I live in Los Angeles area. Why does this site tell me to send my I-129F to Texas?

[tany1157 161]

OP, you certainly have the cart before the horse. You need to do quite a bit of reading here on Visa Journey, starting with the K1 flowchart. It takes quite a lot longer than 6 months from application to Visa. Some people get lucky and get through the system faster, but they are the exception rather than the rule. Some people get sent requests for further information. That causes a delay. Some people who file petitions never successfully get Visas at all.

I'm sorry that you went ahead and planned your entire wedding, and made deposits, and invited people who paid for plane tickets to attend, but please understand USCIS will be unmoved by this. Poor planning on your behalf will not generate an emergency on theirs.

You cannot get around the process through perceived shortcuts, or hurry it up. You need to send your petition to the location they ask all K1's to be sent to. There is no short line, overnighting it only gets it to USCIS sooner, but once it is there, you will get into the line with everyone else.

You have not filed, so no. Contacting your congressman to hurry the process is of no use to you whatever. Even if you had been waiting beyond the projected time frame, calling on their help is of dubious assistance at best. They can call and inquire, but they will not be told more than you can find out yourself. It doesn't give you any special status or consideration.

It will do you no good to write your wedding date down on your paperwork or cover letter. USCIS are under no compulsion to make your time frame.

You cannot go ahead if your visa is not granted in time, and marry anyway. You would have to begin again, at the expense of more time and money. Impatience could earn your fiance a ban, and is it really worth that?

You will not get an expedite citing severe financial loss. That you imprudently went ahead and organized and paid for a wedding without benefit of Visa in hand does not fit the criteria. The US citizen portion of a couple needs to prove that they are financially able to support their spouse, and I get a little nervous when I see people at the early in the plot K1 petition stage pleading financial hardship.

Read up on the process. Understand that none of us are particularly fond of USCIS, or the way that they do business. They are the only game in town. If nothing else, please try to grasp that USCIS want what they want, and how they want it. If they grant you and your fiance a Visa, they will do so in their own good time.

You have stated EXACTLY what I would say.

[dukeandduchess 141]

I think there's a lot of great advice here. Yes, OP, you could get lucky but the chances are very slim. Lying or "misrepresenting" things is not a good idea. You could get a denial for those reasons, which will make things a LOT more complicated than moving your wedding date OR applying for a CR-1 after your marriage. I wish you the best of luck, but please don't be naive about this and at least consider the advice you've been given. This can and will affect the rest of your life together.

[TheTruthLearner 2]

Well, well well what an interesting topic-Lots to learn because that's what we are all here for

I want to send a shout out to islandgal-"Wazz Up Dredd"-A Popular Greeting Sent To You By One From One of The Islands

A rule of thumb: It is better to have friends

As Shakespeare once said:

"I count myself in nothing else so happy

As in a soul remembering my good friends."

(Richard II) 2.3.46-7, Bolingbroke to Percy

Edited March 14, 2012 by TheTruthLearner

[Orando 57]

Not to offend anyone, but I'm sure I will.... I can't STAND it when people try to "get around" immigration laws and procedures. I'm sorry, but if "oh, we have a wedding date, and vendors, and people flying out, etc etc etc" could get you an expedite, then EVERYONE would be doing it. UGHHHHH, people, don't plan ANYTHING until visa in hand. Geesh

Yeah, I agree however, I do not get worked up about legit couples struggling with planning with K-1 versus CR-1, planning marriages when they haven't done the research. The OP did not know any different up until this thread presumably with many of the points of concern raised. She now has a different point of view, her plans just got all jacked up, I am not mad at her, she will have to deal with it.

The "get around" immigration I can't stand is the millions of people that enter the country illegally and will most likely get legal status eventually with a sweeping act of Congress and signature from the President. These same millions whom many do not pay into the tax system and many are public charges. I can't stand that, especially after this cumbersome process they put legal immigrants through.

Edited March 14, 2012 by Orando

[TheTruthLearner 2]

Although you are a bit negative and condescending, I thank you for your insight.

I do not know why honestly you would say that to someone that they were "negative and condescending" who was trying to help you. May be it was their picture you did not like -I honestly do not know.

I like you happen to be new here and you know when I joined this forum I came here with one intent and one purpose and that was to LEARN.

One can only learn as they submit themselves to the experience and advice of others who have gone before them.

I happen to be on another forum and an expert in another field other than this one that deals with these particular issues but I am a child when it comes to this field and I would be wise to learn all I can from those who can teach me. Perhaps the wise words of Shakespeare and a Chinese Proverb again can direct us appropriately.

"Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find."

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) British poet and playwright.

"A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends."

Chinese proverb

Edited March 14, 2012 by TheTruthLearner

[tany1157 161]

Yeah, I agree however, I do not get worked up about legit couples struggling with planning with K-1 versus CR-1, planning marriages when they haven't done the research. The OP did not know any different up until this thread presumably with many of the points of concern raised. She now has a different point of view, her plans just got all jacked up, I am not mad at her, she will have to deal with it.

The "get around" immigration I can't stand is the millions of people that enter the country illegally and will most likely get legal status eventually with a sweeping act of Congress and signature from the President. These same millions whom many do not pay into the tax system and many are public charges. I can't stand that, especially after this cumbersome process they put legal immigrants through.

Completely agree with the bolded....about the OP, I stand by what I said. Her attitude with her "ways of reasoning" were enough to set me off. She has been on this forum for a bit over a year, according to her profile, and I'm pretty sure she knew enough about the K1, (enough, not all) but decided anyways that she would still plan her wedding like she wasn't going through immigration. THEN, trying to find a way to speed up the process because she feels she shouldn't have to wait like the rest of us. Real couple or not, THAT is what annoys me...

Edited March 14, 2012 by tany1157

[Mike B. 231]

The "get around" immigration I can't stand is the millions of people that enter the country illegally and will most likely get legal status eventually with a sweeping act of Congress and signature from the President. These same millions whom many do not pay into the tax system and many are public charges. I can't stand that, especially after this cumbersome process they put legal immigrants through.

You should know that this is the subject of significant academic debate, and my own humble opinion is that the side you are taking is losing. It is true that many illegal immigrants are paid under the table when they take jobs such as landscaping, serving as nannies, and doing particularly labor-intensive manual work. However, the thing to remember is that even if those people were US-born citizens, in many cases they still wouldn't be paying federal income taxes, as those jobs pay so poorly as to render the employees effectively exempt from the federal income tax in the first place.

Of course there are taxes other than the federal income tax. For example, we pay into social security, medicare, and medicaid. Your argument is even weaker there, though, as many illegal immigrants do pay into these systems since they either use made-up social security numbers or steal the numbers of other people. In this case, illegal immigrants are actually paying more of an effective tax than you and me, since unlike us, they won't ever be able to collect on any of the money that they have put in. The Social Security Administration itself has released estimate as to how large their surplus is do to this phenomenon. Believe me, it's large. And, of course, illegal immigrants pay all sorts of other taxes: when they go to a store they don't magically get some discount on stuff, they pay the sales tax. When they rent an apartment, part of their rent subsidizes the property tax. Etc., etc., etc.

Also, although it is unconnected to taxes, it's important to remember that immigrants who are coming here to work, whether legally or not, are seeking to increase production, which increases wealth. So there really is no debate that illegal immigrants are making us a wealthier nation, since they push up GDP.

In any event, even if you are correct, there still seems to be a gigantic logical jump you are making. In essence, you are saying "I hate the fact that people are here illegally and not pay their taxes! My solution is to maintain their illegal status, which ensures that they won't pay taxes!" Think about it, if illegal immigrants are bleeding us dry in lost tax revenue, wouldn't it make sense to get them paying into the system by legalizing them? It's either we ensure that they never get status or we give them status. There is no other alternative. The idea that we're going to round up 11 million people, train a whole generation of Americans to be immigration judges to try them, construct the world's biggest prison to warehouse them while they await deportation, etc. is just an unrealistic pipe dream. So too is the idea that we are ever going to prevent the massive amount of supply of labor from workers from meeting up with the massive amount of demand from capital, which we would need to do to prevent them from coming here in the first place. It's really just economics.

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[yachachiq12 43]

I wish the OP would come back and let us know her creative plan for overcoming the deadlines she faces. I suspect we have scared her off. OP, don't be afraid! No one is trying to be mean or condescending, but rather just helpful.

[TheTruthLearner 2]

At times like these a good dose of Shakespeare is in order especially four doses seems to be the right amount to be given at this moment in time.:

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages"

William Shakespeare

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

William Shakespeare

"He that is giddy thinks the world turns round."

William Shakespeare

"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer."

William Shakespeare

Ah, now who said Caribbean people cannot be Shakespearean-I beg to differ Truly in moments such as these Shakespeare does seemingly answer it all.

Edited March 15, 2012 by TheTruthLearner

[Adriene H 89]

At times like these a good dose of Shakespeare is in order especially four doses seems to be the right amount to be given at this moment in time.:

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages"

William Shakespeare

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

William Shakespeare

"He that is giddy thinks the world turns round."

William Shakespeare

"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer."

William Shakespeare

Ah, now who said Caribbean people cannot be Shakespearean-I beg to differ Truly in moments such as these Shakespeare does seemingly answer it all.

I don't even think California schools have students

read Shakespeare anymore

At times like these a good dose of Shakespeare is in order especially four doses seems to be the right amount to be given at this moment in time.:

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages"

William Shakespeare

"How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"

William Shakespeare

"He that is giddy thinks the world turns round."

William Shakespeare

"He that loves to be flattered is worthy o' the flatterer."

William Shakespeare

Ah, now who said Caribbean people cannot be Shakespearean-I beg to differ Truly in moments such as these Shakespeare does seemingly answer it all.

I don't even think California schools have students

read Shakespeare anymore