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Where is beneficiary's home country? How do you know her? How long did you meet for, and when? Who would sponsor her?

Unless it has your legal name attached to it, no. I don't have any social media and didn't provide a single thing on the DS-160.

Responding because I was K1'd from the UK so you may appreciate country-specific replies. It took 7 weeks for my case to reach NVC, and a further 6 days for it to be Ready at London. This was pre‐2025 though.

It would be either student or employment visas. Both very difficult to get in the current climate. Honestly, if it were me and I was so adamant to not be apart from my partner, and if they were so adamant to not work, I would just remain in Thailand.

Glad to hear the medical situation was clarified. The K1 visa is only good for 1 entry and is expired as soon as it is used. The K1 does not grant any status beyond 90 days and after married. As soon as you married, your husband was no longer a fiancé and was therefore out of status. Filing AOS does not grant any status either, but it stops the clock on unlawful presence. You need to file ASAP as he is currently at risk of deportation. As for gathering documents, USCIS does not expect you to have much at this stage. You only need your marriage certificate, everything else can be submitted either online after filing, used in a response to RFE or taken to interview.

The medical is valid for 6 months from the time of completion, up to the date of travel. Meaning that if he completed the medical in July 2024, he'd have until January 2025 to enter on his K1. However, for AOS purposes, the medical is valid for 1 year from completion. I-693 is therefore not required, as my previous point explains. However, your husband should write a letter stating that he is exempt from filing I-693, quoting the K1-specific instructions for this form: If you were admitted as a: A. K-1 fiancé(e) or a K-2 child of a K-1 fiancé(e); or B. K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen or a K-4 child of a K-3 spouse of a U.S. citizen; and C. You received a medical examination prior to admission, then: (1) You are not required to complete another immigration medical examination as long as you file your Form I-485 within one year of an immigration medical examination completed outside the United States You should also include a copy of the DS3025 in the AOS application. As long as the box stating vaccinations were completed, then no further jabs are needed for AOS. It's only a recommendation, not a requirement, that full courses are completed. However, your husband should absolutely have received the sealed medical packet which should be handed over at the POE. This would have been in the same envelope that he received his passport back from the London. Are you sure he didn't accidently open the packet and keep the documents? In my experience, I received the same receipts and DS3025 from Visa Medicals, but my sealed packet was sent to me around 1-2 weeks later with my passport. If not, then it sounds like London did not forward it on to your husband, as they would not issue the visa without receiving it from Visa Medicals, so a packet does exist. From my own experience and reading plenty of accounts on VJ, London does not (or at least pre-2025) forward on the medical packet to USCIS. If USCIS does not have his packet on file already, then he will unfortunately need a new medical and therefore require the I-693. It sounds like you need to contact London ASAP with full details of your husbands K1 application and ask about the location of the packet. Also, when did you get married? It's been 214 days since he entered the US. Do you realise that by not filing within the 90 days from arrival that he has been accruing unlawful presence? You need to declare this on the AOS.

Odd that they want to see evidence from 2018 - 2020 specifically. Complete guess work, but it would sound to me that they doubt your relationship has spanned as long as you claim. Pakistan is high fraud, so additional scrutiny is to be expected in your case. That is what they want, so you have no choice but to comply as best as you can. I would suggest if you categorically do not have anything from 2018 - 2020, you submit more evidence from the earliest point that you can and write a statement explaining in full detail why you cannot provide anything dating pre-2020. Good luck.

You mean what if she openly abused the condition of the visa? Not reccomended.

Being a tourist does not constitute as being a live-in babysitter. Doesn't matter if you didn't pay her, I'm guessing you housed her, fed her, etc in exchange for her "service". Also sounds like you paid for her flights. How do you not see that as working? Sorry to say but you have both approached the inital issuance of her B visa completely wrong.

It's their right to deny and revoke if they suspect immigrant intent, which she has a recorded history of by overstaying beyond 6 months in all 3 visits. I'm surprised she made it beyond the first overstay. "Asking for the manager" won't change anything.

Good. Immigration is a privilege, and you've already abused what so many of us are working hard and honestly to achieve.

I would renew ASAP if you aren't planning on traveling. Last thing you want is leaving it close to interview and experiencing unforseen delays on receiving your new passport. Just be sensible about this. Many have renewed even after ds160 but their experience is their own and there's no guarantee it will be as smooth for you. Timely preparation will be your best friend during this process.

This is literally what you have been told here. Sounds like you need a lawyer. Better make sure they know what they're doing, as you have avoided providing key info here regarding fraudulent documents. VJ can't help you if you don't provide the full story.

I think even though there is a single petitioner, it's best to include evidence from both sides, as to evidence two people co-mingling and working in union.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet. Take time to heal and move on. You acknowledge this man hurt you. This marriage would not have ended well.

If she's already submitted the DS160, then she will just update her address with the CO at interview. If she intends to still go to Frankfurt for the interview then I don't see why it would be an issue. Just be aware that if she's in this other country for 6+ months, she will need an additional police cert for that country.

Are you in the US? The fact that you refer to it as your wife's address makes it sound like you're not.

But you did plead guilty to offenses, so saying otherwise would be misrepresentation on your application. Your risk to take. Good luck.

My AOS is still processing but here's my 2 cents. The question doesn't differentiate, so ultimately if you have been charged with anything, no matter how small, you answer YES. Even if it no longer appears on your record. From what I recall, I don't think you are expected to provide documents, except for a brief explanation on the Additional Info back page. However, along with doing this, I also included a copy of my police cert and subject access report as I already had spare copies from my K1 interview and didn't think it would hurt to do so.

You can get an SSN before marriage, you just need valid passport with visa inside and print out of I94. I didn't take my birth cert, but states may differ. It was only after I received my first SSN and got married that I had problems getting my name updated to my married name. I had to wait until I could show them my EAD for them to verify my identity. For me, I think I messed up the timing of getting added to accounts as we tried to do that with my maiden name SSN, but we were already married so my legal name had changed. It wasn't adding up to their system so we couldn't do it. I'm now just waiting to receive my new SSN with married name and our next steps are for me to get added to accounts and look into a driving license.

Spousal does seem more suited to your needs, however many EADS are approved way before the GC. Mine took little over 1 month to receive, when my GC is currently estimated at over 2 years. If she would be able to rely on public transport to get to and from work, it would be possible to go the K1 route, but it would work out more expensive in the long run. Spousal visa just takes a little longer until she is able to arrive in the US to be with you, but the trade off is that she is good to go as soon as she enters. I'm unsure if a K1 can do voluntary unpaid work before getting the EAD. At times when I've been unemployed in the UK, volunteering helped because it kept me busy and got me out of the house. To decide if you need a lawyer or agency, you need to consider things like age difference, have you petitioned before, has she been petitioned before, do either of you have a criminal history, etc. If you met, the relationship is valid, and you can evidence this, then you are able to complete the whole process lawyer-free. In fact, people with simple cases who use lawyers or agencies often encounter problems created by using said services. If you want to do the spousal, you would either get married in the US and she returns to Mexico while the spousal is processing, or in Mexico and again she stays while it processes (but visits to or from US are still possible during this time). Or you can do Utah Zoom marriage and then you must visit her to consumate marriage before filing. K1 only requires a meeting between you within the past 2 years.

Naturalizing from another country seems counter-intuitive to me.

Most consulates release appointment times/dates in blocks only so far ahead, typically 4 weeks. You may just have to wait until they release a new batch to get a date that works for you. Keep checking and their release pattern will become apparent.

It doesn't matter that it's a terriroty. If you leave, you will be abandoning AOS. If she isn't in AOS yet, how does she expect to re-enter the US without a valid visa if she does manage to travel out? K1 expires upon the entry in which it was used. General understanding for a K1 is that there will be no international travel until AOS is complete, unless you get AP which is very slow to recieve and most deem it not worth it for a simple vacation.

Can't advise regarding your daughter starting school, but yes you will need an SSN to be added to anything like mortgage, bank account, etc. If everything goes through at your interview, then SSA normally advises it can take up to 4 weeks to arrive in the mail - but there's quite a few experiences, including my own, which saw the first SSN card never arriving and a replacement being arranged (which can take up to a further 4 weeks). Additionally, in my own experience, when I got my first SSN before marriage, in my maiden name, it wasn't possible to get me added to any of my husbands accounts after marriage because my SSN name did not match my now-married-name. I tried to get it changed with SSA a couple of times, but it wouldn't go through until I received my EAD card and could present that to the SSA. I'm just letting you know this in case your own potential delays with an SSN has a knock-on effect on you proving residence and your daughter starting school. Good luck.