ECWilloughbys

Well after a few days research I am glad to say that on the official USICS website is this excerpt which although I was 13 my conviction seems to be 1 of the 2 exceptions to the rule as seen from thier site and I have been answering the I-94W correctly all along, but would like others opinion of how it reads so I am not seeing things....lol
Two exceptions to this ground of exclusion appear in INA 212(a)(2)(A)(ii):
1. The ground does not apply where the alien has committed only one crime of moral turpitude, the crime was committed when the alien was under 18 years of age and the crime was committed (and the alien was released from confinement to prison or a correctional institution imposed for the crime) more than five years before the date of application for a visa or other documentation and the date of application for admission to the United States.
2. The ground does not apply where the alien has committed only one crime of moral turpitude, the maximum penalty possible for the crime for which the alien was convicted or to which the alien admits having committed or of which acts the alien admits having committed which constitute the essential elements of the crime did not exceed one year of imprisonment and, if the alien was convicted of the crime, the alien was not sentenced to imprisonment for a term greater than six months, regardless of the extent to which the sentence was ultimately satisfied.
So have me a great big smile on my face yet again!!!

Will not effect his immigration.
Now would be a good time to negotiate a settlement.

Just wanted to update anyone who this information might be useful for.
Yes, you are allowed to cross from Canada to the United States using the B1 visa without activating your K1. My husband had no problem at all doing so. As we all know, whenever you cross the border it's up to the CBP's discretion to let you enter, however, it is permissible to enter the US on the B1 without entering on the K1.

And as I read your first post too quickly, I missed the part about pre-paying. That was me that posted that. My fiance got an email from the embassy about 2 business days before the interview telling him that he needed to call to pre-pay for the visa before he got there. I also got a PM from another VJ member who said her fiance got the same email and his interview was the day after my fiance's. The change in procedure is fairly new, as there were a few others who had their interviews just a week or so before my fiance who hadn't gotten that email. Unless you are contacted, I wouldn't worry about it, but from what I've seen/experienced, your fiance will likely get an email about 3 days beforehand instructing him to call and pay.
I like Heather's suggestion though... go ahead and call them, get the email code, ask about your ability to go to the interview with your fiance, and ask about the pre-paying all at the same time!

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!

I'll tell you what, either I've been hardened by being on the internet way too long, or that was an extremely impressive stretch in order to reach feeling insulted. To lighten the mood, here is a picture of T-Rex. He is scandalized by this thread.

I always thought one got a superior education in Great Britain. I'm now convinced that (at least in your case Julian) reading comprehension was completely overlooked.

Nicely said, Gemmie.
So much better than what I wrote!

I might be wrong, this is just me. But I don't think people are going green-eyed monster because you got to spend time together in person often. I think the reason people bring it up is because you yourself often do the "They have THEIR NOA2, they have THEIR interview date, what about me" etc. It's just a way of saying 'they were lucky to get their next step through before you, but you've been lucky to see each other often whilst others haven't been able to' and putting things into perspective.
There was someone in my filing group that had her case lost TWICE by USCIS, so by the time we were getting our visas, she was still putting together another package to send. Then after going to a judge and being told that USCIS must come up with her NOA2 in 30 days and then having that be ignored, she finally gave up after 1.5 years of attempting the K1. Well I heard the other day that her husband has just been granted a visa to HER country, two years after they originally filed for the K1, and they're so happy to finally be able to be together. In a lot of ways, she gets green-eyed that me and my husband were together after 9 months of the K1 and didn't have to go through all that. But in other ways, I get green-eyed that there is a house and job waiting for him in her country, whilst I've been trying to get these things in America ever since I came. Ultimately, they've gone through a lot of pain to be together and I've gone through a lot of pain to make my own life in the US, but no one can say who has suffered more. It's all about give and take, and when you play the game of comparing yourself to others, whether it be about speed of the process, number of visits, ease of transition, etc... it's really a pointless game. My point is, people aren't being jealous of your time together in my view, of it they are it's just in response to your own jealousy about others process.
Try not to stress yourself too much with tying up the loose ends and preparing for the wedding. Julian will be home before you know it, and there will be another big obstacle you have to overcome, and I guess that happens throughout life.

Well, Melissa, I'm not sure you got my point.......let's just say it's good to be grateful for the ease with which you and Julian can see one another. And to be grateful for the relative ease (to date) of your journey.

You keep thinking that and wear the big 'ole chip on your shoulder at the interview. They to throw around your perceived clout inside the US Embassy in London.
The Visa process is a very mechanical process and to think that a call to a member of a foreign government on behalf of an everyday Joe would bump you up in line is arrogant.
I would agree with JQ that you 2 seem to have one of the least complete understandings of the process and feel entitled to special treatment. For support of this just look bask at both of your topics, you demonstrate a clear lack of understanding of the time & process involved.
But then I also don't see why anyone is wasting time arguing with your about his as your opinion is meaningless to anyone else's VisaJourney and vise versa...
Regardless, good luck with your interview & enjoy your future...

Oh my God, these two aren't even real, peeps. This is a total wind up.

Which begs the question.... if the Brits are so much better, and he's so well connected... why, pray tell, is he leaving?

It's important to listen to the terms they use. Marlea is right. That the issue is being expedited within the MP's office doesn't mean that the US embassy will expedite your case, or even do anything with it aside from check the dates and numbers, given that it's within a normal processing time. The "resolution" referred to likely means that the MP's office expects to have an answer for you--which may just be that you have to sit tight.
With USCIS cases, there are specific criteria for expediting cases, and what other entities can do (MPs, members of congress, etc.) is typically limited to alerting CIS to a situation or, if a case is outside normal processing time, which is determined by CIS, making an inquiry to make sure the case hasn't fallen through the cracks.
From what I know about US immigration, the functionaries at the embassy aren't going to start scrambling to approve a case on a normal timeline, barring an emergency (and the list of what CIS considers an emergency is rather short), no matter what mucky-muck's office is inquiring on his behalf.

Stop playing the victim, Melissa.
You said in the other post that I am able to give sympathy to others but not you. I have given sympathy to you in the past. You didn't appreciate it, and your fiance attacked me and told me that I was wrong for saying what I had said. Why should I continue to attempt to help you when it gets thrown back in my face?
You asked why we couldn't all be civil. You might ask your fiance the same question. He is often uncivil in his posts. You cannot expect people to be nice to the two of you when you constantly complain, never listen to advice that many other people give and when your fiance attacks every one who responds to your posts. To expect anything else would be to expect the rest of us to behave like saints while the two of you behave like spoiled children.

This is my last post because it's just becoming ridiculous now.
I started off by trying to be helpful and saying that, from my experience, it wasn't worth the effort. I was told that I was wrong and that you didn't care what I thought, and I explained that I took offense that you seem to feel entitled to a speedier process than the rest of us and that entitlement was disrespectful. I'm not indignant about your MP calling the embassy. Have the Queen call if you want. I know it won't work. I'm indignant that you think that you deserve some preferential treatment, that you are too good to wait like the rest of us. I will gladly wait at my spot in the line as I know others were in line before me. It's only fair.

If they receive an interview date now or within the next few days, Julian will only attribute that to his call to the MP. Nevermind that it was on schedule anyway.

Did you tell him that your processing time, while "ridiculous", is actually standard and that you were basically asking for him to get involved so that you can jump the queue? There are others that have been waiting longer than you have. Why should your visa become more important than someone else's? And don't MPs have better things to do with their time than help their constituents leave the UK permanently?

Thanks for the advice, Andrew and Dodi. Will do just that.

With all respect to Audy_Rob, you have been given incorrect information for procedures in London. Each consulate does this stage differently and you should follow the directions for London.
You will send in the 4 forms:
DS230 - part 1 which is pages 1 & 2 - Sign page 2.
DS156 - (in duplicate) Okay to sign
DS157 - (in duplicate) no signature required
DS156K - Do not write below the line. You sign in front of the officer.
If you have the items on the checklist, then check it off and mail it with the four forms for fastest service. If you don't have the items in hand, then you can send in the checklist separately later. They will start your file with the four DS forms, but they will not give you an interview date until the checklist is returned as it is what tells them you have everything ready for the interview.
All the items on the checklist (birth certificate which shows your parents names, police certificate, I-134 etc) are taken to the interview. Nothing is mailed in but the four DS forms and the checklist.
London will not ask for a new letter of intent, nor do they look at evidence of your relationship, photos, emails, or engagement ring receipts.
You will find this VJ Wiki article and related links very helpful UK specific info

I never said anything disrespectful to you, that I'm aware of. If I did then I apologize.
You made a statement about a case for which you have personal knowledge, and that statement conflicts with what I've learned about immigration law. Further, it has the potential of scaring the ####### out of everyone who has been out of status and is now going through the adjustment of status process. I'd hate to see people lying awake at night in a cold sweat for fear that ICE is going to knock their door down at any moment and haul them away to jail. ICE simply does not do this with people whose adjustment of status is pending because, technically, they are no longer out of status. There is an anomaly in the case you described, and instead of explaining that anomaly you just insist that you are right and I am wrong. If that is the case then please point out how you know this to be true, because there are dozens of people on this site alone who are presuming that they are not at risk of being busted by ICE because they've submitted their AOS petitions and those petitions have been accepted by USCIS, in spite of the fact that they were out of status before the petition was submitted. This question comes up in the AOS subforums at least a half dozen times a week, and the chorus from the members is "Don't worry. You get temporary legal status while your AOS is pending". It now appears, because of your ex-husband's cousin, that we've ALL been wrong.
If I am wrong, then please prove that I am wrong. Show me the law or USCIS/CBP/ICE policy that makes what you've said true. I make mistakes on this site often, and I accept it graciously when people point it out. I'll do the same for you when you prove I am wrong.

This has become a battle of opinions and no longer about the OP...

You clearly did state that you were represented by a self-taught attorney. No twisting of words.
I made a very nice simple statement to the creater of this thread and you all took it upon yourselves, you and that other guy, and tried to make a big deal out of it. Get a hobby. Stop looking in these threads for things you can try to make yourself look all big and important by putting other people down and twisting what they say into something it's not. I see that done here all the time. It's pathetic.
If you are not an attorney, then you are not an attorney. I can call myself an astronaut but it won't get me a job at NASA.

It should be noted that the OP has no immigration knowledge at the outset of the thread and probably little if any understanding of international travel. He's learning fast. He now realizes that "don't ask, don't tell" is not applicable because they DO ask.
His fiancee entered the USA illegally (without inspection) and is both ineligible to adjust status or obtain a spouse or fiancee visa AND is subject to a ten year ban on re-entering the USA. He can file for a waiver of that ban but there is far from any assurance that waiver will be granted. It's a lot to deal with in one day.
We have a whole separate forum dealing with waivers but essentially, to be successful, one must show a severe hardship to the US Citizen resulting from their loved one being denied the immigration benefit sought. Separation from a loved one, in and of itself is considered a "hardship" not a "severe hardship".
The OP needs to understand as well that "legal residence" and "citizenship" are entirely different animals and he will not obtain Honduran citizenship in six months. I think he was referring to filing a petition for spouse from Honduras which would require he live there six months, not that he become a citizen of Honduras.
Whether one considers it unfortunate or not, what millions people in similar situations do is simply go on with their lives as illegal aliens indefinitely in the hope some new law including some sort of amnesty will obviate the need to leave the USA indefinitely.

i have reported all information I have to ICE ...they took down a detailed report...thanks everyone for your advice...I had just been scared to report ...dont ask me why...but i feel much better now that I have done it