dustindamaris

Hi there,

I submitted my I-129F in mid-February and we're still waiting for our NOA2. However, I lost my job today and given that I live in NYC where the cost of living is extremely high and my fiance lives in Sicily where the quality of life is perhaps, not as high, but the cost of living is low and he owns his home and his business, a thought crossed our mind today. Would it be possible to cancel/put our petition on hold?

There are three scenarios:

1) I could (temporarily) move to Sicily and we could at least be together while the economy picks up, I could then move back alone and we could resume our K1 process.

2) I could move there, we could get married and then I could move back alone and reapply (probably losing my application fee for the I-129F K1) to bring him back to the US as my spouse on a K3.

3) I could wait it out, try to find a job here, and let things run their natural course with him potentially entering the US on a K1 Visa in the fall when we could both be unemployed for a while.

Any thoughts? Has anyone been through this that could offer some guidance or advice?

Many thanks.

If you can qualify for unemployment, that is still considered income...im not sure what the acceptable amount is but when we were going through the process last year it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $18K annually for yourself and one dependant to be qualified (i looked it up then because I was running worst case scenarios in my head- luckily I was just stressing myself for no reason and everything has worked out fine thank the Good Lord). You can also line up some sponsors if you have any doubts. The best thing to do is find yourself a good immi lawyer in your area and get guidance, because from what I've heard, it's not worth it to stop and restart the process.

Best of luck with everything

Yes, all K1s are handled by the Frankfurt consulate so you can't really choose one.

I think I received my Pack3 on May5th, 2005 and my interview was on June 14th, 2005 so about five weeks later. BUT I think they are much faster now. I have read timelines of people that sent in pack3 and received the interview date for two weeks later. Once your case is approved it goes rather quick. Good luck and congratulations.

There is one question I have, where did you get your police certificate from, and was it in English and German?

Hey Guys, I'm new here, been waiting for our 2nd NOA for a few months...filed at the vermont center and got the 1st NOA May 27th (my fiancee is in Germany). I noticed yesterday, that USCIS had updated their processing dates to reflect January 2nd..the month prior, it had reflected January 15th, but I see where people on here have posted that they have received 2nd NOAs and they filed way after January. Does anybody know what this means? Is it pretty accurate?

Thanks!!!!