Adjustment of Status approval Times

[Elghazi2008 4]

What do you mean they "didn't like it"? You got the visa didn't you? Anyway why even mention that to them? Like I said, they don't need to know when the man gets down on a knee. That proposal is just for "us". We made the decision to file for a K-1 and marry each other on Jan 6. End of story. Not everyone has a formal proposal at all. Just like not everyone has a big wedding with a white dress and 200 guests. IF they ask for details we'll be honest and say, as unromantic as it is, that we were talking online and just decided on it together. Immigration is not romantic. Anyway we have a well-documented relationship of 4 and a half years, including co-habitation. It might be different if we had just met less than a year ago and only ever seen each other once or twice.

In immigration, I don't believe ANY of us gets what we consider here in the US to be a 'formal proposal'. The point and fact is that whether you think it's important or not, immigration will be asking when you FORMALLY became engaged. They don't care when you became informally engaged, they want to know when you got your ring and when/if that engagement party ever took place with family/friends. It's great that your informal proposal means just as much to you as all of our informal proposals meant to us, but to the immigration authority, chances most likely are that it doesn't mean beans to them when you 'mutually decided that it would be the right thing to do'. They want physical proof, not just your say-so. Many of us are in that situation where it isn't possible to live together or to see each other more than once or twice before getting married, but I'm glad that your case is unique where you have that ability. Best of luck in your journey.

[Elghazi2008 4]

Fiance and I are looking at what we'll need to adjust our status, well, MY status when we get married in July. (I'm still in the UK, we're just planning ahead.)

I'm a bit concerned as under the conditions of the K-1 Fiance visa we have 90 days to be married in and change our status (as I understand it). The marriage part is ok as I'm looking at moving in early June and our wedding is booked for 31st July. I would have 90 days in which to get married, so from that date I would have to be by 4th.. now hang on. 3 months from June would be September wouldn't it? June to July, July to August, August to September. Anyway, how could we reasonably be expected to have received notification of our adjustment within that time if the whole process can take over 3 months or longer to complete?

We're looking into what we'd need ahead of time, obviously some things we won't be able to do as we won't have them.

- Marriage certificate

- Bills with my name on

But... how does that work? I'm worried that I'll have a letter in the mailbox saying I haven't adjusted my status in time and I'm going to be deported (even though I know we'll be on the ball with sending the paperwork off). Would we have to at least have started the process within the three months or have notification of my adjustment?

What has everyone else done in regards to this?

There is not a time-limit in which you need to apply for AOS. It's advisable to do it asap because you will not be able to work, drive, etc. until you get your GC, but as far as the legal end of it, you do not have to apply/have approval within those 90 days.