rbv_shard

It's not clear whether you are asking about birth certificate for petitioner or beneficiary. Certified birth certificate of beneficiary must be taken to the interview. Certified birth certificate of petitioner is one of several options for proof of citizenship. In the usual case (petitioner traveled to beneficiary's country) you would prefer to have petitioner's passport copy instead since it satisfies multiple purposes.

You'll have at least a few months between NOA2 (the notice when they accept your Form I-129F application) and the medical test. Right now it's something like 2 months before it reaches the NVC, 1 month of processing at the NVC, then it quickly reaches the local embassy so you can file the DS-160, schedule the medical exam and interview. The latest timelines are shown here: But it would be safest to quit right away, in case of any withdrawal symptoms or relapse. Consider changing to some legal sleep aid like melatonin.

I see that "fiance vs spouse" visa comparison all the time and pretty sure this one of the differences was "129F petition for K-1 cannot be delayed"

I don't see anything in your question that should have a Philippines-specific answer. Maybe the part about whether teenagers should be at the interview. Probably would have gotten more attention if it hadn't been moved here to the Regional forums. Regarding entry logistics, I've seen overwhelming mentions on other sites that you'll be able to go through immigration and customs as a family if you arrived on the same flight, using either the lines for US residents or other passport holders. Just don't try to use a Global Entry line.

Ordinarily, using those terms would be no big deal. Having multiple government offices paying really close attention to any and all evidence of marriage eligibility is not "ordinary". But it is a fact of life for K-1 filers.

How fresh does the date on the FBI background check have to be for CFO? $50 isn't much compared to the entire process, but if I can save that by planning ahead and sending the fingerprints on a paper card, might as well. Just don't want planning ahead to turn into "this report is too old, get a new one".

Be very careful not to describe the relationship on any paperwork as "mother-in-law" / "daughter-in-law". You aren't married yet. Being married would make you ineligible for a K-1 fiance visa. The marriage has to take place in the USA after entering using the K-1 visa. Use "fiance's mother" and "son's fiancee" (corrected for gender as needed)

Looks like a missing zero on both those numbers. And if gifter is married, the limit doubles (father and mother can give that much each per year without triggering reporting). And even if over reporting threshold, there's still no tax unless the lifetime exclusion limit is reached.

My PDF reader (not Adobe) enforced the restrictions the same as Acrobat. Since you mail a printed copy (with wet signature) I simply hand-wrote N/A in all the empty boxes before signing. The "Additional information" boxes in part 8 are large so you can use one per question to provide as much additional information as needed. My petition hasn't yet been approved so I cannot guarantee that this approach worked perfectly, but it was what the instructions called for.

Are both partners still in the USA? If the beneficiary went home the process forward is very different from I-94 overstay.

Mine hasn't been approved yet so I cannot promise that this is correct but.... I took both of our photos (from digital camera, modern cell phone camera works), used passport photo guidance to determine where to crop, and placed 3 each of mine and hers in a grid, then ordered a 6x4 photo print from the pharmacy. Cost: about 20 cents Then use a paper cutter to separate them neatly. See here for the official sizing and cropping instructions: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/photos/photo-composition-template.html

In addition to the estimate that your timeline will provide you, at this link check Step 2, it shows that currently I-129F from early February are being processed. So you can watch that move forward every couple weeks until it catches up with your filing date.

That summary is inaccurate. The actual Military Selective Service Act section on registration (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3802) says > The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 1101(a)(15) of title 8, for so long as he continues to maintain a lawful nonimmigrant status in the United States. So the entry on K-1 ( which is precisely section 1101(a)(15)(K)(1) ) doesn't trigger the registration requirement. It's about "status", not "visa expiration", so remaining in the US after the 90-day I-94 entry period (with or without filing for AOS) does trigger the requirement. (The summary also is wrong in another respect, in that it mentions males only in connection to the visa expiration, when in fact the whole registration is only for male persons) OP submitted his registration (by checking a box on the I-485) before his lawful nonimmigrant status expired and thereby complied with the law. Explaining that he checked the box for Selective Service Registration on the I-485 is probably a good idea.

OP has at least four options: 1. US citizen visits Canada, marry in Canada, apply for spousal visa (starting with Form I-130), move to US. Begin work on arrival. 2. Canadian visits US, marry in US, return to Canada, apply for spousal visa (starting with Form I-130). move to US. Begin work on arrival. 3. Apply for fiance visa (starting with Form I-129F), marry in US, stay and adjust status. Need to apply for and receive employment authorization before working. In all three cases, visits in both directions are possible while waiting for the visa, and the end result is permanent residency 4. Canadian gets accepted by a US university which will provide an I-20 certificate, register with SEVIS. Move to US, go to school. If you decide to get married in the US, you can afterward apply for spousal visa or adjustment of status and you don't have to return to Canada while waiting (but you do have to stay in school, not work, until the process is finished). If you don't get married, this path doesn't lead to working in the US, but it differs from the other marriage-based routes in that you can be continuously in the US through the long process. I wouldn't recommend the fiance visa for a Canadian, since visits are fast and cheap compared to adjustment of status. But it is an option.

You appear to be claiming that anyone who enters on a single-entry visa is immediately undocumented and subject to removal, which just isn't the case. The foreign fiance is admitted for 90 days and is issued an I-94 to prove that (for proof, go print it from the website). Fully entitled to travel within the US until the end of the 90 days, fully documented. A single-entry visa, like K-1, can't be used for a second entry, but the entry is documented and the approved length of stay is fully legal, anywhere in the USA. Domestic travel is allowed on the basis of the valid unexpired entry, there is no need to still be holding a visa.

How would they see information that's not provided until after the visa is used to enter the USA, (AOS application or home visits)? As you correctly said, they see what USCIS has seen, past tense, not what you disclose to USCIS later in the process (like OldUser's example: descriptions of being intimate in a genuine marriage). As an example, consider Benghazi. Some of the locals were incredibly loyal and valiantly died trying to protect the US ambassador.... while others mysteriously chose not to show up for work that day. Second example: Pakistan. The stringent screening to work for the US wasn't considered good enough background check to issue visas to come to the USA when American troops pulled out. Result was that a lot of very good people got left behind and murdered. I am definitely not saying that all or even a large number are criminals, but it only takes one to cause a ridiculous amount of trouble. And beside the staff working in the embassy, any documents carried to the interview are at risk during travel to/from the embassy. Thanks for the "correction", but there's only upside to being circumspect about including non-public records. When it comes to vital statistics, like birth and marriage certificates of parents, those are public anyway, bring them all.

There's a big difference between providing the information to USCIS and putting it in the hands of non-US staff at the embassy. Corruption levels vary wildly around the world and some countries don't prosecute (or investigate) identity theft.

On your birth certificate, which box does "Stephanie" appear in? Is it in the "last name"/"family name"? It sounds like you have two different last names, matching each parent, used alternately not together (at least, none of your documents use them together, correct? If you try to string together both on a new passport it's just as likely to make your problem worse not better).

I put everything in a manila envelope, with the photos in ziploc bags (separate for passport photos from proof of meeting/relationship). Now, I haven't received NOA2 yet, so I guess it's possible that was an invitation for them to lose half of my evidence, but bureaucrats in the US usually do not lose stuff on purpose.

Reminds me of a application for visitor visa to Uganda (mission trip). They ask where you're going to stay -- name of accommodation, address, and phone number -- to be filled into a single blank. But it will reject if there is not exactly one comma. (And you are not told, either in advance or when it is rejected). I tried so many variations, moving the post code before and after the city, leaving the postcode off, leaving the phone number off, until I finally discovered the required format.

Maybe use screen sharing remote control software, so the website can be open in a web browser on your computer (where it works), but she can be the one to actually push the button.

Were you a US citizen when they were born? They're probably US citizens already, in which case you don't need any visas for them, no I-130. Instead you should be getting CRBA filed (this recognizes the citizenship that already attached to them, it does not change their citizenship) and apply for US passports for the kids.

No experience with that, but I know people who got busted on drug tests outside the immigration context: Did she actually stop using or has she been gaming the tests? If she stopped 12 months ago, it shouldn't come up in a new medical. If she's been using in between tests, then it's very possible that the medical exam picks it up even when routine tests didn't. Good luck! I hope she loves you enough to quit a destructive and illegal habit.

Just want to add that there are some "entanglements" that don't create joint ownership and therefore are safer to pursue prior to marriage. For example: emergency contact HIPAA sharing authorization beneficiary of insurance and/or financial accounts (sometimes called "transfer on death" or "POD") credit card authorized user All of these can be changed again unilaterally and most do not require a social security number

Hopefully you meant "simple" in the English sense (not complicated) and not in the legal sense. A simple power of attorney would lose effect just when you need it -- when the signer dies or becomes incapacitated. You at least want a "durable" PoA. I am not a lawyer and for that sort of document you definitely should have one.