Boiler

The backlog is because the number of applicants comfortably exceeds the number of visa's available, it has done for some time and is likely to increasingly do so.

It has been so long for me, but I still had the unopened envelope many years later, contained my X Ray, I binned it in one of my moves.

You can marry anywhere, just needs to be legal.

Indefinitely.

K1 and CR1 take the same sort of time, and the K1 has many issues including not being able to work for a significant time. CR1 seems much more appropriate given your circumstances.

Very much depends on why, it is after all free to apply and many people do so.

I am not seeing the Consulate presumably they are not eligible for the VWP?

I have a female dog.

How does he qualify for 245i? You said he was petitioned in 2008. As others have said you have to be in status to adjust status.

They can mark you passport no AoS no CoS, means nothing. A few people have mentioned it was brought up at the interview but seems very much the exception.

You said you have not met anyone, you have not met him nor his family. First things first. Get a few visits in, by all means meet his family, see how it goes.

TSA is a US thing, they do not operate outside the US. I know of no way an X Ray machine can determine if an envelope is sealed or not.

This is a K1, someone coming into the US?

TSA? No and not sure how they would be involved.

She can apply As long as she does not lie it will not impact the I 130

No

That is normal.

The only time I can think it could come in is that some countries give you a pass transiting through if you have a US visa.

There is no requirement you need to meet in Morocco. And the logic of petitioning someone you have yet to meet escapes me.

To Japan?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-april-2024.html A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are authorized for issuance to all qualified applicants; and "U" means unauthorized, i.e., numbers are not authorized for issuance. (NOTE: Numbers are authorized for issuance only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the final action date listed below.) Family- Sponsored All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES F1 08FEB15 08FEB15 08FEB15 01MAY01 01MAR12 F2A 08SEP20 08SEP20 08SEP20 15AUG20 08SEP20 F2B 22NOV15 22NOV15 22NOV15 22OCT03 22OCT11 F3 01OCT09 01OCT09 01OCT09 08SEP98 08JUN02 F4 08JUN07 08JUN07 15DEC05 15OCT00 15JUN03

I 751 is what she needed to file.

Hopefully the OP can find out what his wife did.