What if a fiance is already in US?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

1. He is not here yet.

Still fuzzy on the 'is he here or not issue/question'.... And if he's not here, where is he that he may not get the notification of his interview...?

Karin, since the OP was just asking a couple weeks ago about the possibilty of an F1, I presume he is not here yet (the OP can correct me if my analysis is wrong) and the OP is presuming he would be here on the F1 visa when the notification was sent to his address in Ukraine. Alot of presumptions, I know, but the OP has posted several times in the past few weeks about this particular "journey" and it is the best I can decipher.

Conny, if you are out there...answer the $25,000 question...is your fiance here now or not?

I'm sorry for such a long delay and thanks so much for all your comments. Gary has indeed followed my journey and is surprisingly right about all facts. My fiance is not here - he's in Ukraine waiting for F1 interview (has all documents in order I believe). After getting F1, he's coming here ASAP. He already has B1 (which he got before we filed I-129F) and visited US on it (after we filed I-129F). The plan is to get K1 approved, travel to Kiev as Gary is suggesting and then come back and get married. Anything can be optimized considering K1 is 6months+ already and no word on it?

Now I have another question for you - it looks like the entire F1 is an overkill when you have B1 - apparently no one (even in the consulate) cares whether it's being used for education (which is what we need now). Is that the case or was it a right move to apply for F1 when he already has B1 in passport and K1 pending?

It is no surprise to me I am right about all facts. I am modest too.

I answered your next question, but to be clear. It doesn't matter if the consulate "cares" B1s do not allow attending school. Many schools do not care, many do not even ask (apparently not the one you already paid money to) but it is a violation and illegal for him to study on a B1 and it could have an impact on the K1 or the adjustment of status. Also do NOT assume they do not care in Kiev.

In our K2 to follow case I have an email from Kiev saying our son did not need a police certificate from Russia where he attends school. Later I found out that written "opinion" was a mistake and they very much cared that he have a police certificate from Russia. Glad I double checked in time to get it. So do not assume because of what one person at the consulate says, or implies, they do not care. Kiev is easy to deal with but in my experience they are very strict about having everything in order and following the rules...do that and you have no problems.

I still say, go and have a sit down with the school, explain the situation ad ask them to apply the money to the next semester