Thanks both of you for your help. LPR ?
The end goal would be marriage. I guess what I need to understand or think about is, for the K1, AWA comes up immediately. A waiver and full explanation is needed to get approval. And I've heard K1 AWA cases take forever to even get "touched". If I do the U4U, then try for AOS, are they going to hold me to the exact same standards? Would they deny the AOS?