JimVaPhuong

Well, if I really wanted to be rude about it I would have said her fiance was acting like a spoiled brat, and throwing a tantrum over a requirement they should have known about before they submitted the petition. He seems to feel he's being treated unfairly, and I wanted to remind him that he will be treated far more fairly than many others who are also waiting for a visa, for no other reason than the country he happens to come from. He should be grateful that his visa journey will likely be relatively painless. In that light, I think the comparison is a fair one to make.
Remember when your mom used to say "You should be thankful you HAVE spinach and cauliflower. There are kids starving in China!"

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Well, if I really wanted to be rude about it I would have said her fiance was acting like a spoiled brat, and throwing a tantrum over a requirement they should have known about before they submitted the petition. He seems to feel he's being treated unfairly, and I wanted to remind him that he will be treated far more fairly than many others who are also waiting for a visa, for no other reason than the country he happens to come from. He should be grateful that his visa journey will likely be relatively painless. In that light, I think the comparison is a fair one to make.
Remember when your mom used to say "You should be thankful you HAVE spinach and cauliflower. There are kids starving in China!"

If you enjoy projects that require patience and research (kind of like solving a puzzle), then it's definitely a rewarding project to undertake. However, I think you might have focused on the process without first considering the terms and conditions of what you were pursuing. The Comparison Chart here on VJ would have told you everything you needed to know, including the fact that the K1 visa holder would need AP or a green card before being able to leave and re-enter the US. Your research probably should have begun with this comparison. If it's important that you marry in the US and then honeymoon outside the US, then the K1 was not the appropriate visa to apply for. However, you'll probably find (as most people do) that there IS NO visa that exactly fits your preferred criteria, and you'll have to make some adjustments to your preferences. The restrictions and conditions that are placed on each type of visa were designed to streamline the process for the US government, as well as help in preventing fraud. They weren't designed to accommodate everyone's preferences, nor is there any practical way that they could be.
It might also help to remember that the K1 and spousal visas were not designed exclusively for citizens of the UK, and other relatively low fraud countries. Many people here have spouses from high fraud countries who have been subjected to the fires of hell in order to get that visa, and waiting a few months with their new spouse in the US in order to get AP or a green card is a cakewalk by comparison. For those people, complaints about not being able to honeymoon wherever you like sound as if they are coming from someone who has been pampered and mollycoddled a bit too much.

There are so many mistakes on that page that I don't know where to begin.
Once you have received your immigrant visa, please note the expiration date.
Wrong! K visas are not "immigrant" visas.
You must enter the United States within the timeframe specified on the visa to obtain a legal permanent resident (LPR) or “green” card (Form I-151 or I-551) that will allow you to live and work in the United States.
Entering within the timeframe specified on the visa has nothing to do with eligibility to receive a green card. If you don't enter before the visa expires then you won't be allowed into the country.
At the port-of-entry, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official will stamp your passport and make a notation that you are registered for a long-term permanent resident (LPR) card. You will have an opportunity at the port-of-entry to confirm the mailing address where you would like to receive your LPR card.
No, and No. They will put no such stamp or notation in your passport. They'll stamp your I-94 with a 90 day validity, and staple it into your passport. There will be nothing even remotely related to a green card entered into the passport.
It may take several months for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to process and send the LPR card to you. In the interim, the passport stamp, valid for 6 months, permits employment and travel as you await your LPR card. You may depart and return to the U.S. before you receive your LPR card, as long as the stamp in your passport has not expired. Should the stamp expire and you have still not received your LPR card, you should contact USCIS in the U.S. before departure to obtain permission to return to the U.S.
There will be no such stamp in your passport, valid for 6 months or otherwise. A K3 visa will allow you to leave and re-enter the US for 2 years. A K1 visa will allow you to enter one time only. There will be no stamp or anything else inserted into the passport that will allow you to come and go for six months. There will be no automatic processing of the green card. A K1 has to marry first to become eligible to adjust status. Both K1 and K3 must file to adjust status after arriving in the US.
After arriving in the U.S., you have the option of returning to the Consulate or filing with USCIS in the United States for an adjustment of status to an immediate relative (IR) visa. K-1/K-2 applicants should file to adjust status after they are married.
Partially true. I don't know why they mention returning to the consulate, though. I have no clue what this is supposed to accomplish. A K1 has the option of marrying and filing to adjust status, or leaving the US. A K3 has the option of filing to adjust status, or leaving the US. YOU DO NOT ADJUST STATUS TO AN IR VISA! What the hell are they talking about?

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

I also love living in California, and so do most of the people I know.
If that is his attempt at dry English humor, then it's falling flat. It's rather like a racially charged joke is funny when it's delivered by a black comedian, but it comes across as racist when it's uttered by anyone else. An American can poke fun at America, but it's offensive when it comes from a foreigner. There are a lot of things Americans don't like about America, but we still love our country and don't take kindly to insults from foreigners, especially when they intend to live here.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Caveat: If the K1 was denied at the consulate, but USCIS has not made a decision yet, then the petition is not yet dead. Filing an I-130 may not necessarily kill it, either. Apparently, there are people who've received NOID's on a returned K1 petition, and ignored them because they'd already filed a CR1 petition. Failure to respond to the NOID caused a P6C finding against the beneficiary (material misrepresentation). When they showed up for their CR1 interview they were told they were inadmissible due to the finding of fraud, their visa was denied, and they had to try to get a hardship waiver to overcome it.
The new CSC tactic described in the pinned topic by Marc Ellis could also conceivably be applied to a CR1 petition filed after a K1 petition was returned to USCIS. In those cases, CSC even SAID the K1 petition was dead, and still used it as a basis for a NOID on a subsequently filed petition.
There's certainly no danger in filing a CR1 petition after a K1 visa has been denied at the consulate. There may, however, be danger in presuming a K1 petition is dead. If you get a NOID then you must respond to it, even if it's for the original K1 petition. If you don't then you're inviting USCIS to conclude that the CO's accusation was true.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

If you enjoy projects that require patience and research (kind of like solving a puzzle), then it's definitely a rewarding project to undertake. However, I think you might have focused on the process without first considering the terms and conditions of what you were pursuing. The Comparison Chart here on VJ would have told you everything you needed to know, including the fact that the K1 visa holder would need AP or a green card before being able to leave and re-enter the US. Your research probably should have begun with this comparison. If it's important that you marry in the US and then honeymoon outside the US, then the K1 was not the appropriate visa to apply for. However, you'll probably find (as most people do) that there IS NO visa that exactly fits your preferred criteria, and you'll have to make some adjustments to your preferences. The restrictions and conditions that are placed on each type of visa were designed to streamline the process for the US government, as well as help in preventing fraud. They weren't designed to accommodate everyone's preferences, nor is there any practical way that they could be.
It might also help to remember that the K1 and spousal visas were not designed exclusively for citizens of the UK, and other relatively low fraud countries. Many people here have spouses from high fraud countries who have been subjected to the fires of hell in order to get that visa, and waiting a few months with their new spouse in the US in order to get AP or a green card is a cakewalk by comparison. For those people, complaints about not being able to honeymoon wherever you like sound as if they are coming from someone who has been pampered and mollycoddled a bit too much.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

I also love living in California, and so do most of the people I know.
If that is his attempt at dry English humor, then it's falling flat. It's rather like a racially charged joke is funny when it's delivered by a black comedian, but it comes across as racist when it's uttered by anyone else. An American can poke fun at America, but it's offensive when it comes from a foreigner. There are a lot of things Americans don't like about America, but we still love our country and don't take kindly to insults from foreigners, especially when they intend to live here.

Well, if I really wanted to be rude about it I would have said her fiance was acting like a spoiled brat, and throwing a tantrum over a requirement they should have known about before they submitted the petition. He seems to feel he's being treated unfairly, and I wanted to remind him that he will be treated far more fairly than many others who are also waiting for a visa, for no other reason than the country he happens to come from. He should be grateful that his visa journey will likely be relatively painless. In that light, I think the comparison is a fair one to make.
Remember when your mom used to say "You should be thankful you HAVE spinach and cauliflower. There are kids starving in China!"

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Well, if I really wanted to be rude about it I would have said her fiance was acting like a spoiled brat, and throwing a tantrum over a requirement they should have known about before they submitted the petition. He seems to feel he's being treated unfairly, and I wanted to remind him that he will be treated far more fairly than many others who are also waiting for a visa, for no other reason than the country he happens to come from. He should be grateful that his visa journey will likely be relatively painless. In that light, I think the comparison is a fair one to make.
Remember when your mom used to say "You should be thankful you HAVE spinach and cauliflower. There are kids starving in China!"

If you enjoy projects that require patience and research (kind of like solving a puzzle), then it's definitely a rewarding project to undertake. However, I think you might have focused on the process without first considering the terms and conditions of what you were pursuing. The Comparison Chart here on VJ would have told you everything you needed to know, including the fact that the K1 visa holder would need AP or a green card before being able to leave and re-enter the US. Your research probably should have begun with this comparison. If it's important that you marry in the US and then honeymoon outside the US, then the K1 was not the appropriate visa to apply for. However, you'll probably find (as most people do) that there IS NO visa that exactly fits your preferred criteria, and you'll have to make some adjustments to your preferences. The restrictions and conditions that are placed on each type of visa were designed to streamline the process for the US government, as well as help in preventing fraud. They weren't designed to accommodate everyone's preferences, nor is there any practical way that they could be.
It might also help to remember that the K1 and spousal visas were not designed exclusively for citizens of the UK, and other relatively low fraud countries. Many people here have spouses from high fraud countries who have been subjected to the fires of hell in order to get that visa, and waiting a few months with their new spouse in the US in order to get AP or a green card is a cakewalk by comparison. For those people, complaints about not being able to honeymoon wherever you like sound as if they are coming from someone who has been pampered and mollycoddled a bit too much.

I also love living in California, and so do most of the people I know.
If that is his attempt at dry English humor, then it's falling flat. It's rather like a racially charged joke is funny when it's delivered by a black comedian, but it comes across as racist when it's uttered by anyone else. An American can poke fun at America, but it's offensive when it comes from a foreigner. There are a lot of things Americans don't like about America, but we still love our country and don't take kindly to insults from foreigners, especially when they intend to live here.

I also love living in California, and so do most of the people I know.
If that is his attempt at dry English humor, then it's falling flat. It's rather like a racially charged joke is funny when it's delivered by a black comedian, but it comes across as racist when it's uttered by anyone else. An American can poke fun at America, but it's offensive when it comes from a foreigner. There are a lot of things Americans don't like about America, but we still love our country and don't take kindly to insults from foreigners, especially when they intend to live here.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

If you enjoy projects that require patience and research (kind of like solving a puzzle), then it's definitely a rewarding project to undertake. However, I think you might have focused on the process without first considering the terms and conditions of what you were pursuing. The Comparison Chart here on VJ would have told you everything you needed to know, including the fact that the K1 visa holder would need AP or a green card before being able to leave and re-enter the US. Your research probably should have begun with this comparison. If it's important that you marry in the US and then honeymoon outside the US, then the K1 was not the appropriate visa to apply for. However, you'll probably find (as most people do) that there IS NO visa that exactly fits your preferred criteria, and you'll have to make some adjustments to your preferences. The restrictions and conditions that are placed on each type of visa were designed to streamline the process for the US government, as well as help in preventing fraud. They weren't designed to accommodate everyone's preferences, nor is there any practical way that they could be.
It might also help to remember that the K1 and spousal visas were not designed exclusively for citizens of the UK, and other relatively low fraud countries. Many people here have spouses from high fraud countries who have been subjected to the fires of hell in order to get that visa, and waiting a few months with their new spouse in the US in order to get AP or a green card is a cakewalk by comparison. For those people, complaints about not being able to honeymoon wherever you like sound as if they are coming from someone who has been pampered and mollycoddled a bit too much.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Julian, you would do America and it's residents a huge favor by staying in the UK. If you insist on coming to the US, at least have the common courtesy and manners to respect the fact that you are a guest in this country, and do not offend your hosts. If you come to the US and insist on flapping your jaw the way you have been in this thread, I expect one of those fat Americans is going to punch you in the face.

Well, if I really wanted to be rude about it I would have said her fiance was acting like a spoiled brat, and throwing a tantrum over a requirement they should have known about before they submitted the petition. He seems to feel he's being treated unfairly, and I wanted to remind him that he will be treated far more fairly than many others who are also waiting for a visa, for no other reason than the country he happens to come from. He should be grateful that his visa journey will likely be relatively painless. In that light, I think the comparison is a fair one to make.
Remember when your mom used to say "You should be thankful you HAVE spinach and cauliflower. There are kids starving in China!"