UK K1s, but the London site does state that if you attend your interview without being documentarily qualified, you will need to reschedule the interview. The purpose of this new document review is to establish if you need further documents before your interview. But because the document review is just an open period of time, perhaps they can just go back to the embassy during that time, in advance of their interview? Your best bet is to probably contact the embassy to ask, but they aren't the most prompt when it comes to responding to emails. Im curious to know how this new document review impacts medical appointments. The document review is only available 11.30am to 1pm, so do they now only schedule medicals before 12pm? Crazy!

I went to SSA website, followed some links about booking an appointment, picked a date and location: https://www.ssa.gov/number-card/request-number-first-time I had to make an account. It also asked me to confirm what identifying documents I'd be bringing. From what I remember, I just took my passport with visa, I94 and proof of address. Following that, I've learnt to just call my local SSA office directly to schedule appointments, but I know some places, especially big cities, don't allow you to do this. If not, you're stuck calling the national number and being on hold for 2+ hours. But as @OldUser says, this seems to be an issue caused by trying to get an SSN after filing for AOS. I did have trouble updating my name on my SSN to my married name in between filing AOS and receiving my EAD, but was solved as soon as I was able to go to the SSA with my EAD card. And FYI I am currently looking at an estimated 27 months for GC, so it is possible to do before receiving GC.

Why is the SSN impossible to get? I got mine before filing my AOS, before my EAD was approved and arrived, and it didn't cost me a penny.

Irrelevant for an ESTA application. He must've answered YES to a question that makes him ineligible. Only he knows what would cause this. Flight on the 10th simply isn't happening with an interview on the 15th.

Is this the first time you will be meeting? Is she from a Russian/Ukrainian match making site as your post history suggests? If so, you'll need to frontload your application with more evidence than what is usually suggested.

Not correct in OPs case. K1s who marry within the 90 days in the US file I-485.

Many engagement and wedding photos are heavily staged. That's the point of them. I don't think they would accuse of you of misrep for that alone. Are you sure that's the full story? Perhaps it's a cultural thing I'm not aware of. Does Pakistan really validate marriages based on how orchestrated the wedding pictures are?

Just pay online. Why so adamant to pay in cash? Is he wanting you to send the cash upfront?

Great idea but it looks like I can't verify myself before I get my DL. Wondering if this is the cause of my problem.

I'm guessing my credit at the moment would be dog poo because I don't have any credit record here. Do you think that might be a reason? Do I need to create a line of credit for myself to make me appear on these systems? It's a VERY regional bank. That's why it's such a long trip there because it's in a neighboring county where my husband works, so they have no branches in our county.

Thanks for this. It's been weeks since I updated my name on SSN to my married name, maybe around a month. Surely that'd be enough time for systems to update? Maybe not though as I'm still having this problem 😕

Hi all, Facing a rather frustrating issue with my SSN, here's a timeline: Arrived in Jan Applied for SSN early Feb Married mid Feb By March first SSN never arrived, arranged replacement that arrived by the end of March. Tried to get added to husbands bank account but lady at bank said it came back "unverified". Told me to speak to SSA to get them to "activate" my SSN. Called SSA same day and explained situation, was told that SSNs aren't activated, they are valid upon being generated and issued. Left it there for a while. Tried to update name on SSN but had a problem with lack of docs. Returned once I had my EAD card and it was updated. Received updated SSN early June. I'm already an authorized user on my husband's credit card (did this before updating my name so only provided my contact info) but we're trying to upgrade my access on the account. I put in my SSN, but it keeps saying it can't be verified. We also want to try the bank again, but it's a 1.5 hour round trip to the bank and we feel we might face the same issue. Anyone else experienced this? Is there something I need to do with my SSN? Im going to start looking for work soon so I have to be able to either open an account of my own or be added to my husbands. Any help or advice is appreciated!

7 months dating and 3 weeks in person is objectively not a strong case. Anyone here would advise you to spend more time meeting before filing. Not only will this strengthen your case, but also allow you to experience more time being with the petitioner. Also, please consider the fact that when you visit, you are in vacation mode. Even if you aren't doing anything extravagant, you aren't worried about working, money, responsibilities. Once you arrive on a K1, marry and adjust, that changes. Your real married life will not be the same as a 3 week trip. You need to be absolutely certain that this person will not only support you emotionally and financially during this time, but also won't take advantage of you being entirely dependent on them.

Why don't you visit her if it's so important to spend time together?

I wouldn't allow myself any less than 3 hours for a layover. Its not only for CBP but also for possible flight delays. When I came over on my K1, two of my flights were delayed. What more, after being held up at POE while they did visa check, my bags never arrived at the POE so I had to find out what was happening there, then run from one end of ATL to the other to make my final flight. I only had about 20min to spare, and all that was within a 3 hour layover that I intentionally booked.

If your relationship is genuine and you are both certain that doing this at such a young age is the right thing, then the timing of your application alone would not be grounds for denial. You need to be fully understanding of the legally binding contracts you, and likely your family, will be entering into by petitioning her. It is not just simply asking for her to move to the US. Should the marriage not last (and I do say this as you are both so young, I'm sorry) you, and likely your family, are becoming contractually bound to support her financially up until her own citizenship. If you divorce and she won't or can't work, you are responsible. Please be aware of what this process means for all involved, in both best and worst case scenarios.

I personally wouldn't class VJ as social media. I think the term is so broad now that many sites that require an account could be classed as such, but aren't used in the same ways as things like X, Facebook, Instagram, etc. So where do you draw the line? I completely agree though, that if in doubt, best to include it as its easier for USCIS to determine something as irrelevant, rather than feel relevant info is missing. However, if I was employed by Big Company Ltd to make posts on their social media account, where the log in is shared or not my own, it doesn't show my own name and I am not posting anything on a personal level, only what is dictated by the comoany, I wouldnt count that as MY social media and therefore wouldn't include it. But that's just me!

What visa is this for?

Also, you could always write a supporting statement, signed by both of you, explaining what happened.

He has violated those terms, so you have to tick YES, but the overstay alone isn't grounds for inadmissability. Plenty of accounts on here have had successful AOS with overstays. It just isn't the right, or safe, way to do it. Also YES.