Rachel n Tyler

I personally have not. I recommend reading the Ankara/Turkey website on k1 visas. It says if you receive the email from them, then you can schedule. https://tr.usembassy.gov/fiancee-visa/

It's not common that people schedule interviews before hearing from their embassy. What embassy are you located at?

Ah I wonder why it's not listing the cities on your profile! But who knows, maybe someone with knowledge from the texas service center around your time might appear!

VisaJourney is an estimate, not golden. Just wait is all you can do!! Also, fill in your timeline so people can give more accurate advice or they might know when you'd be up next!

Praying we'll have the same. Can't stand another 4 weeks of silence XD

I got my number, not my card. Long story short, I rescheduled on Jan 6th to get my card, offices closed for president Carter, they then rescheduled me to the 16th and I was out of status on the 31st. So they basically screwed me over. I won't have a card until my EAD gets approved.. But I atleast got my number!!

Oh you got the text already? Then it shouldn't be as long. Just depends on the mail service I guess!

It can take 4-8 weeks with slow offices, so keep that in mind. 11 days would be nice LOL. My package got delivered and now we wait!

Hi, someone here who had a NIGHTMARE with the SSA. So they don't tell you your number over the phone. Local or national. They said (after 2h on hold) that the national number can't do anything without your SSN. If you are waiting 4+ weeks on your card and you still have 16+ days before your I94 expires, make an appointment BEFORE that happens. After that they can not reissue the card. If you're under 16 days, you can still make an appoitnment and ask for the number in person. I personally cried before they did that because they told me I needed all documents to prove my status etc and I did not bring them because I thought it was a simple reissue appointment. I see that you still have time before that 4 weeks, but you can always go in to ask for the number. If the SSA ever issued you a number you MUST have it for your 485. Filing without is risky because it literally states this in the instructions: 'If the SSA ever issued a Social Security card to you in your name or a previously used name such as your maiden name, then you must enter the Social Security Number (SSN) from your card in Item Number 19.' It was a HELL dealing with this when my card never got delivered.

No problem! I did also add the date for 76, so for me I put '01/31/2025 to now, today writing this it's 02/25/2025'

I can't tell you if I did it correctly obviously due to it just being sent off haha. So I hope I did it right.

We crossed yes on 13 and 76. For my explanation I put this on the last page: 'Due to my first I-485 getting rejected, as I mistakenly marked 'Spouse of a U.S. Citizen' instead of the K-1 option, I am now sadly filing my I-485 after my admission expired on 01/30/2025. I will include a copy of my I-797C which shows I originally filed before 01/30/2025' and 'As mentioned in the explanation above for page 14, part 9, item 13, I got my first I-485 rejected due to mixing up the spouse and the fiance(e) option for page 5, part 2, item 3a. Because of this rejection, I am now past my admission date and unlawfully present. I will include a copy of my I-797C which shows I originally filed before 01/30/2025' I'm not sure what your explanation would be as I don't know your case, but that's what I did.

I'm unsure if its absolutely NECESSARY, as I can't find it in the instructions of the I-485, after you filed and you get your receipt, you can continue to add evidence online. However, it'll be hard to do so if you can't add her to anything. I'm assuming she's been in the US longer than 75 days?

Well since we got denied I also opened our joint bank account today and added it to the proof before we send it off this afternoon. Guess I won't have to do that online anymore!

Yeah I looked on Reddit etc too and it's all too long for me. I wanted to go back home for Christmas but my parents are temporarily moving to another country anyway, so I'm not in a rush.Hoping no one gets sick in the meantime!!

Don’t worry, I really appreciate your help and thoughtfulness!! I just hope my honesty won’t bite me in the behind hahaha

What I personally did is I printed out pictures and glued/taped them to a A4 piece of paper, writing about the picture's location/date. I had 2 pictures per trip, 6 trips, 6 pages. And then I also included boarding passes. Me personally, I had everything in those clear protection things, but later found out it's a hassle for them. It's better to photocopy the boarding passes so they don't get lost, or staple them to a piece of paper. And then in the end I'd grab a huge paperclip and paperclip it together. I'm unsure if a paperclip is allowed, but it probably is right?

I marked the two options as yes and explained it the following way. 'Due to my first I-485 getting rejected, as I mistakenly marked 'Spouse of a U.S. Citizen' instead of the K-1 option, I am now sadly filing my I-485 after my admission expired on 01/30/2025. I will include a copy of my I-797C which shows I originally filed before 01/30/2025' and 'As mentioned in the explanation above for page 14, part 9, item 13, I got my first I-485 rejected due to mixing up the spouse and the fiance(e) option for page 5, part 2, item 3a. Because of this rejection, I am now past my admission date and unlawfully present. I will include a copy of my I-797C which shows I originally filed before 01/30/2025' And then addedthe I-797C copy to the paperwork. I think that's all I can do and say right?

So I paid 5 bucks for the JustAnswer lawyers. This is what they had to say: Given the situation you're describing, it sounds like there are a few important factors to consider. When you were on a K1 visa, you were allowed to stay in the U.S. for 90 days, with the expectation that you would marry your U.S. citizen petitioner within that time frame. Once the K1 visa expired on January 30th, technically, you would have overstayed your authorized period of stay, which could lead to concerns about unlawful presence.. However, there are some nuances here. If you filed your I-485 before the expiration of your K1 visa, you may have been eligible for a period of authorized stay, meaning you wouldn’t be considered unlawfully present during the pending I-485 process. Unfortunately, since your initial I-485 was rejected, the key concern is whether that rejection was within the window where you could still be considered in a period of authorized stay or if that rejection now creates an issue of unlawful presence. As for your current status, if your I-485 was filed before your K1 expired and you received a rejection after that, you could have been in a "period of authorized stay" while the application was under consideration, but the rejection complicates things. Since your K1 visa expired on January 30th and the I-485 was rejected, it’s important to know the exact timeline to determine if you accrued unlawful presence after your I-485 rejection. Unlawful presence can have serious consequences, especially if it reaches 180 days or more, potentially leading to a 3-year bar from reentering the U.S. However, you may be able to refile your I-485 and potentially address the unlawful presence issue depending on the circumstances of your case.

I'm still confused on it. I'm trying to read on https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-4#footnote-14 but there's a lot of legal jumble that I don't understand.. All I can find myself is that everything lists 'admissible until 31st of Jan'. The only thing that could confirm that is my passport stamp that has 'Class K1 until Jan 30th'

Ah #######.

Technically we're all overstaying until the 485 is accepted, so I don't think they'd care too much. And if they did, I'm sure we would've heard it by now. I did scan in my rejection notices to show we filed our first AOS on time, if needed

Yeah I can't find anything in the 485 instructions either. Only thing it mentions is 'K-1 principals who marry their U.S. citizen I-129F petitioners within the requisite 90-day period after admission to the United States in K-1 status, and their K-2 children always have an immigrant visa immediately available, and therefore, can file Form I-485 as soon as the K-1 principal has married the U.S. citizen.'

I think filing for AOS within the 90 days is not a part of the conditions/terms. Everywhere I look it just states you have to marry within the 90 days and that's it

Alright thanks. I think we messed that one up on the previous filing too LOL. My husband filled it in at the time, so lord knows... All done with redoing everything, now scanning everything in (listening to your advice) and then probably send it off tomorrow!!! Fixed 3 mistakes lol