Need help plz!

[MARM 7]

( I have posted this in the UK regional forum as well)

My fiance is a Pakistani citizen, has been in the UK for the past 4 years on student visa. He is currently in the UK as a student as well, so he will be interviewing for his K-1 at the London embassy.

Our concern is this:

When we initially filed the I-129F, we did not know how long the processing would take at USCIS, naturally. Thankfully, we have received our NOA2 last week . My fiance's UK student visa was about to expire, so he reapplied for an extension to it a few months ago. We are expecting the approval for his UK student visa extension by the end of this February, or even sooner. But our concern is, if he for some reason either does not get his UK student visa extension successfully OR if the processing of his UK student visa is delayed for some reason, will be still be able to interview in London for his K-1 visa? Our understanding is that he will be interviewing at the US Embassy in London, so they will not be concerned with his UK student visa status as that is a UK issue, not a US one, so he will still be able to interview through the embassy in London for his K-1 even if his UK student visa extension is delayed or not granted to him successfully. But we don't know for sure if we are correct in thinking this.

***Note: In the case his UK student visa processing is delayed, he would have to ask for his Pakistani passport back from the UK Home Agency so that he could submit it to the US Embassy for the K-1 visa application at the time of interview. If he asks for his passport back from the UK Home Agency BEFORE they make a decision on his extension, his application will be closed for his request of extension, so he would be going to his K-1 interview at the US Embassy in London with his Pakistani passport, but without a UK student visa extension.

Please advise what we should do!!!

Would he be able to interview at the USE in London for K-1 without an extension to his UK student visa?

Edited February 10, 2009 by MARM