Ryan H

Why are you applying for a K-1 if he does not intend to live here? He can come on a tourist visa/vwp and marry you as long as he does not intend to live here which is what it sounds like.
If he comes on a K-1 visa the visa is void as soon as he uses it. It is a one time use visa. Once he enters on the K-1 you must marry within 90 days and UNTIL he files for AOS and obtains advance parole he cannot leave the country without abandoning his AOS application.
If you marry wait until he is ready to move here and file for a spousal visa.
The purpose of a green card is to live and work in the US, it is NOT a tourist pass.
I see you have already filed for the K-1. Unless he plans on living in the US sorry you just wasted your money.

It seems to me that you do not want a K-1 visa.
A K-1 means that your foreign fiance enters, you get married within 90 days, and need to file the AOS to get a permanent green card. Your spouse cannot work or travel until they get documents related to the AOS (Advanced Parole and Work Authorization).
It sounds to me like you want to get married and have him continue to live/work overseas?
Rather than a K-1, you want to just have him come over on a visit and get married then return home.
Then file for the CR-1/IR-1 spousal visa when he is actually ready to immigrate.
K-1 just doesn't seem to fit in your case.

If a petition for a K1 is already pending, DO NOT get married until AFTER you enter the the US. Otherwise, the K1 visa will be null and void.
Furthermore, if you were to get married before your approval of the petition or issuance of a K1, it would be necessary to refile a petition for a CR-1. Think of it in terms of a board game that has a space in the early part of the game that says go back to start if it landed on by a player; refiling for a CR-1 means you go back to the start, the waiting you and your SO have done so far will have been for naught.

Hmmm......OP let's think critically for a second. If something is a FIANCE visa and the main requirement for the visa is to marry in the US within 90 days after your arrival on the visa do you think you would be able to marry before you even received said visa?

I don't understand how this question can be asked so frequently. The rules of the K1 visa (which should be read and understood before applying) FIRMLY state that the petitioner and beneficiary must get married within 90 days of the beneficiary entering the United States. If you get married BEFORE you get your K1 visa, you no longer have a fiance. You will have a spouse.

The only solution has already been suggested. In your reply to the suggestion, you stated that trying to go to another country is not economically feasible for you to do. Since it's not feasible for you to have your case moved, there is really not much you can do until the State Department reopens the Embassy in Cairo.

Lytha,
Do not mix up "AOS/affidavit of support" from the petitioner or sponsor (which you need later, at the NVC stage)
with the affidavits from friends that you need to have in the first package with the I130!!
Good luck!

Do they really?
I disagree. I think that if they can dissolve the relationships that arnt strong enough to stand a year of not seeing each other an awful lot and it costs them nothing to do that, then they are right to do so.
Its not nice for the people waiting around. But from a business point of view, its free and easy and means that they arnt approving petitions for relationships that are going to dissolve anyway.,
I believe that if you cant get through a few months of not physically seeing your loved one, then you shouldnt be attempting to move to a different country to be with them, as there will be far bigger stumbling blocks than just not seeing someone in the flesh for a few months.

Well.. I fully understand. Though the wait, the cost and the requirements are nowhere near comparison to how things are in my home country. A husband of a citizen just got deported. Reason? Their apartment did not have a 3 year lease, only a "2 year lease with opportunity of prolonging the agreement". That wasn't good enough for immigration service here.
You have to be atleast 24 years of age to even think of trying to get your spouse(no such thing as a fiance visa here) here permanently and that I-134 is peanuts next to the assets you are required to have besides 3 years of supporting yourself without having been a public charge. Next to that, a price of 1000 dollars for the petition(first part) and citizens here pay about 50% taxes of our income. And then there's the wait.
I do understand why it's not just a matter of weeks, 5 months(and then some) is a loong, looong time. But I(both my heart and mind) have to accept the process as the first thing as a legal way for me to be with my fiance for good.

And no amount of posts on VJ is going to change that.

Being logical and being realistic are not always the same. Logically, it makes sense to address the problem (ie USCIS) instead of venting on a forum. Realistically, USCIS seems understaffed with their employees. Each adjudicator receives a certain number of cases a day. They must carefully review each case before approval. How many cases does an adjudicator approve daily? I haven't the foggiest. The number of cases that are approved daily, more than likely, does not match the number of cases they receive daily. Unlike passport processing, which already establishes the applicant IS a U.S. citizen, USCIS processing scrutinizes applicants from all countries and nationalities. So, realistically, approvals take several months.
I understand the process is flawed, but then again, no system is perfect. We are all human, and we have limitations. Again, if you decide to be the "squeaky wheel," feel free to call USCIS with your concerns.

This kind of logic only generates further abuse of applicants. Bureaucratic systems tend to treat you as poorly as you let them to, and the only way to improve their performance is to be the "squeaky wheel". Far from being selfish, it goes a long way toward helping other petitioners in the same situations. I hope people whose petitions have been pending for more then a year are raising hell, calling USCIS daily etc. If they need my help and support, I can gladly do it on their behalf as well.
Yes, I did that too. But one time may not be enough.

Contact your member of Congress and your US Senators and ask them to bring about the changes that you seek.

If you feel so strongly about this, I would bring your concerns to USCIS. Call them and ask to speak to an adjudicator. Let him/her know what they are doing is UNACCEPTABLE. See if this helps or hurts your case.
Everyone on here goes through a long and trying process. What makes your case more important than others? There are some cases whose petition has been pending more than a year! It hasn't even been 6 months since your NOA1, which IS still within normal processing time.
Patience is a virtue.

If you're willing to put up triple the fees for a faster process, then that would be what it would take. Extra man power.
The people on VJ are only a very small percentage of the people filing/the cases that USCIS has to go through. Every case has to have the background checks, the evidence checks, has to be looked at carefully, etc.
From what I see, it's actually gotten better from what it used to be, so be thankful.
Actually, be thankful you have the opportunity to bring your loved one here. It would be just as easy for the Government to say "nope" to all cases like these. That's something to consider and something that would truly be UNACCEPTABLE.
There are bigger things to complain about, and there's always the option of you moving to your loved ones nation or trying to go elsewhere.

The only solution has already been suggested. In your reply to the suggestion, you stated that trying to go to another country is not economically feasible for you to do. Since it's not feasible for you to have your case moved, there is really not much you can do until the State Department reopens the Embassy in Cairo.

Usually no, you don't need a lawyer. If you have special circumstances like previous overstay causing a ban, or legal troubles (criminal record) or anything else that might make you inadmissible they're best.
Some people don't have the time to do the paperwork themselves, some people feel safer with a lawyer, some people don't speak English well enough, or understand all the legal terminologies and so they get a lawyer. There's nothing WRONG with a lawyer... but you should always check their references very carefully. Lawyers have been known to make mistakes (a lot actually, usually just typos slowing down the case) so having a lawyer isn't an excuse to sit back and not be involved in the process but it can help some people.

USCIS's own instructions are clear, that when a US Passport is used as evidence of citizenship, you are to include a copy of ALL PAGES. Your point about blank pages appearing meaningless is noted. However, they have a reason for requesting them all. They don't state why but I suspect it's because some people get caught falsifying this information and one of the ways to catch them is to compare the copies of the pages to what they look like in a passport issued in the same place during the same time period. Not all US passport pages look alike and THEY know what the pages are supposed to look like. They also want to see the amendments and endorsement pages, even if THEY are blank.
Compare the blank pages in your old passport with the ones in a new one. If possible, compare yours to one issued elsewhere and/or during a different time frame. You'll get the picture. I've seen lots of copies of passport pages and you might be quite surprised at how different they are.
PS: I've also seen scans/copies of forged visas. So have they. Usually pretty easy to spot with a trained eye.

There is no requirement for your wife to change her name. It is a personal choice and has no bearing on the submission of your I-130.
IF she chooses to do so, however, you can submit the petition in her married name then proceed to change her identification while waiting for your NOA2 as posted above.

I'm sure there are actually hundreds of petition approvals every day from each service center (CSC and VSC) but USCIS doesn't report to VJ. What's taking so long is you are waiting for your turn. Until it's your turn, don't expect that anything is happening at all. For the most part, petition processing doesn't take long at all. It's the waiting for your turn that takes a long time.

I don't know if it's the fact that I'm pregnant and have raging hormones or what but you seem to be a jerk to me. You tell her you want to hold off on the visa cause she didn't say Happy Valentines day to you. She sent you a gift it was the florist fault you did not receive it. To me that's a threat, telling her you do as I want or else I will hold this visa over your head. That is probably how her parent's see it also, the threats are already starting in their eyes and like any parent they want to protect their daughter.
Then you find out she is in the hospital, and you question her father how can some little argument do that to her, but then you end up in the hospital over all this and get mad at her cause she is not jumping at your side calling none stop etc. Seems to me you are just as immature as she is.
Moving and leaving everything you know and love is not easy for anyone, no matter the age. Some ppl do have very close family and family is a big part of their lives, some ppl can not handle it other's manage to make it through but it is not done over night.
Again this is how I see it from your post.

How are you moving as soon as this summer but have not started any process yet? being Canadian does not let you just automatically move to the US. If you arrive at the border with no visa and say you are moving they will turn you around and say no you aren't and send you back home.

Firstly, forget the K-3, improved processing at USCIS and NVC have eliminated it.
MORE: http://travel.state....pes_2993.html#4
K-3 served only one function, it was derived at a time when I-130 was taking years to get approved, however now since I-130 is approved at same time as I-129F the function of K-3 (Entry to USA and WAITING for I-130 approval) no longer exists, so NVC kills the K-3 in favor of the superior CR-1 or IR-1 visa.
You will start by filing an I-130 for a spouse visa.
http://www.visajourn...tent/i130guide1
You can still visit while in process, however be prepared to provide solid evidence of ties to home country.

You ARE being rude and self centered here. The attitude you are expressing is that this forum revolves around you and should conform to your wishes. You are also, in effect, calling other helpful posters sloppy and stupid. You didn't say it directly, but it is implicit in what you have said and how you said it.
Whenever I have expected the world to revolve around me, I have been *severely* disappointed. Except when it comes to my dogs.
Appreciate the free advice others post that *is* useful to your specific case, and leave the rest.
Kudos to you for finding a way to get your interview approval. The real lesson for others is in your determination and persistence in continuing to keep looking for rules and laws that applied to your situation, and allowed you to succeed. You ignored those who told you it couldn't be done and persisted until you found a way. Well done! May your marriage be happy and blessed for the rest of your days.

I hate to sound brash, but you need to readjust your demands. There is no way he can immigrate while staying up there, no separation, be here by June, no US domicile, you not meeting the financial reqs (sounds to me like you haven't been filing taxes while up there), and you living as a tourist in Canada. As nice as it would be, it's not possible.
Please read the guides and familiarize yourself with the process fully. While the process is pretty straightforward most of the time (imo), there are many issues to resolve overall: meeting the financial requirements for approval or finding a cosponsor (pretty big thing to ask of anyone), where to live, how will you support your new immigrant husband if he doesn't have work authorization, you getting settled back in America, etc.
You should hold off on filing until you have some sort of plan in place, and have familiarized yourself with all the different options available.
Best of luck.