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Hey guys I really need any insight anyone has..

So we were approved in February for the I129F and got a call a few weeks ago from the US Embassy in Nassau that they have our file. We still have not received our Packet 3 but the woman at the embassy knows we're not moving to the states until the end of August so we weren't in a terrible rush to get our interview since we still need to make some trips back to the US for wedding prep before he gets his visa. Unfortunately, we just found out TODAY that his school is moving us to another place until August that's under a different embassy (Barbados) and we don't have a choice in going, we have to. So what I don't know is

Do you think we could still interview at Nassau if we're no longer residents?

If not - can we switch embassies at this point in the process without starting over?

If we switch embassies do we have to wait 90 days or something to be considered residents and be able to interview there?

I should say we're moving back to the island we just came from so he was granted a student resident visa there right before we left there in December.. we just didn't pick it up because we were 2 weeks away from moving off the island and they wanted to keep the passports for a week to give the visa (and on this island that week might have turned into a month).

I'm SO nervous because we have to have his visa in hand by the end of August and there's less than 5 months till then. We will be moving to the new/old island a few weeks into May so if there is a 90 day wait it won't start till then and it's cutting it SO close.. plus our I129F will be expired by then.

UGH! It's complicated because he is a student and has to enter the US for school at the end of August.. so if we don't have that and he enters and then we get married sometime down the road they could say he had a failed attempt at a visa so we knew all along he was going to immigrate when he entered as a student.. and boom - intent, immigration fraud, deportation.

I hope someone can help! We can't find anything out from the embassy until 2pm Monday when their hours are.

1997 -- Met online and kept in touch over the years

10/06/2007 -- FINALLY met in person (he came to see me, first visit was 10 days!)

11/16/2007 -- His 2nd visit (3 days)

12/18/2007 -- His 3rd visit (20 days- he met my family at Christmas and I met his family in Vegas for New Year's Eve)

More visits by him in January, February, March, and April

I visited him the first time in February for Valentine's Day (and another visit by me in March)

04/15/2008 -- Sold my house and moved to Canada with him

05/01/2009 -- Moved to Caribbean together while he attends med school

10/10/2009 -- Engaged!!!

11/28/2009 -- FedEx'd 129F to CSC

11/30/2009 -- FedEx package received by CSC (per tracking)

12/01/2009 -- I-129F NOA1

02/19/2010 -- I-129F NOA2 (took 80 days)

03/15/2010 -- Letter from NVC that they received and approved file. Forwarding it to Nassau embassy.

03/17/2010 -- Phone call from Nassau Embassy. Received file and will be emailing info and forms.

travelinggirl Apprentice

travelinggirl   0

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Anyone have any thoughts? Since he has a resident visa for the Bahamas for a year do you think we could still interview here? Do you have to show proof of residence at your interview if you are not a citizen of that country? What if we keep an apartment here? You're allowed to travel right or would the stamps in his passport to/from the other island get him in trouble?

1997 -- Met online and kept in touch over the years

10/06/2007 -- FINALLY met in person (he came to see me, first visit was 10 days!)

11/16/2007 -- His 2nd visit (3 days)

12/18/2007 -- His 3rd visit (20 days- he met my family at Christmas and I met his family in Vegas for New Year's Eve)

More visits by him in January, February, March, and April

I visited him the first time in February for Valentine's Day (and another visit by me in March)

04/15/2008 -- Sold my house and moved to Canada with him

05/01/2009 -- Moved to Caribbean together while he attends med school

10/10/2009 -- Engaged!!!

11/28/2009 -- FedEx'd 129F to CSC

11/30/2009 -- FedEx package received by CSC (per tracking)

12/01/2009 -- I-129F NOA1

02/19/2010 -- I-129F NOA2 (took 80 days)

03/15/2010 -- Letter from NVC that they received and approved file. Forwarding it to Nassau embassy.

03/17/2010 -- Phone call from Nassau Embassy. Received file and will be emailing info and forms.

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Salsa Shark   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Anyone have any thoughts? Since he has a resident visa for the Bahamas for a year do you think we could still interview here? Do you have to show proof of residence at your interview if you are not a citizen of that country? What if we keep an apartment here? You're allowed to travel right or would the stamps in his passport to/from the other island get him in trouble?

Did you file an I-824? This should have been mentioned on your NOA-2 (I-797).

K-1 Timeline:

2010/02/08: I-129F package sent via USPS Express Mail

2010/02/12: Received at CSC by Linda Fairbanks

2010/02/16: NOA-1 issued

2010/02/17: Check cashed (no legible receipt number on back)

2010/02/22: NOA-1 hardcopy received

2010/04/02: Touched

2010/04/04: Touched again (Easter Sunday?!?)

2010/04/05: Email/text notification of NOA-2

2010/04/05: NOA-2 Notice Date on I-797

2010/04/12: I-129F received by NVC

2010/04/15: I-129F petition left NVC for Moscow

2010/04/16: I-129F petition enjoys a layover in Cincinnati, OH

2010/04/18: I-129F petition hangs out in Vitoria, Spain

2010/04/20: I-129F petition drinks a bit too much lager in Leipzig, Germany

2010/04/22: I-129F petition arrives in Moscow, looking like it was rode hard and put away wet

2010/04/25: Emailed the U.S. Embassy in Moscow asking for interview date

2010/04/28: Response from Moscow that our interview is 8 Jun 2010 at 10am

2010/06/08: Interview at the Moscow Embassy

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