Nik+Heather

Oh boy, now the alledged god has a hand in petition approvals. I may not ever get my petition approved.

If you keep complaining about what god is doing you might be punished.

Congrats, but...you are not done with VJ yet.

How long ago did she leave the US? If it's been a little while you might just want to wait and be sure her Visa Interview is after the 3 year mark so there is no need for a waiver.

You have asked this more than once and you have gotten the correct answer. NO she will not slip through the cracks, and you will make the situation worse if she attempts to LIE to the consular hoping they don't know she overstayed. Then she will get a misrepresentation charge, which will be even more difficult to overcome and puts the case under even more scrutiny.
There is a one in a million chance they will not have her record of previous entry and exit and overstay and grant her the VISA at the consulate. There is and even slimmer chance that she will get through the Customs station here at Point of Entry (POE). So lets say you hit the lotto and she did get by both the consulate the embassy it will eventually catch up with her on the Adjustment of Status, result in a deportation and finally the fraud charge because to have gotten this far she would have had to lie on the forms, so then she would not get to adjust and the mother of your child would be DEPORTED and then you would add deportation to the long list of problems you already have.
So, my advice is stop the magical thinking, learn about the waiver process, and get to work putting the waiver packet together. Its going to be expensive to hire an attorney and your child is being born in another country soon, if you want to resolve this as quickly as possible you should accept the reality and get to work on the solution. See below link for how to put together a waiver packet and what is considered a hardship under current law. Good luck
http://www.scottimmigration.net/I601Memo.pdf

Looking at your time line, I am confused as to what part was expedited? The interview? When will that take place?

Some things need to be repeated because the above post has some misconceptions.
A K1 can get issued a visa without having any immunizations at all. Immunizations only have to be done for AOS. Just because you got a visa DOES NOT mean you are clear for AOS. The panel physician fills out the DS3025 immunization sheet with whatever you provide to him or get from him as a record of where you are in immunizations.
The immunization list is a USA list and some countries don't even have those drugs to give you before you enter the US.
The instructions say if you had a medical exam within 1 year you don't have to repeat it. That means the blood tests for sexually transmitted disease, clearance for tuberculosis, clearance for mental health, etc. It does not exclude you from getting fully immunized.
If you can interpret the CDC list of immunuzations and are certain that you got all the shots needed including boosters, then you can be approved without an I-693. You can't think because you saw a panel physican that you have all the shots. Your DS-3025 can say incomplete-may be eligible for a blanket waiver and you can still be aproved without an I-693. Dozens and dozens have done it that way. But only if you have all the shots. Yours could say that when you don't meet the shot requirement, so you have to fully understand the CDC instructions or go to a civil surgeon and let him tell you if you're complete. The instructions written to panel physicians and civil surgeons tell them how to fill out the "complete" check boxes. Their instructions tell them that they will almost always check incomplete-may be eligible for a blanket waiver because applicants get a waiver if a shot is not appropriate for his/her age.
The DS3025 is only sent in when it has all the shots. If you have a newer I-693, then leave out the DS-3025 because it's all covered with the later form.
Some people get RFEs because the 4 medical forms from abroad never got put with their AOS file. So they get a form letter telling them a properly completed I-693 must be submitted. That's not about a civil surgeon copying your list of immunizations. It means they don't have your medical test results in your file. It's likely because somebody failed to order them from where they get filed after your POE. The vast majority of AOS applicants are not K1s. They have been in the US and are adjusting from other visas and did not do a medical overseas. So most AOS packages do arrive with a full medical exam on form I-693. If nobody specially ordered your A- file to put in your AOS folder or it got misplaced, they send out the same thing they would to most applicants...you need a properly completely I-693. It should say "since we lost your K1 records....." Unfortunately they don't personalize your note

You are the beneficiary, and getting welfare in the UK? No affect in the visa at all.

I think being on this site I do understand, and therefore I respect that there are how many other thousands of people ahead of me in the process who feel the exact same way missing the one they love and that it would be selfish to try push ahead because I seem to think my relationship is somehow more important than theirs.

You won't get the original certificate. The county clerk keeps it in a file. The only thing you can get is a certified copy. You can send a photocopy of the certified copy. Bring the original certified copy to the interview in case the IO wants to see it.
You will be changing her name with immigration when you send the AOS package. You write her new name on the forms. There isn't any other name change document you're required to submit at this time.

That might be the problem. If you need over 4 lbs. of paperwork to prove something very simple, or you feel the need to drown the I.O. in 4+ lbs. of paperwork, he or she might have felt bullsh*tted and closed the file to avoid going through all of this stuff. They are people too, you know.
Yes, quality trumps quantity; a loaf of bread is better than an mountain of grass.
Ultimately, however, you will have to wait for the letter and see the reason for the denial.

Lisa,
1) you have 2 identical posts running right now. Moderator please combine.
2) You don't have your terminology straight.
An illegal alien is somebody who entered the US without permission, without inspection (EWI), and his presence is undocumented to the US Government. That's a crime, comparable to you coming home and there's a strange guy in your house who entered through the back door and engages in funny business.
An EWI can never adjust status, not even by marriage to a US citizen.
You, in contrast, entered the US with permission, with inspection, and the US Government knows about you being here. You just overstayed, much like you had been invited to a party and are still hanging around when it comes to an end. That's a civil infraction, and the punishment for it is . . . nothing. There is no punishment for it, but once the hosts realizes that you are still in his house and asks you to leave, you have to. Not a punishment, just common sense.
3) The US Government understands that children have really no choice when parents drag them along. Therefore, illegal presence is not accumulated until 180 days after the 18th. birthday. I have no clue why you would claim you became illegal at age 17, but that's not true. Your overstay started at age 18-1/2 and had you left by then everything would be cool.
4) Until a few weeks ago, I would have told you that you don't have anything to worry about. Lately, however, the whole AOS from VWP has become somewhat of a big unknown. It may work, or it may not work. If it won't work, you'll be ordered deported with a 10-year ban attached, which would need to be overcome by two waivers, none of which is easy to get.
In your situation, all you can really hope for is that you get lucky. There's really no alternative short of waiting for comprehensive immigration reform.

Thanks for showing up. Missed you. Has he washed the marriage certificate yet?

Sometimes, people make an awful post, are rightfully chastised for it by the Moderators, feel terrible about it, are glad that the post was removed from sight, and are tempted to send a PM of apology to the Offendee (perhaps someone with whom they agree more than they disagree, all told), but are hesitant to do so because of the potential reaction from the Offendee, si man.

Check out the POE reviews: Link
Moving from Off Topic to General Immigration Discussion.

A sticky to this article should be posted to every subforum in here, with the following text added to the top:

Speeding up "the process of your K1" by "submit[ing] all of the requirements asked by USCIS", is kind of like speeding up your car by remembering to put gas in it!
And you can get even more speed by remembering to bring the key when you leave the house!
Tthat's got to be one of the weaseliest things I've ever heard!

I've moved your topic from the K-1 Forum - since it no longer relates to the K-1 process and procedure - to the 'Moving Here and Your New Life in America" forum as a more appropriate location for your concerns. Hopefully, you will get the information you need as well as some support here.
Moderator's hat off . . . .
I'm so sorry to hear about your problems - what an unhappy way to start your new life together. Is he not able to be added to your health insurance through work retroactively to your marriage? That is often considered a life changing event and allows changes in ones health insurance program other than waiting for the annual enrollment time. Even though you can't apply until after marriage, it should cover back to the time of marriage. Your insurer may require proof that your husband was insured prior to enrolling in your insurance, so he may need to get a statement about the coverage he had in the Netherlands. Unfortunately, if there is too big of a gap between then and your marriage they may not cover his illness if it relates to a pre-existing condition.
The I-134 is actually not enforceable, which is why when your husband applies to become a permanent resident (gets a green card through adjustment of status - AOS) you have to file another affidavit of support, this time using the I-864 form, which is enforceable. It is basically a contract between you as the sponsor and the government stating that if your husband uses any means tested benefits you may be held liable for repaying the government. A private program through a hospital would not be considered a means tested benefit and would not come under consideration for either the I-134 or the I-864.
Good luck and I hope your husband has a quick and uneventful return to good health.

No, you don't. You just think you do.

Jim's better at explaining it, but I guess some people have been RFE'd for an I-130 if they apply for AOS too late - It's a catch-22 in the law: K-1's AOS to a conditional green card. Conditional green cards can only be given out to people who have been married less than 2 years, so what do K-1's who have been married for more than 2 years get? Since it's not clearly defined in the law, it's not very consistent what happens.

Hi Deb!
I'm the Heather part of Nik+Heather, and I'm the USC from AZ as well.
I'll add my vote to the others who have tried to warn you away from the K-3 visa. Maybe you have found the K-3 forum, and you should read the links that Darnell has posted over and over and over in there regarding the changes to the processing at the National Visa Center (that's where your approved petition goes after USCIS). Those changes were made several months ago, in February of this year. If your lawyer hasn't caught up by now, then they aren't really doing their job. There are a lot of references out there that the K-3 takes a shorter amount of time than the immigrant spousal visa, a CR-1. This information is outdated. The USCIS has been approving the I-130 (spousal petition) and I-129f (non-immigrant immediate relative petition - the additional thing you file to get a K-3) on the same day for a long time. Plus, the CR-1 is a vastly superior visa - you go straight to green card holder in one step. With the K-3, you have to do the visa and then when he gets here, apply for the green card in a separate process, costing another ~$1000! Of course, this is all good for the lawyer's pocketbook, because he can charge you for two filings instead of just one!
I wanted to also point out some of my favorite links and resources on this site, which you might find useful. At the top of the page there is a blue bar with white text (you may need to stretch your window sideways because the text wraps funny) you'll see several links up there. The first one I looked at was the guides. Check out the flow charts for an overview of the process and a general idea of time involved for each step. Next is immigration Timelines - this site collects a lot of statistical information, and can help you see what kind of time frame you're looking at. The stuff labeled as K-3 isn't very good data any more - there aren't enough samples and if you look at the dates for those who have left their timelines as K-3, they just aren't that recent. Lastly, you'll want the embassy info and reviews sections on the second line there. But that's later in the process. There's also a UK regional forum which you may feel like checking out, especially as your interview at the embassy comes around and you're looking for documents and experiences with that part of the process.

You can also change a few of those over to your name rather than adding your name to the existing account. Therefore, you will have some utilities in one name and some in the other... but showing the same address.
Best of luck!

If your lawyer suggests a K-3, you should get rid of him or her ASAP.

whatever you wear, be aware that the pic they take there will be on your EAD and your GC so wear a collar that isn't too distracting, or crooked or something. Just think "I need to look good from the chest up"

I thought about attending Nik's interview, so he called to ask what the proceedure was for getting me on "the list" Although some people may have just shown up with their passport, we were advised to email them (and given the code for said email to be read - Australia might read their emails, but the UK bounces/deletes them without the super secret code).
While you're on the phone for the email code, you can ask them to clear up the to pre-pay or not to pre-pay question. Two birds with one extorted stone! Woo hoo!